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Learn To Fly A Hot Air
Balloon
Hot Air Balloon Flight
Training
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Have you ever dreamed of piloting a hot
air balloon? The chief pilot
at Texas Air Adventures, LLC is licensed by the FAA to provide
flight training for aspiring hot air balloon pilots. We hope
that you will learn to fly with us. |
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About Our Flight
Training Program
Ground-based flight training covers aeronautical theory in
subject areas like meteorology, navigation, flight rules and
procedures, and airmanship. This flight training, given week
nights or weekends, can be intense. About 10 hours of ground-based
flight training (coupled with personal reading and self study) is required to be certified with a private pilot "lighter than air"
rating. About 20 hours of ground-based flight instruction is required for a
commercial rating. The culmination of your ground based flight
training will involve taking a FAA approved written and oral
examination.
In-flight instruction requires a medical
statement of health and about 15 hours of flight training instruction to
obtain the flying skills required to be considered competent as a
private pilot. (Commercial ratings typically require 20 hours
of flight training instruction.) Most students complete the private
or commercial in-flight training in about six months, however actual
training times vary based on individual student abilities and the
availability of flyable weather during the instruction period.
Flight training (in the balloon) is
given weekend mornings in the student's balloon OR in the Texas Air
Adventure's Blew Bayou balloon. |
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Pricing Table - Hot Air Balloon
Flight Training |
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Discovery Flight For Aspiring Pilots
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Short ground based
flight lesson,
balloon pre-flight and 30 minute balloon flight under the
guidance of our chief pilot
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Note - Each new
aspiring pilot is eligible for one Discovery Flight. After the
flight, they will be given a gift certificate valued at $275
which can be applied to future pilot instruction given by Texas
Air Adventures.
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$525/student |
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Student
learning manuals |
$100 |
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Ground Based Flight
Training |
$35/hr** |
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Flight Training In
Your Balloon* |
$50/hr** |
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Flight Training In
Our Balloon* |
$650/hr** |
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Bi-annual flight review |
$50/hr** |
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* According to the FAA,
student pilots must be 16 years of age or older in order to "solo".
In addition, Texas Air Adventures requires all student pilots to
read, agree to, and sign a liability waiver.
* Each student should be <350 pounds, or in accordance with
balloon weight/balance requisites
**Payment (cash or check) is due at
the conclusion of each lesson
If student pilots have a very limited
time to get certified, they may want to consider attending a FAA
Approved FAR Part 141 Flight School.
Phil Bryant offers a Houston based
FAR 141 Flight School two times/year.
Balloon
Excelsior hosts a FAR Part 141 flight school outside of Oakland, California. |
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Learn To Fly Now!
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Call or email now to make your resolution to become a private or
commercially rated hot air balloon pilot a reality. |
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Schedule my training now!
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Hot Air Balloon Affiliations |
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