A Pro Pilot Explains There Are Less Expensive Ways to Learn How to Fly

Is anything more human than the pursuit of flight? Perhaps attaching a ludicrous price tag to the venture is quite human, too, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Sure, learning how to fly a plane is going to cost you, but with a bit of gumption, you can create a budget that’s more akin to what an avid golfer spends on tee time than some absolutely out-of-reach pastime for the ultra rich.

✈️ You love badass planes. So do we. Let’s nerd out over them together.

I earned my pilot’s certificate as a teenager more than two decades ago, ultimately leading to a career in aviation. Here are five tips you can employ to help keep your flight-learning costs from soaring higher than a Cessna.

PLUS:

• How to Get Started in Flying
• Why the Cessna Is Such a Badass Plane
• How the Late Flying Legend Chuck Yeager Broke the Sound Barrier