SunState Aviation Flight School

Many people have asked us: What's the secret to your success as a flight school? What's your business plan? Well it's really quite simple, you see, we loose a little money every time an airplane flies...but we make up for it in volume! But seriously, we have learned how to make a small fortune in aviation...you start with a large fortune.

You might be a redneck pilot if;

you've retro fitted a gun rack in your Cessna 172
your stall warning horn plays Dixie
you have tobacco stains on your empennage
you're wondering "what the heck is an empennage?"
you've ever called a female ATC controller "darlin"
you hangar your airplane at Kissimmee
you've ever referred to your horizontal stabilizer as "the tailgate"
your runway, taxiway and tie-down spot are the same
you've ever hauled lumber in your airplane
your A&P mechanic's name is "Bubba"
you converted your Cherokee to run on corn sqeezins (that's home-made liquor for all you city pilots)
your chief pilot is from Cullman, Alabama (just kidding Steve)
you think GPS stands for "Gators play Seminoles"
your flight plan calls for a left turn at the hog pen
you have a Cessna 150 up on cement blocks in your front yard
your multi-function display receives the Nashville Network
you keep a spare pack of Skoal in the airplane
your bass boat motor has more horsepower than your airplane's engine
your house and your hangar both have wheels
you secretly hope John Deere starts building airplanes
your CFI lives in St. Cloud (just kidding Ryan)
you turn base-to-final over the Super Wal-Mart
you've ever fantasized of flying with Dolly Parton in your airplane
you've ever bought pilot supplies at a flea market
you've ever asked a bar-tender for a Nav Light
your first solo cross-country was to Wachula
your weight and balance calculations included 5 cases of Budweiser
you've ever tried to pick-up chicks at Oshkosh
Your "plotter" sports an ad for Tractor Supply
You fly a Rollscanardly (rolls down the runway and can hardly fly)
You have a confederate flag on your com antenna

Lies we've all told:

I broke out of the clouds right at minimums
I've logged more than 2000 hours of turbine time
I've never over-loaded my airplane
I have over 2000 hours of PIC cross-country
Have you seen the keys to my G-5?
I have over 2000 hours of dual given
I have the traffic in sight
I've got over 2000 hours of multi time
I'm not interested in flying for the airlines
I've logged over 2000 hours of actual instrument time
Yes, pilots make the big bucks
I've got over 2000 hours in tail draggers
Yes, tower, I responded. You didn't hear me?
I've logged more than 2000 carrier landings
You're not picking up my squawk code? Here, let me recycle the transponder
I've logged over 2000 hours in helicopters
Yes, this is my airplane
I've put over 2000 hours on this airplane
The airport where I trained had a 500 foot grass runway
I've logged over 2000 landings on 500 foot grass runways
I have the check-list memorized
I've now logged over 2000 stupid aviation jokes

Q: What makes a helicopter fly?

A: They don't actually fly. They are so ugly, the ground repels them!

Aviation Wisdom

You’ve never got too much fuel unless you are on fire
It’s better to be down here wishing you were up there than to be up there wishing you were down here
If the houses are getting bigger lift the pointy bit at the front
There is nothing more useless than runway behind you

FAA Written Exams: $80. With answers: $180

More To Come!

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