| One of the most exhilarating things to do is....learning to | | | | important, nearly perfect flying conditions. |
| fly. Capturing that unbridled feeling of excitement, that | | | | Flying's great, but its also important to soak up some |
| gathers when you push open the throttle and tear up | | | | relaxation outside of the flight school gates. When the |
| the runway center line, is something all humans should | | | | family visit, or if your flying training merges with an |
| experience. Well..maybe not if vertigo is something you | | | | annual vacation, then the proximity of attractions like |
| struggle with. | | | | Walt Disney World, St. Augustine, Spaceport USA, |
| My experience of this great privilege and pleasure | | | | Sea World and Universal Studios will add to the |
| was, however, in a cold and drizzly Northern flight | | | | experience. And of course Daytona Beach is home to |
| school - very far removed from the delights of the | | | | some world famous Motor Sport, including the Daytona |
| Florida resorts, where you can now achieve ALL | | | | 500. |
| types of license from Private right through to | | | | In flight training you WILL have embarrassing, bumpy |
| Commercial or Airline standard. Instrument ratings, multi | | | | landings, where you feel you must have bent |
| engine qualification and hour building, are all available as | | | | something! When this happens, go to Daytona Beach |
| well as ground school classes. Commercial flight | | | | itself, to unwind and recharge. The beach is open year |
| schools in Florida consistently produce many of our top | | | | round with an average annual temperature of around |
| Airlines' pilots. | | | | 72 degrees Fahrenheit. You'll find a mild winter, and a |
| Florida's warm weather and year-round availability of | | | | warm summer that benefits from the ocean breeze. |
| flight training, means that student pilots can complete | | | | Many Florida aviation schools offer on or off-site |
| their training in a shorter period of time than in most | | | | accommodation as part of the deal. However, as a |
| other parts of the US. There is after all an average of | | | | key Florida resort area, there are many accomodation |
| over 300 days each year when you WILL be cleared | | | | options available, with well over 400 hotels and motels, |
| for take-off and not sitting in the Flight School diner, | | | | condos, and apartments, many of which are directly on |
| looking skywards, nursing a cup of coffee! | | | | the ocean. |
| A key center for flight training that mixes the Florida | | | | Someone once said that experiencing flying makes |
| resort life with the business of getting airborne, is | | | | you walk with your eyes turned "skyward", for "there |
| Daytona Beach. Situated on Florida's Central East | | | | you have been, and there you will always long to |
| Coast, Daytona Beach offers around 23 miles of | | | | return." Flying in Daytona Florida resort area can only |
| staggeringly white sand beaches, and those so | | | | add to this effect! |