Primary flight instruction in the Salt Lake City UT area

[dkkim73]

Hello All, 

 

Does anyone have any experiences, recommendations, or thoughts on primary flight instruction in the Salt Lake City area? 

My son is a rising junior at the U (kinesiology currently) and is looking to get flight training, possibly as a career path. He used to play with X-Plane as a teenager, and has had only a few GA flights (first with me recently). So it's early, though from my observations of the aviation world, he has the right basic aptitudes and temperament. 

I would imagine it could range anywhere from "do 10-20hrs and see how you like it", to committing to the PP as efficiently as possible, to maybe actually enrolling in a more formal program aimed at Commercial. Initially he'd looked around and found a local place that sounds like it has a few locations (so possibly a 141 school). 

Curious if anyone knows specific instructors or schools in the area and can opine? Also on the airports best to train from? (he's in the city in the Sugar House district, so I would imagine kind of central) My last certificate was in the 2000's, so thoughts on the current training environment are also most welcome. 

Thank you, 

David

 

[Air pirate]

Utah State has a program based at Provo which will allow him college credit.   
 

I have heard Pilotmakers also at Provo does a good job 

good luck !

[Utah20Gflyer]

There are several flight schools at U42 and one at KBTF if your son doesn’t want to do a college aviation program.   I know one instructor who teaches at U42 who I fly with in my Mooney occasionally.  If you’d like his contact info message me and I’ll give it to you.  

[dkkim73]

Thank you guys! @Utah20Gflyer @Air pirate 

Do you or anyone else have any opinions or info on Cornerstone Aviation? They look like a 61 or 141 school, based on student preference. Their FAQ and info are pretty thorough, which seems like a good indication. 

 

[dkkim73]

Thank you guys for the info. We're circling back to this now and starting with a medical/student cert... He got a long list of AMEs and I don't recognize any of the people offhand. Do you guys have any recs for an AME in the area? @Utah20Gflyer @Air pirate @UteM20F

[Utah20Gflyer]

5 hours ago, dkkim73 said:

Thank you guys for the info. We're circling back to this now and starting with a medical/student cert... He got a long list of AMEs and I don't recognize any of the people offhand. Do you guys have any recs for an AME in the area? @Utah20Gflyer @Air pirate @UteM20F

I’ve been doing basic med for a while so unfortunately I don’t have any AME recommendations.  

[bigmo]

My wife’s a professor at USU so I keep in touch with their programs / I think they’re adding a fixed wing program at the main campus and will be flying out of Brigham. STELLAR program, with outstanding people. If 141 is a consideration, USU is hard to beat.

 I’m a CFII but don’t really teach much (mainly do flight reviews and IPCs), because it conflicts with my work too much. There are a few great independent CFI’s that are all around SLC if you need some connections. I also know of a fabulous AME that really supports GA. PM me if you’d like any contacts.

[UteM20F]

Hi David,

My son and I have used Flightline Medical in Orem for our Medicals.  We've been happy with their doctor.  We're very healthy and haven't had to jump through any hoops.  

Good luck!

Ute

[Jetdriver]

Professional pilot here, I've used Letitia Archuleta as my AME for years and almost everyone I know swears by her. In point of fact I like her so much that I drive down from Logan instead of doing it up here.