Archive for Flight School
Sun Valley Airport
It’s busy day here at the Sun Valley Airport (A20). Private pilot students practicing takeoff’s and landings getting ready for their first solo, Instrument students in the simulators, multi-engine students preparing for their checkrides, commercial students practicing their maneuvers, the hustle and bustle of all the activity keeps the day exciting. Hope to see you soon here at Sun Valley Airport!
Fun in the Sun
Today has been another fantastic day @ Sheble’s in Sun Valley.
We had another private pilot pass his checkride yesterday, congrats to Steve! Just this week alone we’ve had a few private pilots make giant steps towards their goals. We have a few new, highly motivated commercial ASEL and AMEL applicants who are well on their way to accomplishing their Commercial Certificates. Our Instrument course has a new course study guide which should be helpful for completing the rating in just 10 days. The temperature has been beautiful as of lately, especially in the mornings!
See you soon!
Instrument Training Packet
The updated “Instrument Training Packet” is now available in the “documents”
section of this website.
Get your glider add-on or seaplane add-on in just 2 days!!!
As the desert heats up above the 100 degree mark, it presents the perfect opportunity for more exciting pilot training. The thermals are numerous and makes for exciting and long glider flights. (no engine, but still we climb!). Glider flying is very exciting and challenging, a very good way to hone your piloting skills …and engine out skills! If you get tired of the heat, take your training to the colorado river in one of our sea planes to cool off and enjoy the scenery of the summer! Both add-ons can be completed in just two days! Call today to schedule! Don’t miss out on all the fun.
Beech 18 Video Library
The Beech 18 Training Video Library is up and ready to go. Please view the below videos prior to your arrival and it will greatly enhance your overall training experience while getting your Multi-engine Sea rating.
This should get you started. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Beech 18 WOW!
Turn up your speakers because this is a must see and hear set of video’s from Sheble Aviation. Pilot flight training with a takeoff and landing of the Beech 18 on floats! If you are a pilot ,,, WARNING ,,, you may end up buying a ticket to come visit us TODAY to fly this amazing bird!
Sheble Aviation has a new Additional Location
Sheble Aviation has been in business for over forty years. For the last ten years Sheble has resided in Kingman, AZ.
Sheble’s has always specialized in accelerated flight training and we would like to introduce you to our newest location at Sun Valley airport (a20).
There you will find all the same professional training that we have provided over the years but with a new twist.
Why not try a glider rating or just a ride? Soaring over the Colorado River over the Casinos is a great experience.
Or how about a Multi engine Sea Rating. In just two days you to can be a Multi seaplane pilot.
Is it time for your BFR? You can accomplish this by acquiring a new rating, such as a Single Engine Seaplane Certificate!!
Our local examiners are ready and available to accommodate your check ride seven days a week. Ask yourself? Why train anywhere else, and then have to go find an examiner for your check which could take weeks to book. The schedule is designed to accommodate your needs and your goals when you need it!
Not to mention our professional and caring staff that will walk through your flight training from start to finish. With our fleet of airplanes and our own knowledgeable maintenance staff, airplane availability is not an issue.
With years of multi engine training experience on the Colorado River in Laughlin, NV you can’t go wrong.
Call Us Today!
Toll Free: 800-249-6482
Direct: 928-768-3176
Fax: 928-768-6105
shebleaviation@gmail.com
Sun Valley Airport
5050 Bison Ave
Fort Mohave, AZ 86426
Economics and Flight Training
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Now this is career to get excited about!
Now this is career to get excited about!
Up until recently I would have told you that flight training was immune to the effects of the economy and held it’s own against the flow of markets. Lately I have changed my story and restructured my position as flight schools are impacted, just in a different way. There is a great need for pilots all over the world today and this is why many foreign students come to the United States to complete their training. It has been a big surprise to see established flight schools that have been training large numbers of students, foreign and domestic, part 141 and part 61, close their doors and file for bankrupcy. Sheble’s is still open and thriving with less business than before, but there are great benefits to be shared.
The flight training market has slowed down and it doesn’t take a genius to see that. People are less willing to travel due to their economic responsibilities to their homes and families. This has also slowed the market for air transport companies. While the pilots of regional airlines struggled before with very low paying jobs, now they fight to remain with the company through lay-offs and furloughs. The need for new pilots across America has dwindled to nothing. But there is a light of hope! Foreign airlines are hiring pilots from America and putting them to work in other countries. The aviation market is global and Americans working abroad get many benefits that, working domestically, are not available such as taxes . . . they don’t have to pay taxes anymore. Great incentive in itself but that’s not all. Most foreign airlines pay better than their American counterparts and give either a housing allowance or give pilots a place to live. Not too bad, as long as your family doesn’t need you at home.
The baby-boomer generation are all getting ready to retire within the next 10 years. There will be a great need for new pilots, air traffic controllers, F.A.A. personnel, NTSB investigators, and business managers all across America. Don’t you want to be a part of that?
Foreign pilots come to the states to be trained because of recruiters in their home countries. They are shipped over here in a hurry to spend their money on flight training and they are helping the U.S. economy right now. They are bringing money to our shores and spending it in our businesses. The hotels that they stay at, the restaurants that they eat in, and the flight schools they train at are doing decently well. This keeps Americans in jobs. There is a very large drawback to this also. As the foreign pilots are completing their training, they will be put into entry-level positions with the airlines in their home countries and start to build the valuable experience that, someday, will make them an extremely valuable asset to any company. This is where the American airlines come back into play. Once they have to retire most their pilots, they will be looking for experienced pilots to fill their ranks and looking overseas for the experienced pilots since the domestic flight training has all but stopped. America is going to need pilots and I believe that Americans should have those jobs. Not that I have any problems with people from other cultures sharing our country. I just want to see America thrive again with the American people having good jobs and being able to support their own families. Americans need to be flight training right now to stay competitive
Most flight schools are raising their prices or charging additional fees for this and that in attempts to make more profit from each individual student. This causes them to loose credibility from the market. That leads to fewer students and thus continues the cycle until the business closes. Sheble’s has always charged one flat rate for their courses. No hidden fees and no extra costs. Everything is posted on this website that you will be charged or your flight training. Occasionally, we offer other incentives such as 10% off your total training package (I believe that ended last month) in an effort to get students to complete their training and fulfil their dreams of being a pilot!
There is no time like the present for flight training. There are great deals to be had and the one-on-one training is unbelievably effective, now that someone can receive the focused attention. As a Sheble graduate as well as an employee, I implore people to take these government tax incentives, the grants available, the low interest loans, and anything else the government is offering right now to complete their ambitions of flying. There may never be another time to take advantage of such large scale tax cuts and rebates as right now.
We aren’t going anywhere. We’ve been around for 30 years or so and we’ll be here for another 30. Sheble’s has built a reputation for quality and service that is unparalleled in the aviation training community and we do it in a fun, relaxed atmosphere that helps you learn faster. We are a small U.S. business and don’t have the problems that larger conglomerates struggle with. I suppose the question I put to you is:
Why not you? And why not now?
Chris Rogakis CFI, CFII, MEI
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On your way to the big iron…a peek at the top!
On your way to the big iron…a peek at the top!
I have worked at Sheble’s for about 3 years now and in that time I have gained some of the best experience of my flying career. With more than 2500 hours of dual instruction given in a wide variety of aircraft, I am very pleased with the results of my instruction.
I was born and raised in Colorado and heard of Sheble’s through a friend of mine that came to Kingman for his multi engine rating. I followed him and completed my multi engine, commercial add-on, my initial CFI, my CFII, and my MEI all in about 3 weeks. I was astonished at the laid back atmosphere as it compared to the flight school that I did the majority of my training in Colorado. The instructional staff was very knowledgable and friendly and I remember thinking to myself, “I want to work there.” I got my oportunity about 1 year later when I called to find out if they were hiring. The rest is history.
I do miss Colorado and I hope to live there again someday, but for right now I am very pleased with what I am doing; influencing the next generation of pilots and a school that is known all over the world. The other instructors are top-notch and I am happy to call them my friends.
What ever your needs, we can help you.
Initial CFI Accelerated Training
I teach Initial CFI applicants at our Kingman location and currently have four students. It is amazing to see the transformation of these pilots into instructors. Our CFI course is second-to-none and most of the instructors at Sheble’s are graduates of this exact program.
Initial CFI accelerated training is intense and thorough and I recommend that students prepare before they arrive by doing a couple of things. First they should have both of the written tests completed. There is a lot of knowledge that will be gained by taking those tests that I can add to when you arrive and this helps the training go faster. Second, I would say you need commercial knowledge and abilities. Practice maneuvers, takeoffs and landings, slow-flight, and stalls. The more proficient you are, the faster the training goes. If at all possible, try to get some right-seat-time.
There is a lot of material to cover with every student and it will keep you busy while you’re here. With hard work, focus, dedication, and an open mind we can help you achieve your dreams of being a teacher in the sky.
UPDATE:
Of those four students that I was training three of them are now finished with their practical tests and all three passed! Good work, gentilemen!
