Wayman College of Aeronautics Blog
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Private Pilot Ground School: Online vs. In-Person
Author: Nikita Gabdrakhmanov, Chief Flight Instructor, Wayman College of Aeronautics Both online and in-person private pilot ground school prepare you to pass the FAA knowledge (written) exam, and FAA pass rates are essentially the same for each. Online courses...
How Long Does It Take to Get 1,500 Flight Hours?
Author: Nikita Gabdrakhmanov, Chief Flight Instructor, Wayman College of Aeronautics How Long Does It Take to Get 1,500 Flight Hours? Most career-track pilots reach 1,500 flight hours in about two years of consistent, full-time flying: roughly 12–18 months to...
Commercial Single-Engine vs. Multi-Engine CPL: Choosing Your Commercial Pathway
Author: Nikita Gabdrakhmanov, Chief Flight Instructor, Wayman College of Aeronautics Key Takeaways The Initial Checkride Choice: Your "Initial Commercial" practical test demands maximum mastery. Choosing CSEL involves complex performance maneuvers, while CMEL...
Our Waypoints: Fearless feedback
Fearless feedback is something you can use everyday. In the artworld there is something called a ‘critique’. You hang all your pieces up in an area and everybody can give ‘critique’. The important thing is to give constructive criticism though. But, how do we apply...
Way Point 3: Innovation
Innovation has a different context for different people but for us it means; “Constantly improving and refining towards perfection.” This doesn’t mean that we expect our staff to invent a new engine or airplane. However, we do want to make sure staff and instructors...
Waypoints 1: Energy, Intelligence & Integrity
Do you want to be a flight instructor at our school? Or maybe join the maintenance team? Or our dispatch? That’s great! The first test is if you meet our hiring principles. Our crew and colleagues are very important. These are the people that we rely on for safety, to...
Our Story: Origins of Wayman College of Aeronautics
Wayman College of Aeronautics has been around for a very long time. But where do we come from? Throughout the last 30 years we’ve touched many lives through our mission; changing lives through aviation. No story exemplifies this mission better than that of Mr Wayman...
2014 SAFEE South Florida Air Expo
Flying in Miami
Miami-Dade College Flight Training Partner
Wayman College of Aeronautics is an official partner of Miami Dade College’s Eig-Watson School of Aviation. This is an exciting collaboration that gives students all of the resources of a large public college and the benefits of an intimate 1-to-1 training...