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Lake Travis High School Flying Club

A student-led aviation experience

EVENTS JOIN
The LTHS Flying Club is composed of students who share a common passion for aviation. The club provides high schoolers with resources and opportunities to take flight as young as 14 years of age. With our one-of-a-kind partnership with the Lakeway Flying Club, students can take flying lessons with reduced monthly dues.
THE PATH TO YOUR PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE (PPL)

  1. THE MEDICAL - Students are required to have an aeronautical medical to begin taking flight lessons. For the Private Pilot License, you will need a Class 3 medical done by an aeronautical medical examiner; however, it is encouraged that students looking to make aviation as their career to get a Class 1 medical. We recommend Andy Davenport near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 
  2. THE KNOWLEDGE TEST - Students are required to take a knowledge test for each FAA license they are taking lessons for. MzeroA.com provides an online and affordable Private Pilot Bootcamp to help prepare you for the knowledge exam. The exam - if passed - has a duration of two years before it expires. Therefore, students should plan to take their written exam and private pilot checkride within 2 years.
  3. FLYING - Students will go through a series of manuevers, techniques, and practice at the Lakeway Airpark in order to obtain their Private Pilot License. You will be trained to the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) with a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) and be signed off for your solo endorsement to fly on your own.
  4. THE CHECKRIDE - After students pass their medical, knowledge test, and are trained to the Airman Certification Standards, a checkride with a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) will be scheduled to test your knowledge and abilities relating to the private pilot level.