Just plane fun Flight lessons affordable, accessible By Andy Knight Cincinnati. Com Dan Nieman points to a digital readout in the cockpit of a Cessna Skyhawk before he and Phil Oakley take off. F Several local airports have schools offering flying lessons. The school also offers an instrument rating course to follow up the private pilot's certificate.
Training is also available for twin engine airplanes, instructor ratings and commercial ratings.
The cockpit of a three-week old Cessna Skyhawk 172 looks like the inside of a new sports car. Adjustable lap belts. But then there's the dashboard. There are tests to be run even before starting the engine, spark plug scans to be performed at idling speed, then a final radio check before we taxi onto the runway. Many people, Nieman tells me, don't make it this far.