Aviation Program Benefits

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NMC’s Aviation Program Offers These Advantages:

• We train students to become professional career pilots
• We are FAA 141 and VA approved and have an outstanding reputation in the industry
• We offer a Flight Academy option
• We offer Associate of Applied Science degrees and students can receive their ratings in two years or less.
• Students also have an opportunity to complete a Bachelor’s degree through NMC University Center without leaving Traverse City.
• We have flexible class and flight time scheduling.
• We are affordable and students can pay flight fees as they fly.
• We offer personal attention; each student has a personal flight instructor and an Aviation Mentor to guide him/her in achieving their goals.
• We offer free Tutorial Services.
• Students fly all four seasons... giving them broader flying experience.
• We fly our students to special events throughout the year, including conventions, air shows, and museums.
• We provide training flights to Florida and out West.
• Students can Fly extended solo trips after they get their private pilot license; to destinations such as Florida, Texas, Arizona, Alaska, Canada, and Mexico.
• We own and maintain our own aircraft which are equipped with state of the art instruments; maintenance includes both required and non-required inspections.
• Instructors are NMC employees and we train in out own facility at Cherry Capital Airport.
• We Offer free job placement assistance.
• We hire many of our graduates as flight instructors, allowing them to increase their total flight experience and enhance their employability.
• Students gain real world experience through a broad range of training exercises.
• We offer students the latest technology in their training.
• And...our students fly over some of the most beautiful scenery in the world — Northwestern Michigan.