LAUNCH YOUR PROFESSIONAL AVIATION CAREER TODAY!
Every professional pilot’s journey begins with a single lesson in a small training aircraft It’s called a Discovery Flight! This flight many times is one of a pilots’ most fun, exciting and memorable flights! This marks the beginning of a professional career! Once your training starts you will focus on primary flying skills such as, aircraft control, understaffing all of the procedures and rules for local flying and you’ll begin building your experience every hour that you fly and every single takeoff and landing that you do! All the while being trained by expert instructors, experienced in teaching and mastering the fundamentals.
With dedication, consistency, and a passion for aviation, that foundation grows into a career. Advanced training, real-world experience, and hours in the cockpit lead to the flight deck of a commercial aircraft, where teamwork, precision, and responsibility define every flight. The transition from training aircraft to professional cockpit represents more than a change in equipment—it’s the result of perseverance, commitment, and a lifelong respect for the craft of flying.
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Becoming a general aviation pilot is an exciting and rewarding journey that begins with a desire to fly and a commitment to learning. Training typically starts in a small single-engine aircraft, where pilots learn the fundamentals of aircraft control, navigation, weather awareness, and aeronautical decision-making. Along the way, students gain hands-on experience, build confidence, and develop the discipline required to fly safely and responsibly. Each lesson brings new skills, from smooth landings to confident cross-country flights, turning curiosity into capability.
As training progresses, general aviation pilots earn the freedom to explore the skies on their own terms—flying for recreation, personal travel, or business. Beyond the technical skills, general aviation fosters independence, problem-solving, and a deep appreciation for aviation. Whether flying for the joy of it or as a stepping stone toward advanced ratings and professional goals, becoming a general aviation pilot opens the door to a lifetime of learning, adventure, and connection to the aviation community.
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Private Pilot - Instrument Rating - Commercial - Multi-Engine - Certificated Flight Instructor
Private Pilot - Instrument Rating - Commercial - Multi-Engine - Certificated Flight Instructor
All the ratings you need in one spot:
Private Pilot
Instrument Rating
Commercial Pilot
Multi-Engine Add-On
Certificated Flight Instructor
Certificated Flight Instructor - Instrument
Multi-Engine Instructor
Airline Transport Pilot
Who We Are:
We are Penn Flight Academy and we are located at the Quakertown Airport in north western Bucks County Pennsylvania. Penn Flight is one of the premier flight training centers in the greater Philadelphia area.
We have been in business over 10 years and have trained hundreds of students that we have watched at zero flight time and no experience and are now flying for our regional airlines and in some cases our major legacy carriers. Penn Flight has been around long enough, trained enough students and have built a solid reputation that we have gained respect in the industry to the point where we will be taking the next step (coming soon) and growing to a full 141 school offering a full degree program in professional aviation.
The point is, Penn Flight started a little over 10 years ago, with one instructor and 2 airplanes and has grown to a completely updated fleet with new and late model single engine airplanes and recently added a twin engine Beech Duchess, with updated modern avionics. We are not just another “local airport” flight school, we have become a professional pilot training center.
What We Do - Why we are different.
We here at Penn Flight believe in a few fundamental core elements to training. The first is that we teach from a “safety first” stand point. Flying is all about mitigating risk and over the years the industry has used its experiences to develop training programs that mitigate the risks down to a very small level. But if schools don’t follow these elements, that risk factor can return to higher levels. That’s why we have based our training and training programs on staying true to the proven methods that keep the risk level at the lowest possible point.
We also, invest in our equipment. Many flight schools, unfortunately, have come up short when taking on new airplanes in their fleets, looking for bargain airplanes or flying airplanes that have used up their useful life. Then once these airplanes are on their flight line, they don’t invest in updating to new modern equipment and simply do the absolute minimum to keep the plane “legal.”
Here, we are different. The owner, Captain Phil Reinford Ret., has thousand upon thousands of flight hours and years of experience that has shown him that the only way to have proper flight training is to have good sound equipment, He started Penn Flight investing in good solid equipment and hiring the best instructors and has continued to follow this practice to this day. Come out and check out our flight line and meet our team and you will quickly realize that if you are looking for flight training in Pennsylvania, Penn Flight Academy ranks as one of the top flight schools in the tri-state area.
Take a look through our site, plan a visit to Quakertown Airport (KUKT) to check out our fleet and let us answer all of your questions and get you scheduled for a Discovery Flight and log your first hour of actual flight time!