Straight answers before you book.

No. Any motivated student can start from zero — your first lesson is a Discovery Flight, and your instructor teaches everything from the ground up, one-to-one.

A Discovery Flight is your first real flight lesson, and it costs $110. You take the controls with a Certified Flight Instructor beside you, flying from Henderson City-County Airport (KEHR), with nothing to commit to afterward.

Yes. A Certified Flight Instructor sits beside you with a full set of controls on every lesson, and safe decision-making is taught from day one. The aircraft are backed by an aviation company with maintenance on the same field, flying since 1957.

We quote it to you directly — call 270-826-6000 for current rates. The biggest factor is hours: the FAA minimum is 40 hours of flight training and most students take 50–70, so flying consistently keeps the total down.

It is measured in flight hours: at least 40, and 50–70 for the average student. How fast you log them depends on how often you fly — and flight operations run seven days a week, 7am to 9pm.

Yes, before you fly solo — but not for a Discovery Flight or your first lessons with an instructor. An FAA medical certificate comes from an Aviation Medical Examiner, and we can talk you through it.

Part 61. Training is one-to-one and built around the individual student and their schedule, rather than a fixed classroom syllabus.

Not through us — Don Davis Aviation does not offer financing. Call 270-826-6000 and we will talk through what your training will cost for your goals and schedule.

At 2154 Hwy 136 West, Henderson, KY 42420 — on Henderson City-County Airport (KEHR). Don Davis Aviation also trains in Evansville, Indiana, just across the Ohio River.

Yes. A commercial certificate lets you fly for hire — aerial photography, surveying, sightseeing tours — and most, but not all, aviation careers begin with flight instructing. We train Private through Commercial, CFI and CFII.

Call 270-826-6000 or send us your details, and we will call you back. Most students begin with a $110 Discovery Flight.

Come to Don Davis Aviation at 2154 Hwy 136 West in Henderson — the FBO on Henderson City-County Airport. If you are unsure where to go, call 270-826-6000 and we will guide you in.

Henderson City-County Airport (KEHR) in Henderson, Kentucky, where Don Davis Aviation runs the full-service FBO. We also train in Evansville, Indiana.