FAQs

The club is open to Active and Retired Military Personnel, Active Reserves, National Guard, Base Contractors, Civil Air Patrol and their descendants.

The Aero Club is open 7 days a week.  We are only scheduled closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day and Thanksgiving Day.  We may also be closed due to inclement weather or due to activity on Eglin.  We schedule to staff the front desk for customer service Monday thru Friday 8-5, Saturday 8-4 and Sunday 10-4

The Aero Club Schedules aircraft via the website www.flightschedulepro.com.  You cannot access this site unless you are an apporved member of the aero club.

The lesson costs vary according to how long each lesson is and what is accomplished on the lesson.  Most individuals train on the C-172 which is $80 per hour with an instructor cost of $30 per hour.  The average flight lesson is about 1.5 hours of flight with and hour of ground instruction ($150)  Any given lesson may be more or less than this amount.

 

Average Cost

(55 hrs flight over 6 months)

 

Aircraft	$  4,400.00
Instruction –   Flight	$  1,350.00
Ground	$     600.00
Ground School	$     250.00
Books and Supplies	$     325.00
FAA Flight Check	$     300.00
FAA Written Exam	$     100.00
FAA Class III Medical	$     100.00
Initiation and dues	$     175.00
total	$  7,375.00

 

The Eglin Aero Club is your complete flight school.  We have a variety of aircraft for you to train in or for your recreational or travel needs.  We have a strong instructor staff with a designated examiner on staff to answer questions or capable of flight checks on the spot. We have an onsite testing facility so you can test right here.  We include liability and hull insurance on all of your flights.  You are learning to fly in a professional airspace so you will not have the fear that many new pilots have of "talking on the radio". We can handle all of your flight needs with supplies and instruction from "not knowing what an airplane is" to ready to fly for the airlines.

Absolutely, we have members from Duke, Hurlburt, Pensacola, Rucker, Tyndall.  We have members that only join the club and fly while they are here TDY.  We have had individuals in this area from another base and get their Multi Engine Rating while on vacation

USAF aero club aircraft are authorized for temporary duty (TDY) travel under the

Regulation Joint Travel(JTR) Volume I and AFI 24-101, Passenger Travel. Members using WPAFB Aero Club aircraft for

such travel are entitled to receive a travel receipt which may be filed with the member’s Travel Voucher to

claim the expenses, provided the member has paid his/her Aero Club bill for the flight(s) and associated

expenses, and has provided the Aero Club a copy of all receipts for expenses claimed. The EAFB Aero Club

upon receipt of required payments and documentation, shall issue a signed travel receipt in the

member’s name, stating the rental cost of the aircraft minus the credit given for fuel, oil, and maintenance

purchased while TDY and minus the credit given for Federal Excise Taxes, plus the cost of fuel purchased

while TDY, plus the cost of charts and flight publications required for the flight(s) purchased at the EAFB

Aero Club.

 The EAFB Aero Club insurance coverage is as follows:

The EAFB Aero Club shall provide insurance coverage for hull, liability, club assets, contractors, employees, and patrons IAW AFI 34-208,  The Aero Club (hull and liability) insurance program is associated only with aircraft operated by aero
 

employees, members, contract instructors, and authorized patrons and users against claims or suits which

The public liability program, which is a self-insured program, covers the Aero Club and its
result from personal injury, death, or property damage to third parties. This program covers the public
The hull insurance program covers club-owned aircraft and aircraft under exclusive-use lease

Protection of Assets

on simple negligence (maximum liability of $250), or gross negligence/willful misconduct (liability is for

full amount of Non-Appropriated Funds loss). Examples of negligence may include inadequate flight

planning; deviation from FARs, Air Force regulations, or these SOPs without sufficient cause; improperly

servicing an aircraft; performing unauthorized maintenance; setting an object on a painted aircraft surface

so as to damage the finish; striking an object during taxiing/towing an aircraft; damaging a tire because of

improper braking procedures.

, and AFI 34-402, Protecting Non-Appropriated Fund Assets. Liability may be based
 

Club and, in any event, is not covered by the AFSVA insurance program.

Personal property left at the Aero Club may not be considered in the care of and custody of the Aero 
 

agreements, as well as the engines of such aircraft. A person may be held liable for damage or loss to an

aircraft or for damage to property or personal injuries to others under the provisions of AFI 34-202,