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Discovery Flight · first light at 7M2

Your Discovery Flight. You fly the plane.

A real first lesson, not a sightseeing tour. A proper brief on the ground, then the left seat of the airplane over the Ozarks, with your instructor beside you the whole way.

Departures · 7M2 Now booking
Flight
Discovery
Aircraft
Your seat
Left · pilot
Fare
$149
Logbook
It counts
A white high-wing training airplane parked in the open doorway of a hangar on a sunny day A high-wing trainer · on the ramp
Your first takeoff

Nobody forgets their first takeoff. Yours is on this flight.

  1. Hold shortYour instructor runs the checklist out loud. Nothing is skipped.
  2. ThrottleThrottle forward, and the runway blurs.
  3. 55 knotsAround 55 knots, you pull back. Gently. That’s all it takes.
  4. LiftoffThe ground lets go of you.
  5. 500 feetMost people are grinning before 500 feet. You’ll see.

The left seat is the pilot’s seat. It’s yours.

Everyone’s nervous.

The first-timer in the parking lot right now is nervous. The airline captain was nervous on her first lesson too.

Your instructor’s hands are on the controls with yours — they never leave.

Nervous means you’re paying attention. Good. Pilots pay attention.

Before you fly

The pre‑takeoff checklist.

Every item self-checks. There is nothing to prepare and nothing to prove.

Discovery Flight · all items checked

  • Experience None needed. That’s the point of this flight.
  • Medical Not required for a discovery flight.
  • Nerves Normal. Expected. Handled.
  • Weather Your instructor’s call. If it’s not right, you reschedule.
  • Camera Bring it. The view is yours to keep.
What to expect

Your Discovery Flight, step by step

  1. 01

    Before you fly

    You meet your instructor at the hangar, talk through what you’d like to get out of the flight, and walk around the airplane together on the preflight inspection.

  2. 02

    In the air

    Once you’re airborne, your instructor hands you the controls. You’ll climb, turn and level off yourself, with a hand ready beside you the whole time.

  3. 03

    Back on the ramp

    Back on the ground you talk through the flight, ask anything you like about training, and leave with the flight in your logbook. No sales pitch — the next step is yours to decide.

A pilot kneeling in tall grass beside a blue-striped high-wing airplane under a stormy sky Back on the ground

Ozark Aero Flight and Training · Discovery Flight

$149

No experience needed · you take the controls

The big hangar behind the VFD on Bayou Rd, Mountain View Airport (7M2)

Good to know

A real introduction, not a joyride

A Discovery Flight is designed to help you experience the aircraft, the instructor, and the training environment before committing to a larger plan. If you decide flying is for you, it’s also how you judge us: the airplane, the instructor, and whether our approach fits how you want to learn.

Forested hills and a green river valley seen past the wing strut of a high-wing airplaneA high-wing trainer · over the Ozarks
A high-wing trainer · at dusk
Discovery Flight · $149

Your first flight is one call away.

Send a request or call 254-316-0950. One flight, one instructor — nothing to commit to.

Serving Batesville · Heber Springs · Mountain Home · Conway · West Plains

Get My Flight Plan Book — $149