Department of Aviation - Aviation Flight Management

Welcome to the Lewis University Flight Department. I’m glad you’ve taken the time to explore our program and hope you’ll find our website useful.

The Aviation Flight Management degree is designed to prepare the beginning flight student for a career as a professional pilot. You will complete your Private Pilot Certificate, Instrument Rating, and Commercial Pilot Certificates for both Single and Multi-Engine Airplanes. Most of our students continue on to earn their Flight Instructor Airplane and Flight Instructor Instrument Certificates.

Our campus is located at the Lewis University Airport so there is no need to travel off-campus to get to your flight lessons. You can literally walk out of the classroom and be 100 feet away from your waiting airplane. Also, your flight training will begin the first week of your first semester at school, so you don’t have to wait to start earning your wings. Your flight block is scheduled three days a week for two hours a day. This is when you will meet your instructor and actually learn to fly.

Our flight program is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration under both Federal Aviation Regulations parts 141 & 61. This allows you the ability to complete your training in less time (and money) while still having the flexibility to complete some flight training before you enroll in our program. Lewis is one of the few universities that will give you academic credit for any FAA pilot certificates or ratings earned prior to enrollment in our program. We strongly encourage our students to start their flight training as early as possible in order to get a head start on their career.

I encourage you to please contact me if you have additional questions about our flight program.

 

Keith P. McGill
Chief of Pilot Training
(815) 836-5053
mcgillke@lewisu.edu

 

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