Explore: Your first 10 flight hours

This internship program is designed for:

• High school juniors or seniors who want to experience what a career in aviation might be like
• Career changers who want to start earning flight and instructional time that can be applied to their future training in ground school
• Anyone interested in taking control of the yoke with an instructor to experience piloting a plane

Or Sanford, Florida Academy provides you with abundant opportunities to take to the skies and fly! Our cadets benefit from just some of the following advantages:

• Our location in the Sunshine State offers great weather to fly year-round, plus it is just 30 minutes to downtown Orlando, beautiful Florida beaches and popular theme parks!
• We offer one of the largest fleets of over 100 aircraft for our cadet pilots and instructors.
• State-of-the-art flight training facilities and flight simulators.
• The largest footprint for take-off and landing available.
• Our campus is at the Sanford International Airport, which also has a tower and commercial jet traffic, providing our cadets with additional training.
• As a global leader in pilot training, our graduates fly for some of the leading airlines in the world, including American Airlines, Delta, United, Envoy, SkyWest and many more.
• Our Student Experience team is here to support you through every phase of your training with financial aid support, academic advising, housing and transportation, and career services.
• Join our Cadet Steering Committee, where you can have a voice in the Academy operations.

$4,325 (includes 10 flight hours and five briefing hours)

On successful completion of the Explore program you will have completed 10 hours of flight time. From here you can take that extra step to join either our Embark (Private Pilot) or Edge (Commercial Pilot) programs. While the Explore program is a fantastic first step, you can also begin your flight training journey directly on the Embark or Edge programs.

Should you complete the Explore program, the cost of your Embark or Edge program will reduce by the value of the Explore program. Your flight hours will also transfer.