We're a flight organization based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
School Type:   Part 61.  



Category:    Airplane (Fixed Wing).  

Certificates:    Sport Pilot, Private, Commercial, ATP, CFI and CFII.  

Ratings:    VFR, IFR, Commercial, CFI and CFII.  

Class:    Single Engine Land and Glider.  

Engines:   Single.  

Endorsement:    Complex and High Performance.  

Recurrent Training:    Flight Review, Instrument Proficiency Check, Aircraft Checkouts and Insurance Checkouts.  

Training Orientation:    Career (Carrier, Commercial, Military), Business (Private) and Recreation (all non-commercial flight).  

Career Focus:    Commercial (includes air taxi, survey, ambulance, etc), Corporate Flying, Regional Airlines, Major Airlines, Flight Instruction and Military Aviation.  

Type of Curriculum:    Ground School, Self-Paced, Accelerated (full days, intense), All-inclusive and Career Oriented, structured.  



Technically Advanced Aircraft:    Glass Cockpit(Garmin G1000), etc and Autopilot.  

Type of Rental:    Students only and Licensed Pilots.  

Type of Airplanes Available:   Columbia 300, Piper Archer, Piper Warrior, Cessna 172  



Instruction Materials:    Jeppesen, ASA, Sportys, Gleim, King, FAA and Custom.  

Syllabus:    Jeppesen, Gleim and Custom.  



Training Facilities:    Dedicated Classroom, Lounge, Dedicated Study Area, Flight Planning Area, Lending Library (books, videos, software), Pilot Ready Room, Private Rest Quarters, Snack Room, Full Kitchen, dining area and Simulator.  

On-Site FAA Testing:    Written Tests (CATS, Laser Grade) and On-site flight examiner.  

Airport Facilities:    Control Tower, ILS, Pilot Shop and Weather computer terminal.  

Airport Locations (codes):   CID VTI IFA EOK DBQ DSM  



Financial Assistance:    Third Party (bank, etc) and Scholarships.  



Professional Affiliations:    AOPA, EAA and Civil Air Patrol.  

Total Instructors:   7  

Foreign Languages:   German  



Weather:   Year round flying  

School Description
At IFT, we do one thing: teach people to fly. For fun, business, or a career, we can help you achieve your goals. You will be paired one-on-one with a very experienced CFI from the begnning to the end of you training. You will not need to contend with multiple instructors. This will keep your time and costs as low as possible. We average 50 hours of flight training to PPL at tower controlled airports, and 45 hours to PPL at our non-towered airports. If you have a group wishing to take ground school classes, please let us know. We will bring classes to your community.

Staff Qualification
Every flight instructor on staff is dedicated to flight training and only flight training. We do not charter and are not headed for the airlines. Teaching people to fly is our only mission.

More About Us
Every flight instructor at IFT teaches flight because that is our mission. None of us has any intentions of charter, corporate, or airline flying. We teach because that is our calling. As a student, you will receive training from a single flight instructor from the beginning to the end of your training. Our focus is on you the student. All our scheduling is done online for maximum flexibility.


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