Straight answers before you book.

No. Most students start with zero experience, and your first step is a Discovery Flight, where an instructor walks you through everything before you take the controls.

A Discovery Flight is your first real lesson: after a short briefing you fly the airplane yourself, with a Certified Flight Instructor beside you on dual controls. It costs $99 in a two-seat trainer or $119 in a four-seat, and there is nothing to commit to afterward.

Yes. Training aircraft like our Cessnas are among the most forgiving airplanes ever built, and your instructor sits beside you with a full set of controls on every lesson. Our airplanes get rigorous 100-hour inspections and preventative care, and your instructor makes the go/no-go call on weather.

Our estimate is $9,725 at FAA minimums: 40 flight hours and 20 hours of one-on-one ground school, paid lesson by lesson with no lump sum. Most students need more than the minimum hours, so flying 2 to 3 times a week is the best way to keep the total down.

It depends mostly on how often you fly, because Part 61 training has no fixed calendar. We recommend 2 to 3 lessons a week. Central Florida weather gives us lots of flying days, and checkride waits here are typically under two weeks.

For a Private Pilot certificate, yes: you will need an FAA medical certificate before you fly solo, so it is smart to get one early. Sport Pilot training in our COLT can be done on a valid U.S. driver's license instead. Ask us and we will point you in the right direction.

Most students start in a two-seat Cessna 152 or 150, or one of our two Cessna 172s. Instrument training uses our IFR 172 (N13129), Sport Pilot uses the 2023 Texas Aircraft COLT, and tailwheel training uses the Piper Super Cub.

We are a Part 61 school. That means a flexible, one-on-one schedule built around you, following the structured Gleim syllabus for each rating.

Yes, through third-party lenders. Most students pay as they go, and we connect students with Stratus Financial and Flight Training Finance. Legends does not offer in-house financing, and we do not accept GI Bill benefits.

We are at 3600 Drane Field Road, Lakeland, FL 33811, on Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL), and we train students from across Central Florida, including Tampa, Orlando, Plant City, Bartow and Clearwater.

Yes. Our Career Pilot track takes you from zero to Private, Instrument, Commercial and Flight Instructor with a dedicated instructor. Becoming a CFI is the fast track to the 1,500 hours airlines require, and the Cessna 150 makes affordable timebuilding.

Call (863) 937-8045 or send us your details and we will call you back. Most people start with a Discovery Flight — $99 in a two-seat trainer — so you can feel it for yourself before deciding anything.

Our Texas Aircraft COLT is a 2023. The rest of the fleet are older, proven Cessnas and a Piper Super Cub. With deep roots in aircraft maintenance, every airplane gets rigorous 100-hour inspections and preventative care.

We fly six aircraft: a Cessna 150, a Cessna 152, two Cessna 172s, a Texas Aircraft COLT and a Piper Super Cub. You schedule lessons ahead with your instructor, and with several trainers to choose from there is usually an airplane that fits.

Usually you will fly the same type for each phase, like a 152 or 172 for the Private Pilot, then the IFR 172 for your instrument rating. Flying more than one airplane is normal and makes you a more adaptable pilot.

Both. Most of our Cessnas have traditional analog gauges, our IFR 172 adds an IFR GPS, and the 2023 COLT has a Garmin glass flight display. Learning on round gauges builds a strong scan, and the COLT lets you fly glass.

It depends on the lender. Stratus Financial covers full career pathways from Private through CFI/CFII or individual ratings, and Flight Training Finance offers lesson-by-lesson Part 61 loans. Terms are set by the lender, so ask them what is included.

No. Legends is pay-as-you-go, with no contract and no lump sum: you pay for each lesson as you fly it. If you buy 10 hours, you get 1 free on all training aircraft.

Come to 3600 Drane Field Road at Lakeland Linder International Airport. We will confirm exactly where to meet when we schedule your flight, and if you get turned around, call (863) 937-8045.

Ask us when you book. KLAL is a towered airport with controlled ramp access, so we will tell you where guests can wait and watch.

Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL), in Lakeland, Florida. It is a towered airport with commercial jet traffic, so you learn real radio work and controlled airspace from day one.