JLS Aviation

JLS Aviation is a small, well organized flight school located outside the Washington DC SFRA. The school offers training for Recreation through ATP-ASEL under Part 61. Additionally, Private, Instrument, Commercial and CFI-I are offered under Part 141 and VA Benefits under the GI Bill are offered for eligible veterans. The school also offers Light Sport Pilot training using an Ercoupe 415 C/D.

Ground school is taught three times a year and upcoming classes are posted on the web site. The school also has a Redbird Advanced Aviation Training Device that can be credited toward a license or used for refresher training.

The Flight School, aircraft and runway are located within 100 feet of one another and the airport is situated within an uncongested training area. For instrument training there are five different types of instrument approaches withina ten mile radius of the school.

The atmosphere is one of a club and the Flight School also rents aircraft to qualified pilots for business and recreational flying, subject to some restrictions. Instructors are hired based on their ability to teach and all are experienced flight instructors.