Flight training is not reserved for any single background, age, or career path. It is for anyone who decides to pursue it.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Three ways into the cockpit
There is no single way to become a pilot. Pick the path that fits where you are right now.
PATH 01
EARN YOUR RATINGS
The main path. One certificate at a time, from your first flight to a career in the cockpit or a hobby that changes your life.
EXPLORE THE LADDER →
PATH 02 · FOR AGES 12 - 15
JUNIOR AVIATOR
A head start for the pilot who is not old enough to solo yet.
SEE THE PROGRAM →
PATH 03 · OPEN TO ALL PILOTS
THE SIMULATOR
Train, build proficiency, and stay current in our full-motion Redbird MCX.
HOW PILOTS USE IT →
Four ratings, one runway. This is the climb from your very first lesson to Certified Flight Instructor, one certificate at a time.
Every rating builds on the last. We train you to a standard on each one.
PATH 02 · THE HEAD START · FOR AGES 12 - 15
Junior Aviator Program
Here is what most people do not know. There is no minimum age to start flight training or to log time with an instructor. You must be 16 to fly solo and 17 to earn your Private Pilot certificate. That leaves years of runway. The Junior Aviator who starts now walks into their 17th birthday ready for a checkride, not starting from zero.
A STRUCTURED CURRICULUM
Junior Aviators work through the same curriculum we use to train certificated pilots, in plain language and at the right pace. Flight, weather, navigation, and airspace, the how and the why.
FLIGHTS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR
Logged dual time in the Cessna that counts toward a future certificate..
TIME IN THE REDBIRD MCX
Real procedures and real decision-making in our full-motion simulator. The lowest-cost way to build genuine skill.
MENTORSHIP AND THE PATHWAY
Exposure to careers in aviation and the community to get you there.
Already came to a Victors summer camp? Junior Aviator is the next step, a year-round path instead of a single week.
PATH 03 · OPEN TO ALL PILOTS
Train in the Simulator
Our Redbird MCX is a full-motion, FAA-approved simulator. It builds real skill at half the cost of the airplane, and it is the one place you can make every mistake and walk away. You do not have to be our student to fly it.
01 - COMPLEMENT YOUR TRAINING
Master a maneuver on the ground before you burn fuel in the air. Struggle with an approach? In the airplane you fly a six-minute pattern to try again. In the sim we hit reset and you are back on final in ten seconds.
02 - TRAIN TOWARD YOUR RATING
Log up to 20 hours of your Private Pilot training in the Redbird at half the hourly cost of the aircraft. A large share of instrument training can be completed here too.
03 - STAY CURRENT AND PROFICIENT
Already rated? Hold your instrument currency, knock the rust off after a layoff, and rehearse emergencies you cannot safely practice in the airplane. You do not have to train at Victors to fly our sim.
PAUSE & REPEAT - Reset in seconds instead of minutes.
WEATHER ON DEMAND - Crosswinds, storms, and night flying at two on a clear afternoon.
COST EFFICIENCY - Figure it out on the ground so you do not pay to figure it out in the air.