Peak Aviation Ltd

I have used Peak Aviation for many rentals of aircraft and instructors for aerial photos. They are always accommodating and professional often working with my tight deadlines. I have also taken many instructional flights and had a good experience with all the instructors. Like any person they have different styles and personalities and you have to find the one that suits you best. Highly recommended.

Not sure if i just caught them on a bad day but this was by far the wildest flight Ive flown. I went to get checked out in the DA20(which I have 500 hours of time instructing in type) so I could fly my family around the following week. Showed up and met the instructor who would be performing the flight. After he reviewed my logbook we stepped to the plane with no briefing, no review of Peak Aviation procedures or 91.103 information. Upon taxiing out he remarked my taxiing speed was 5 knots too high in a condescending tone. Gotcha, I'll bring it back, I said. Would have been handy to know the Standard Operating Procedures for ground taxi. We takeoff, passing through 350ft AGL he remarks well what about your flaps . I reply that my company raises flaps at 500ft AGL to aid climb out. He replies we take them out at 250ft . I say okay and retract the flaps. At this point I start to think if he thinks i'm on a checkride? Or a Job interview? How am I supposed to know these arbitrary numbers if we never had a briefing over Standard Operating Procedures? He then remarks that I'm flying Vy 4 knots slow(as if that's illegal) for this particular DA20. Again, How am i supposed to know, I was never allowed to review performance numbers? We fly out to the east and come back. Entering the downwind I ask him how Peak Aviation expects their patterns flown? (I work for a the Military and do military procedures for landings) I get no response. So what the hell lets run LCGUMPS i guess. I push the mixture full rich because that's what my company standard policy is(AFM 4.4.11) and plus got no response from my instructor on how he wants it done. The instructor freaks out grabs my mixture and loudly exclaims NO thats stupid why on earth would you ever do that? running a engine rich... At this point I'm so frustrated and just ready to leave. We land, park, and shut down. Then I proceed to get a free ground lesson in the plane, canopy closed on how engines work and how my company down south is dumb for Mixture- Full Rich on final(kinda insulting) and how it fouls plugs. That's fine, that's great, i'll happily land your DA20 with a leaned mixture, whatever you want. The DA20 AFM in 4.4.11 clearly says FULL RICH and 7.9.3 only confirms this more. Even if the airplane didn't have the altitude compensating fuel pump, i wouldn't have known since we never reviewed anything. So I was going by the book since my IP was not helping out. We walk inside, he tells me i need to provide a Passport or Birth Cert to prove i'm a legal US citizen to the FAA. I explain to him I don't have to because I am already a Commercial Multi-Engine IFR pilot with a CFI-A and my certs clearly states Nationality USA . He didn't buy it and told me to talk with Jerome at the desk who said you don't have to show us them Then my checkout instructor just disappeared. No debrief, no nothing.

Casey and Jerome were pleasant to work with.

Super nice people! Well maintained aircraft! Great place to train!

Been flying here for many year renting aircraft and trainning.

I started back in Aug '18 with an intro flight where they took me up and showed me what flying was like. I immediately was hooked! I had lots of questions which they were able to answer and help guide me down the road I wanted to take...get my Commercial License. I started training. What's nice about them is their large fleet of different aircraft to choose from, a half a dozen instructors (each with different personalities) allowing you to choose who best fits your learning style, and how well they maintain their planes. They don't take risks! If something is wrong, they fix it! Love that they fly from a major airport too, because it gives you greater experience. If you're looking just to take a couple flights for fun, or trying to get your Private License, or go all the way to Major Airlines, THIS IS THE SCHOOL!

Had a discovery flight the other day. Kent was awesome really trusting and gave you the full experience of what it s like to fly. Best time I ve ever had ! Definitely the place to go .

My wife and I had an hour flight with John. It was a Christmas gift to my wife. We got there a bit early and John was nice enough to tell us all about the planes in the hangar and to tell us about his flying experience. Fascinating. We have been pilots for many years but have not flown in a while. John was so nice and made the flight amazing. He is a good guy. Another good guy is Casey. He searched for our record of the gift as we could not find ours of course (did I say it was a CHRISTMAS gift?). He worked with us and made this a really fun experience. I cannot thank him enough. When we are ready for our flight time to get back into it, they are my choice.

Awesome group of passionate pilots looking to spread excellence and are happy to see you succeed!

I ve had a great experience with Peak. Cameron and John are great instructors, and have an obvious passion for aviation.

I earned my Sport Pilot and Private Pilot certificates through them. They have excellent instructors, well maintained aircraft, and an excellent maintenance crew. I recommend them to anyone interested in either renting an airplane or for flight training.