This is the best flight school in the Reno/Tahoe area. I got my PPL here recently. Learned from…read moreArie Furlong who's an excellent CFI- he's patient, proficient and committed to your success. Bryan and Cheryl--the owners--got into this business for their love of aviation and it really shows. Huge brownie points for the fact that they have 5 (!!!) identical Cessna 172s that they maintain with an in-house mechanic.

From the owner: We have Northern Nevada's largest training fleet and are the best Value in Flight Training. Our…read moreaircraft are owned by the company, maintained in house and are very fuel efficient. These 3 factors are how we can offer great aircraft to you at prices that are better than the competition with equivalent or in most cases better Avionics. We value our instructors. While our instruction rates are lower than our competitors, we compensate our instructors at the same rate or better than other schools. Our low overhead structure allows for this. With our scheduling software you and your instructor can set up everything together and there is no need for multiple office personnel, but, for times when office or other administrative needs arise, they are handled by the owners personally. The flight school is open 24/7. We also offer aircraft rentals to those who hold a private pilot license and above. Feel free to stop by for a tour, talk with the owner, chat with a CFI, check out the airplanes and see the difference in value for yourself.

My son has a discovery flight through Sportys. He has been in Civil Air Patrol for about four years…read moreas well as ROTC and he wants to be a helicopter pilot. He just received his student pilot license in the mail, and he's getting his first lesson free. Young eagles has a program allows the kids to go up at their first time for free, give us them a membership into hundreds of museums across the nation and a free membership at Sportys. Sportys is a online student pilot license course and pilot resource center. Great basin honored the discovery flight certificate at face value, some of the other places want to charge extra money, so this is a bonus. My son arrived early. I had to sign the required waiver and permission for a minor blah blah. Kevin was his instructor and my son said he was really good. Finally it's in Atlantic aviation building which is quite a nice terminal.

I have nothing but great things to say about Jenn and her crew at Great Basin! I was in town for a…read moremeeting/convention, and wanted to get a flight lesson in the beautiful Reno/Tahoe area. GBA was very helpful, accommodating, and friendly. Nik, the CFI I went up with, was helpful and patient with a low-hour student. I'd love to spend more flight time with him and GBA if I didn't live 2,000 miles away.

pleasant office staff. efficient scheduling. aircraft all acceptable. instructors mostly helpful…read more The reason for the low rating is at least some instructors appear quite out of touch. They, in fact don't even seem to know basic regs. Overall, a decent flight school. Please don't reject them based on this review, but be very careful which instructor you get.

From the owner: We are a team of aviation experts in Reno, NV with decades of combined experience in the flight…read moretraining industry. Our simple and effective training programs are designed to get you safely in the air as quickly as possible.

I did my BFR this week with Taylor and was very happy with how thorough he was…read more We were operating out of Carson City airport.

I can't recommend Taylor enough. I had been waiting for the right moment to kick off my flight…read moreinstruction after completing online ground schooling. Finding an instructor during COVID and for a tailwheel aircraft proved to be difficult. After a chain of intros next thing you know Taylor and I are flying together getting things started! He was flexible with scheduling to help meet my aggressive timeline of trying to finish all my training in less than two months. I had bought a plane for my training and already completed ground school before it all. Taylor is super nice guy and is a very patient and thorough instructor. He always made sure to cover our bases and stay in close contact with schedules, planning to make sure we were thoroughly covering all required Part 61 knowledge requirements, and most of all having a fun time while training. I did all the instruction in a plane I owned, and Taylor flew up to me a handful of times until I was solo'd (just North of Reno) to accommodate plane location and timing. It was also nice having someone more near my age as well with a lot of tailwheel experience and now I can say I've got a great aviation contact and friend. Overall, highly recommend him for your CFI needs. Thanks for everything, Taylor!

Sierra Aero used to be an excellent outfit for aircraft maintenance. That was when Jeff and…read moreJessica were there. Now it is only any good if you have a bottomless pit of cash to pour into your aircraft.

Sierra looked after my cirrus for my Annual. During the process they were clear and courteous about…read morethe the things that were needed. What was great was their help in finding a gremlin in my engine driving high engine temps and misfires. They went over and beyond. Thanks to Taylor and the crew for getting me safely in the air again.

If you have ever considered taking a glider ride, I could go on and on about what a fantastic…read moreexperience I had today. Just contact Soaring Nevada and ask for Ruth Ann. She is a great pilot and an interesting person to talk with. I will be reliving this wonderful adventure for a long time.

Dana my pilot was Awesome! Breathtaking view of Lake Tahoe as well as Heavenly Valley ski resort…read moreand the whole Carson valley with surrounding mountain ranges. She even let me fly the glider for a while. So very worth it!

Would I recommend this place to friend? Not likely, not likely at all! Didn't even get off the…read moreground After bad experiences with a previous flight school, Brian assured me the same things wouldn't happen here. (He said he also had students switch to him from my previous school for same the reasons.) Brian was a great salesman....sold me $175 dollars worth of books as he said my materials wouldn't cut it from the other school. On the 1st flight lesson I showed up prepared and excited to move forward in my progression towards my license only to show up to an instructor (Matt who I had previously met multiple times and told my story to more than once) who doesn't know who I am, acts like he has no idea that I'm not a brand new student pilot (already had 16 hrs), and tells me I'm flying the warrior.....after telling him I'm supposed to be flying the 172 as I already have 16 hrs in one and I'm ready to solo he tells me I can't, because it's broken...Been broken for days.. Brian knew I was flying the 172 and he set this all up for me so I am perplexed why he didn't tell any of my story to Matt and did not notify me ahead of time that the plane was broken (as he said he would). I told Matt I wasn't happy with the scenario (I was never rude) and I wasn't flying that day. I was willing to give them another chance, but Brian quit answering or returning my calls and messages and is not willing to deal with the situation. Confrontation is a part of business!! If you are are going for more than a ppl I would suggest learning outside of Northern Nevada!!

I have recently been very interested in the aviation industry in order to become a commercial…read morepilot. I did some research on the local aviation schools and found Carson aviation adventures. I had a loan ready to go in order to fund my new venture. I contacted them multiple times on their website as well as their FB page in order to set up a discovery flight to see how I liked the school. I was ignored by them when I emailed them. When I messaged them on Facebook they read my message and didn't respond. I had to message them again a couple days later to which they told me they were really busy but asked if I was interested in the flight school. I advised them I was interested in the flight school. They read the message and didn't write me back. I waited another 2 days and still no response. I wrote them again and said I guess I will be looking at other organizations to find my flight training. They read this message and still didn't respond. I won't waste my time or money on a place that doesn't have the time to write back a single message or give me the opportunity to do a discovery flight they clearly advertise on their website.