Provided by City of Manassas
Aviation Adventures, based out of the Manassas Regional Airport, has received Examining Authority from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for their Private Pilot (Single Engine), Instrument Rating, and Commercial Pilot (Single Engine) Courses.
Examining Authority allows graduates of Aviation Adventures’ approved courses to be awarded their Pilot Certificates at the successful completion of that course without the need to take a checkride with an FAA examiner. This saves Aviation Adventures’ graduates the delays and expense of scheduling with an FAA Examiner (usually about two weeks and $800), the anxiety of flying with an Examiner, and eliminates the possibility of failing an FAA checkride.
The FAA awards Examining Authority only to the very best flight schools that have demonstrated the quality of their programs with a first-time pass rate of 90 percent or more. Aviation Adventures’ first-time pass rate exceeds 95 percent. There are only seven flight schools in the country to whom the FAA has awarded Examining Authority, and most of them do not have approval for the three courses awarded to Aviation Adventures. Aviation Adventures’ students are the only students in the Commonwealth of Virginia who enjoy the benefits of Examining Authority.
“The entire staff of Aviation Adventures is exceptionally proud to have this level of confidence bestowed upon us by the FAA,” said Bob Hepp, owner and chief flight instructor of Aviation Adventures. “We are very pleased to offer our students the ability to attain their pilot certificates without the expense and anxiety of an FAA checkride.”
“As one of the seven independent flight schools in the country with Examining Authority, Mr. Hepp has done an outstanding job building a premier flight school,” said Airport Director Juan Rivera. “This designation by the FAA is a testimony of Aviation Adventures’ value to the aviation community and to the Manassas Regional Airport.”
Aviation Adventures (aviationadventures.com) has additional locations at the Leesburg Executive Airport, the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport and the Stafford Regional Airport.
