After years of working for various FBOs and as a Corporate Pilot, our founder, Kent Shilling, observed he was investing his energy building someone else's business. Now a sought after instructor with a strong reputation, Kent decided to build his own aviation business. Word of mouth among Central Kentucky Pilots for some years now is that Kent is a knowledgeable professional who teaches rather than trains in a personable yet professional manner.
To raise capital, Kent founded Douglas Trading Co. to sell knick knacks via Internet and mail order, leaving him free to fly with students. Success led to the purchase of his first airplane. Founded in 2007 and operated as a division of Douglas Trading Co., Douglas Aviation works one on one with you through the offered Pilot Certificates and Ratings in your airplane or ours. Your instructor will schedule with you around your other activities and work out a time to completion, which will become our goal.
Douglas Aviation has access to several airplanes presently, and flies with students out of these airports: Danville/Boyle County, Richmond/Madison County, Lebanon/Springfield, Lexington/BlueGrass, Somerset, London, Williamsburg/Whitley County, Frankfort/Capital City. We are diligently seeking agreements with more airports, and will conduct flight instruction wherever requested to do so; we will come to you! Outside Kentucky, consider the 14 day course to save on ferry charges.
Ideally, you will earn your Private Pilot Certificate in our airplane and rent it for a brief time thereafter. When you have selected an aircraft to purchase for yourself, earn your Instrument Rating in your airplane with one of our instructors.
Kent has given hundreds of hours of instruction to dozens of satisfied pilots in Missouri, Louisiana and Kentucky; and invests considerable time and energy in Douglas Aviation, catering to owner-pilots. Kent also teaches ground school as a single weekend written test preparation course.
Let us help you realize your dream of flight!