Is Flight Training Right For You?
Unlike other flight schools, Tampa Bay Aviation offers twice the amount of aircraft and instructors which allows for better flexibility in your schedule to train and build up the flight hours that you need to attain your license. You’ll find that our highly professional culture is very friendly, approachable, and sociable, giving you the ability to feel at ease as you complete your training.
Tampa Bay Aviation began in 2012 with one helicopter and the dream to expand general aviation and the passion for flight to the Tampa Bay area. Since that time, we have grown to multiple locations providing charter, flight instruction, tours, and aircraft maintenance. It is our desire to maintain the “local” company presence, with the “global” reach that today’s aviation customers demand.
Our flight school fleet includes some of the most cutting-edge aircraft with advanced cockpits on par with commercial airliners. Our pilots and instructors are some of the most respected in the area, with the knowledge and experience for every level.
Tampa Bay Aviation has an aircraft for almost every mission and budget. From a helicopter that can drop you on the golf course to the largest King Air turboprop to reach halfway across the United States. Our CitationJet can whisk you away to hundreds of locations in the southeast and is one fuel stop away from the western US.
Whether you want to accomplish your lifetime dream to become a pilot, tour our beaches from the air, or charter a private aircraft to your own paradise, Tampa Bay Aviation can serve your needs.
1000 North Hercules Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33765
Phone: 727-461-5229
14609 Airport Parkway #210
Clearwater, Fl 33762
6530 Tampa Executive Airport Rd #242
Tampa, FL 33610
Christopher is a dual rated CFII in helicopters and airplanes. He is a Tampa native who enjoys reading, biking, running, swimming and of course, flying.
Tony Johnstone, MD, has been flying since high school in 1967. He has been instructing aerobatics and tailwheel since 2003 and has given over 2000 hours of dual in his Super Decathlon. Tony also holds a CFII, MEI, ATP with 2 type ratings in jets, Commercial Seaplane and Glider ratings, and has been in the past designated Master CFI-Aerobatic. He is a FAASTEAM rep with the Tampa FSDO and a retired general surgeon who practiced in Canada and then Kansas for a total of 30 years. Tony worked as a demo/transportation pilot for Cessna in Wichita following his retirement from surgery.
Tony has the following ratings:
