Orlando Flight Training is expanding its service offerings to include a sport pilot training program with an addition of four new Cessna Skycatcher aircraft to its fleet in Summer 2010 at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) announces today that its airport business. OFT is the first flight school in Florida to offer these aircraft.
    “These new aircraft will allow our team to provide students with additional flight training program options,” said Adam Brumbaugh, director of sales & marketing at Orlando Flight Training. “The new program is an excellent fit with our current service offerings, as it provides a low cost option for becoming licensed to aviation enthusiasts.”
   The sport pilot training program costs less than a traditional pilot license program and allows the school to accommodate aviation enthusiasts who seek this specific type of license. Introductory flight and ground training in the new aircraft will be available for interested participants. For more information, please contact admissions@flyoft.com.
About Orlando Flight Training
   Orlando Flight Training (OFT) is approved to conduct JAA and FAA flight training courses, ranging from a basic private pilot license to a complete airline transport pilot license. OFT management staff has over 25,000 hours combined aviation experience, including military aviation transport and worldwide heavy jet civilian route experience. For more information about OFT, please visit http://www.flyoft.com/.
About Kissimmee Gateway Airport
   Located just eight miles from Walt Disney World and 10 miles from the Orange County Convention Center, Kissimmee Gateway Airport accommodates general aviation air service 24 hours a day with two paved runways, 5,000 and 6,000 feet each. The airport also offers full-service FBOs, flight training, aircraft storage, aircraft restoration, P-51 Mustang pilot training, T-6 Warbird adventure flights and an industrial park. Its air traffic control tower operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Built in 1942, Kissimmee Gateway Airport is owned and operated by the City of Kissimmee. For more information, visit http://www.kissimmeeairport.com/.