Blue Sky Aero Flying Club is proud to offer membership into our Aero Club located at Morris Municipal Airport, Morris, Illinois. Membership is a prerequisite for usage of Club aircraft by all pilots. Membership to pilots commences immediately upon acceptance. A one-day membership is available for those who would like to take an introductory flight in one of our aircraft. Only members may rent the aircraft.

Fly With Us!

In order to rent and fly any of our aircraft we must have on file the following:

• Blue Sky Rules and Rental Agreement, signed and dated
• Blue Sky Club Application, signed and dated
• Checkout sheet: the front is filled out by you with the actual weight and balance info calculated with YOU ONLY and full fuel. In order to meet the insurance requirements, a checkout sheet must be on file for each plane that you PIC withouth an club approved instructor.
• Checkout sheet back: this will be completed during the flight portion of the checkout. Both you and the club instructor must sign.
• A copy of your drivers license, medical certificate, FAA pilot certificate
• Copy of your Birth Certificate or Passport if you train towards a Private, Instrument, Commercial or CFI.
Interested in ourTailwheel Endorsement Course? click HERE

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Bring copies of the following on your first flight with us:

Drivers License
Medical
Pilot Certificate
Birth Certificate or current passport  (if planning to work on a new pilot certificate)
• Blue Sky Rules and Rental Agreement, signed and dated
• Blue Sky Club Application, signed and dated

On-Line Scheduling !!!

Rates are based on Tachometer Time, which averages                            0.8 tach = 1.0 logbook (Hobbs)

Aircraft Type

Cessna 152
Cessna 172L

Cessna 172K XP

Citabria 7ECA

*PT-17 Stearman (dual only)

Prices Current as of 6/11/2011

*Instructor $50/hour not included

Tach

$98.00/hour
$131.00/hour
$147.00/hour

$125.00/hour

$235.00/hour

One Day Membership Rate (Tach)

(Dual only)

$108.00/hour
$145.00/hour
$160.00/hour

$137.00/hour

$260.00/hour

Instructors are members of the club and are paid directly by the Blue Sky Members. Only Blue Sky approved instructors are able to give dual in our aircraft.

          Price/ Hour

• Primary     $40
• Instrument $50
• Tailwheel   $50

 Tach price vs Hobbs Price

Our rental rates are based on the tachometer speed based on hours of engine time used. The tachometer speed, measured in tenths of an hour, only operates close to actual clock (often recorded by a Hobbs meter in the aircraft) when the engine is operating at full power.  Usually training or local flights involve air maneuvering, multiple landings, and time spent taxiing. When operating at less than full power, the tachometer runs at a slower speed than actual time.  For instance, you may start the engine at 12:00 noon and shut the engine down at 1:00 pm.  You would log one hour of flight time.  The tachometer may only reflect .8 tenths of an hour (which is the average difference between tachometer speed and actual time).  Our tachometer price per hour for the Cessna 152 of $98 X .8 = $78.40.  A very good price for one hour of logged flight time!

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Tailwheel Endorsement Course

Our tailwheel endorsement course is comprised of approximately five to eight lessons and three hours of ground school.  There is not a minimum flight hour requirement for the endorsement, but to solo our aircraft requires a private certificate or greater,100 hours total time and at least 10 hours of tailwheel time, at least 15 landings , or 25 hours tailwheel time and 5 make and model. Solo in any of our aircraft also require joining our flying club. You will perform some airwork, but most of the emphasis is on three-point and wheel  take-off and landings, crosswind landings, ground handling and emergency procedures including go-arounds.

You will pay for the Citabria's tachometer time, which is to your advantage!  Here's how:

Your fly one hour and will log one hour of flight time
The tachometer may only read 0.7 hours, which is not unusual during take-off and landing practice.
The Citabria club rate is $125/tach hour

                  You pay $125.00 x 0.7 = $87.50 estimated actual flight hour

If you complete the training in approximately 5 - 8 flight hours dual and three hours of groundschool time, your cost will be about $800-$1000. The cost and amount of time is based on individual performance.

Before you start training you may want to reference the following:

FAR 61.31 and 61.57
FAA-H-8083-3 Aircraft Flying Handbook - Chapter 13- Transitioning to Tailwheel Airplanes
Expanded Checklist for our 1973 Citabria 7ECA
Blue Sky Tailwheel syllabus

You are more than welcome to come to our flight school to review the above materials.  If you have any questions, please call Cindy @ 815-941-0063 or email Cindy@blueskyaero.com