GET TO KNOW THE SCHOOL
A closer look.
Mike’s Flying Service’s website describes individualized airplane training and aircraft rental at Terrell, east of Dallas. Its course menu explicitly names private, instrument and commercial training. It also advertises multi-engine add-ons and time building, but both the homepage and training page state that multi-engine scheduling is on hold while the aircraft undergoes maintenance. Sport-pilot instruction is marked “coming soon,” so it is not treated as an available course. The site includes dated student news and package material, making a direct check of present operations essential before relying on any historic aircraft, price or accelerated-course description.
Terrell training description
The homepage describes personalized training and rental in Terrell and carries a multi-engine maintenance notice.
Course and availability menu
The training page names private, instrument and commercial courses, marks sport pilot as forthcoming and multi-engine scheduling as on hold.
Historic multi-engine course
The add-on page describes private/commercial and MEI options, but its availability is qualified by the maintenance notice.
Published training options.
The school’s published options are summarized below. Each note explains the training type and what to clarify when comparing the school’s exact course.
Private pilot — confirm current enrollment
A private-pilot training path. Compare the aircraft used, ground-school arrangements and how lessons progress from initial skills to practical-test preparation.
Instrument rating — confirm current enrollment
Training focused on instrument flying, procedures and planning. Compare aircraft and simulator use, scheduling and the preparation expected before flight lessons.
Commercial pilot — confirm current enrollment
A commercial-pilot training option. Ask which aircraft category, prerequisites, experience-building flights and practical-test preparation are included.
Multi-engine add-on — published scheduling hold
Training in multiengine aircraft. Confirm whether the course is an initial rating, an add-on or a transition, and which aircraft will be available.
Multi-engine time building — confirm return to service
Training in multiengine aircraft. Confirm whether the course is an initial rating, an add-on or a transition, and which aircraft will be available.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Aircraft models: A current model list was not established from the reviewed sources. Ask which aircraft or training device your course uses.
The website states that multi-engine scheduling is on hold for maintenance. The announced sport-pilot course is not verified as available.
Training framework & verification
Part 61: Part 61 inferred in supplied source; not independently confirmed. A source listing is not a current FAA approval check or a quality rating.
FAA reference: faa.gov. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school. Part 61 describes training rules; it does not itself identify an FAA-certificated school.
TRAINING FIT
Our school review.
The published single-engine menu may be useful to a local student who wants an individually arranged schedule, but the site is too dated to establish present capacity on its own. The multi-engine maintenance notice is a concrete limitation and should take precedence over older add-on marketing until the operator confirms a return to service. Ask for current aircraft availability and a written estimate before paying a deposit or traveling. Do not treat an announced future sport program as active enrollment.
An AI-assisted editorial assessment of the school’s published information. This is separate from student feedback. We have not attended or inspected this school.
WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Historical forum discussions of Mike's Flying Service mainly involve prospective students asking about multiengine training, examiner arrangements and responses to inquiries. Some describe difficulty obtaining a reply. They do not provide a sufficiently detailed firsthand account of completing instruction with the Terrell provider. This evidence is too narrow to establish a campus-wide student consensus or typical training outcomes. The limitation concerns what could be verified in accessible sources. Ask for recent references from students pursuing the same certificate at the Terrell location, together with a written explanation of scheduling and costs.
Concerns reported
- Historical prospective-student posts describe difficulty obtaining responses to inquiries. [1]
How to read this evidence
Historical forum evidence concerns pre-enrollment contact, with provider replies and secondhand discussion; it does not establish a completed-course experience.
Follow up with the school
- Can I speak with recent students who completed my intended training at the Terrell location?
- What did those students actually pay, and how often could they complete lessons?
Read the review sources
- Mike's Flying Service for Multi Rating? | Pilots of America Third-party source
Individual comments or platform listing; scope and access limits are described in the summary.
- Mike's Flying Service | Jetcareers Third-party source
Individual comments or platform listing; scope and access limits are described in the summary.
AI-assisted summary of the cited material. Public comments are individual experiences; the sample may be small, selective, or dated.
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Questions for Mikes Flying Service.
- Are single-engine courses currently accepting students in Terrell?
- Has the multi-engine aircraft returned to service, and is the scheduling hold lifted?
- Which aircraft and instructors are presently available for my certificate?
- What current pricing, deposit and cancellation terms replace the older website package?
Sources & listing information.
School facts are compiled from the source material below. Imported record identifiers are retained for traceability and are not presented as proof of current certification.
- Mikes Flying Service — historic multi-engine course
- Mikes Flying Service — terrell training description
- Mikes Flying Service — course and availability menu
- Source-record reference: bestaviation.netReference retained from the supplied spreadsheet; current content not rechecked for this import.
- faa.gov — Pilot Schools InformationFAA guidance on certificated schools and other flight-training providers.
- faa.gov — Find a FacilityFAA pilot-school facility reference. Part 61 instruction is not a separate FAA school certification.
View source record references
P61-5354459185
Part_61_Flight_School_Websites (1).csv