Quality Flight Instruction with Air D Inc., a small but dedicated flight school

     Backus Minnesota is a small and peaceful village of 300 residents. You can walk or ride your Bicycles with out the threat of crime or traffic. The airport is less then a mile from the dorms.
    Backus is in the center of the lakes region and 100's of lakes surrounded by forests will be the scene you fly over everyday. These lakes and forests are for the most part public. The area is free of poisonous snakes, reptiles, and dangerous insects. The lakes are 100% safe. We do have Black bears but the only cases, on record, of human attacks have been by mother bears protecting their cubs. I have lived in this area for over 35 years and have only seen 2-3 bears in the wild and they were leaving my area quickly.
    Backus does have small grocery stores but most students, without cars, will fly to a larger town and shop at "Walmart" and fly home.
Camping, fishing, and exploring the 100 mile bike trail, which travels past the dorm, are available. I can not guarantee this but you will possibly make friends with some of my local students/pilots who will add to the adventure of living in Backus.
    A big advantage in flying comes from the fact that we have no control tower and an hour long flight lesson will probably include nearly 50 minuets of flight time. If you were to go to the large flight schools in Florida, California, Texas, an hour long flight lesson will only include 20-25 minutes of actual flight! The rest of that hour, you are paying for, will be waiting for clearances and taxiing on the ground. We fly to our control tower and you will be allowed to do that anytime you like after your Private license has been issued.
      We do fly all winter long but students from warm climates sometimes find it hard to deal with. But with warm jackets and shoes winter is extremely enjoyable. Our lakes freeze solid and we put small houses out and fish through the ice. We even land the plane on the ice, sorry "dual" only. You can not do that in other schools.
     I think the biggest advantage in training in Backus Minnesota at Air D Inc. is the experience level of your flight instructors. I have nearly 9000 flight hours and my friend and employee has nearly 7000 flight hours. We can all have accidents but we both feel very comfortable teaching and we are both career flight instructors not just young people with 300 hrs. teaching so we can get enough hours to fly for the airlines.