Private Pilot Training
Help with the fundamentals: preflight, takeoffs, landings, maneuvers, navigation, radio work, weather, airspace, and checkride preparation.
Michael Gilligan, CFI
Gilligan Aviation
Go Where Roads Can't Take You.
Flight training and ground instruction with Michael Gilligan, CFI. Practical one-on-one instruction for student pilots, returning pilots, and pilots getting ready for the next checkride.
Training Services
Instruction for the work pilots actually need to do
Lessons can cover the airplane, the books, or both. The goal is simple: understand what is happening, make better flying decisions, and be ready for the next item in your logbook.
Ground Instruction
One-on-one help with the topics that slow students down: airspace, weather, aircraft systems, navigation, regulations, and ACS knowledge areas.
Checkride Preparation
Mock oral prep, ACS review, maneuver discussion, weak-area review, and help organizing endorsements and documents.
Flight Reviews
A practical review of regulations, aircraft control, procedures, and real-world flying habits.
Rusty Pilot Refresher
For pilots who have been away from flying and want help getting comfortable again with radios, procedures, landings, airspace, and planning.
Discovery Flight Coordination
Help new students understand what to expect, how training works, and how to take the first step.
Why Gilligan Aviation
Clear instruction without turning flying into mystery
Training should be structured, honest, and useful in the cockpit. Gilligan Aviation is for pilots who want the "why" behind the checklist, the maneuver, and the regulation.
Plain-English explanations
Clear explanations without making training more complicated than it needs to be.
Practical flying decisions
Instruction focused on real flying, not just memorizing answers for the oral.
The "why" behind procedures
Help connecting procedures, regulations, maneuvers, and aircraft control.
One-on-one support
Good for student pilots, rusty pilots, and pilots preparing for a checkride.
Instructor
Michael Gilligan, CFI
Gilligan Aviation is flight instruction from Michael Gilligan, CFI. That means direct, practical help with the parts of training that matter in the airplane: preflight, pattern work, maneuvers, cross-country planning, weather, airspace, radio work, and judgment.
If you are starting training, coming back after time away, preparing for a flight review, or trying to get organized for a checkride, Michael can help you sort out the next step and work through it one lesson at a time.
- Instructor
- Michael Gilligan, CFI
- Available
- Flight instruction and ground instruction
- Support
- Checkride prep, flight reviews, and refresher training
Contact
Tell Michael where you are in training
Send a note with what you are working on: first lesson, ground topics, flight review, rusty pilot refresher, checkride prep, or a specific weak area you want to clean up.
Availability, aircraft access, rates, and services are subject to scheduling and location.