Paragon Flight

Paragon is a perfect example of what is wrong with the flight training industry. Their instructor turn over rate is awfully high. After 2 years, only Kelsey and Jeff remained as flight instructors, and they only do commercial training. The rest simply use flight instruction as a way to advance their own careers. If you are a brand new pilot or are working on your IFR, you will be assigned to a flight instructor who just got his/​her certifications. You pay high prices for low quality. There are flight instructors all around Page Field who have thousands of hours of experience, enjoy the process of teaching, and will do it at a fraction of the price.
The attitude at Paragon is that of a high class country club. They’re definitely elitist, and they are sensitive about what they know (or rather don’t know). Flight instructors are human beings first and foremost, and people make mistakes. It takes a real flight instructor to continuously learn with his or her students. A Paragon flight instructor will be offended if his or her knowledge is put in to question. They are for the most part young kids who come from privileged homes.
I love general aviation, and I know there are some at Paragon who love it too. But the structure of this organization clearly puts money first. At the end of the day it is up to the pilot to be in charge of his or her own flight instruction.
I write this review as someone who has gone through the process and have flown with over 30 instructors in both part 141 and part 61 programs.

I bought my son a series of flights from Paragon Flight Training, for Christmas. He tells me that it was the best Christmas present he ever had! He had a wonderful time.
His flight instructor was Cameron: a really great guy, who was just prefect for him and allowed him to learn at his own pace, giving him a wonderful experience and sending him back to London with some nice pictures.
But then, all the staff at Paragon were professional, knowledgeable, efficient and helpful. They made the whole flying experience fun as well as exciting and safe.
If you’re looking for a different experience in a safe and friendly environment, Paragon Flight Training in my view, is the perfect choice.

First and foremost I’d like to say I used to be a student pilot with paragon. I only left due to the cost of the flight school was too expensive for me to continue with them and I left to go to a more inexpensive flight school. With that said:
i scheduled a discovery flight for my girlfriend for an 8 am flight on ⁸⁄₁₉. We received a call a few days later asking us to reschedule due to the instructors time conflicting with our scheduled appointment. We rescheduled for the same day at 10 am. We received another call asking us to reschedule again. We rescheduled for ⁸⁄₂₀ at 8 am.
We received another call asking us to reschedule. We rescheduled for 10 am for ⁸⁄₂₀. We received yet another call to reschedule for 2 pm on ⁸⁄₂₀ and by this time I was so aggravated and insulted that I asked why they keep calling to reschedule. The lady stated that the time conflicted with the flight instructors and that the weather was supposed to be bad for that day. I told them if they were going to continue to reschedule us to just cancel the flight. We’ll go elsewhere to schedule a flight.
Then we received phone calls asking us to vote for paragon flight for best flight school. No way would I vote for them when they won’t even give us the time of day.
The weather for both days, mind you was beautiful. Paragon lost a potential customer simply because they can’t be true to their word and hold the schedules they make. It makes me wonder if they do this for all their students. I certainly hope not. Would not recommend. There are cheaper flight schools. Look elsewhere.

Wer schon den Flugschein hat, sich in Ausbildung befindet oder einfach mal erleben will wie das so ist, der sollte unbedingt fliegen gehen wenn man in den USA ist. Verglichen mit Europa ist es einiges günstiger. Das Flugzeug, eine Cessna 172 mit Garmin G1000, Autopilot etc. equipped kostet gerade mal 100 $ pro Stunde. Wer noch einen Fluglehrer braucht, zahlt nochmals 100 $ pro Stunde.
Wir wollten also die Umgebung von oben erkunden und haben einen Termin abgemacht. Die Buchung und reservation sowie das fliegen selber läuft völlig unkompliziert. Nach kurzem briefing gehts raus zum Flugzeug. Wie in den USA üblich sind die Flugplätze einiges grösser als in Europa. Viel Platz für die General Aviation, der Flugplatz hat 2 Pisten und verhältnismässig wenig Traffic.
Von diesem Platz erreicht man nach weniger als 5 Flugminuten bereits die Küste, kann diese wunderbar rauf und runter fliegen und die umliegenden Inseln wie z.B. Sannibel Island betrachten.
Das Flugzeug war in sehr gutem Wartungszustand, ich habe mich absolut sicher gefühlt. Auch der Instruktor war gut ausgebildet und kannte die Umgebung in und auswendig. Wenn ich wieder mal in Florida bin werde ich gerne wieder mit Paragon fliegen gehen.

Paragon, meaning ideal, or a standard of excellence defines this flight school. They have it all. I progressed through my Private Pilot with them, and am now working on Instrument, and I have no complaints to be heard.
The training there is unparalleled. All of the staff is professional and friendly at the same time. Each instructor is picked from an elite group of professionals because they are right for the job.
The training is, as I said, unparalleled. It is affordable, when compared with the training at other schools across the country, and was rated in the top 50 flight schools in the nation by Flight Training Magazine. I would recommend you go nowhere else without giving Paragon a try.

Great experience at Paragon Flight Training. I bought a Groupon for an Intro Flight Lesson for my boyfriend. I live in Denver so I scheduled the appointment on the phone and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Everyone was super friendly at the office when we came in for our appointment, too.
Our instructor was very professional, extremely knowledgeable and highly engaging. He answered all questions we had and explained the process thoroughly. He demonstrated all the safety features and always reassured us that any mistake we made, he could ‘unfix.’ We always knew we were safe.
We had a great time flying with Paragon — I recommend this place to anyone wanting to learn to fly!

So much FUN!
If you decide one day that you want to learn to fly, the flight instructors at Paragon are the BEST! Super professional, highly trained, and above all, very safe.
I am not the one getting my license but I did fly with a friend who is getting his and it was just the most amazing experience. We did a night flight and day flight. During both, the flight instructor demonstrated his total awareness of his surroundings and complete knowledge of proper flight protocol.
Although I have only flown with one of the instructors at Paragon, I know that all of the other instructors currently working there are each extremely equipped and trained to fly and teach.
If you’ve got any questions, stop by the school! Everyone is so nice and very willing to answer any and all questions. Flying with these guys has been one of the highlights of my life.
Absolutely amazing:)