Check your inbox in the next few minutes for "How to Become a Pilot: Your Complete First Guide." It will arrive from Matthew Bourguignon at Blue Skies Above. If you don't see it, check spam or promotions.

While you wait, here's something worth knowing. The guide will tell you what flight training looks like on paper. The next step tells you whether it's for you.

That step is a discovery flight. You sit in the left seat of a Cessna 172. You take the controls. You fly for 30 to 60 minutes over Lanett Regional with Matthew, our founder and ATP-certified chief instructor. No experience needed. No commitment to continue.