Private Pilot
Start at zero. Train to a real checkride standard. No padded hours between you and the certificate.
Training paths
Certificates & Ratings
Every program runs on three-hour blocks — brief, fly, debrief. You finish each lesson with a clear record of what you accomplished and what comes next. No mystery, no filler hours.
No club membership · No block-hour prepayment · No waitlist
Instrument Rating
Real cross-country IFR in actual IMC when conditions allow. Not just sim time and canned holding patterns.
Commercial Pilot
Precision maneuvers built to commercial standards. Documented, consistent, checkride-ready.
Multi-Engine
Single-engine procedures, systems knowledge, and real proficiency — not a rubber-stamp endorsement.
High Performance & Complex
Cirrus and Bonanza transitions with insurance-friendly documentation and a syllabus you can show your underwriter.
Owner-Pilot Partnership
You own the airplane. Mitch builds the syllabus around it — your aircraft, your systems, your operating environment.
Flight Review
Structured and documented in your aircraft or the SR20. Not a formality — a genuine currency check.
Instrument Proficiency Check
Real approaches and holds, not just paperwork. Logged, signed, and ready for your insurer.
New-to-You Checkout
Systems deep-dive, normal and abnormal procedures, operating envelope — everything the POH glosses over.
Discovery Flight
$350
All-In
~90 minutes · No prior experience required
Your first hour can count.
Step into a Cirrus SR20 G3, brief the route, fly the airplane, and leave with a signed logbook entry. That hour counts toward your private pilot training. One flight, and you already have skin in the game.
- Ground briefing — the airplane, the instruments, the plan
- Left-seat time in a Cirrus SR20 G3 with Mitch alongside
- Turns, climbs, and descents — you fly it
- Signed logbook entry · counts as first hour of dual instruction
- No FAA medical and no experience required
"I'm not going to tell you a lesson was great if it wasn't. You get straight feedback, a written record of every flight, and my actual phone number." — Mitch Gunter, CFI / CFII / MEI · Adler LLC
Approach
Three hours.
Not one.
Long enough to brief thoroughly, fly something real, and debrief before the lesson fades. No 45-minute blocks that eat a tab in your logbook and leave you hanging until next week.
Scenario-based · Syllabus-driven · Checkride-standard
Scenario-Based Blocks
A round-robin under IFR, a night cross-country, a diversion you didn't plan. Judgment, not just procedure.
Your Aircraft or the SR20
Own a Cessna or a Bonanza? Train in it. Insurance companies want documented transition training — that's the syllabus. The SR20 is available if you don't have an airplane.
Any Airport in Atlanta
KPDK and KLZU are home. KRYY, KFTY, KCCO, and most other fields in the area are reachable — just email first if you're not sure.
Training Aircraft
Cirrus SR20 G3
A capable glass-panel platform for private, instrument, proficiency, and transition work. Available for training at any field in the Atlanta area.
RegistrationN322MW
PanelAvidyne Entegra glass cockpit
Nav / ComDual Garmin GNS 430 WAAS
Based atKPDK · KLZU · Greater Atlanta
Cost$240/hr dry lease + $60/hr instruction
Instructor
Mitch
Gunter
Gunter
CFI · CFII · MEI
About Mitch
One instructor.
Full access.
CFI
CFII
MEI
ASEL / AMEL
FAA First Class
AOPA Member
FAA WINGS
Mitch holds a Commercial ASEL/AMEL certificate with Instrument, a First Class medical, and experience in both Part 61 and Part 141 environments. He isn't dispatched through a school — you get him directly, every lesson, same number.
Aircraft flownCirrus SR20/SR22, Piper Archer, Piper Seminole, Cessna 172, Beechcraft Baron
AvionicsAvidyne Entegra, GNS 430 WAAS, Garmin G1000, Perspective, GFC 700
"Students get a written syllabus, straight feedback, and an instructor who answers his phone."
Transparent rates
No surprises.
SR20 Dry Lease
$240/hr + fuel
Cirrus SR20 G3 aircraft dry lease for qualified training. N322MW, Avidyne Entegra, Dual GNS 430 WAAS.
- Glass panel — Avidyne Entegra
- Dual Garmin GNS 430 WAAS
- Any Atlanta-area airport
Training in SR20
$300/hr + fuel
The all-in training rate. Aircraft plus instruction, billed hourly. No club dues, no prepayment required.
- $240/hr dry lease
- $60/hr ground & flight instruction
- Three-hour scenario-based blocks
Instruction Only
$60/hr
Ground and flight instruction in your own aircraft anywhere in greater Atlanta. Mitch comes to you.
- Flight reviews & IPCs
- Owner-pilot partnerships
- Checkouts and transitions
Getting started
Three steps.
01
Book a Discovery Flight
Email Mitch directly. No portal, no waitlist, no club membership required first. Same-day reply.
02
Fly the SR20 Left Seat
$350 flat. You fly the airplane with Mitch alongside. Walk out with a signed logbook entry — your first hour of dual instruction received.
03
Get Your Syllabus
Before your next lesson you'll have it in writing — what you'll fly, the standards you're working toward, and a realistic line to the checkride.
Questions
Straight answers.
Zero. I've had students show up for a discovery flight who have never sat in a small airplane before. It doesn't matter.
Not for the discovery flight. You'll need a Third Class medical (or BasicMed) before you can solo. Schedule it early — it's the one part of this that I can't control the timeline on.
Realistically four to five months if you're flying two or three times a week and keeping up with the ground material. The constraint is almost always scheduling consistency, not aptitude.
Weather is weather — never charged. For everything else, 24 hours notice so I can fill the slot. That's it.
Comfortable clothes, closed-toe shoes, sunglasses, and a photo ID. Don't overthink it.
KPDK (DeKalb-Peachtree) and KLZU (Lawrenceville) are home base. KRYY, KFTY, KCCO, and most other fields in the area are doable — email first if you're not sure.
Ready?
First flight is $350.
A ~90-minute discovery flight in the Cirrus SR20 G3. You fly left seat. Signed logbook entry included. No experience required.
info@adlerflight.com · Expect a same-day reply.