Direct Connect Flight Academy

Direct Connect Flight Academy is an FAA Part 141 flight school in Peyton, Colorado. Its address is 13775 Judge Orr Road. The site places it in Colorado Springs and says it trains students for private, instrument, commercial and airline pilot ratings.

The academy holds FAA Examining Authority for Private Pilot and Instrument Rating checkrides. The site says it runs those checkrides in-house, so students do not wait for an outside examiner. The site says only a small number of Part 141 schools in the United States hold this authority.

The site lists programs such as Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Single-Engine, Multi-Engine Commercial Add-On, ATP Multi-Engine and ATP-CTP. It lists the Private Pilot course at $16,644.50 and the ATP-CTP program at $4,995. A Discovery Flight costs $150.

The academy has a Rotor Transition Program for military and civilian helicopter pilots who want to fly fixed wing. The ATP-CTP program includes full motion Airbus A320 simulator training in Dallas or Las Vegas, the site says.

The site says the instructors are working Part 121 airline pilots. Its co-founder and president, Ben Dwyer, has more than 25 years of professional aviation experience, the site says. It describes the school's goal of training pilots the way airlines fly.

The academy is approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The site lists GI Bill chapters 30, 33, 1606 and 1607, and Veteran Readiness and Employment chapter 31 as accepted benefits.

The phone number is (719) 208-7049. Office hours are Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm, and weekends are by appointment. The site says the school replies to requests within one business day. Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn pages are linked.