Top-tier flight instruction in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere — where every lesson is an adventure and every landing brings you closer to your dreams.
Your first hour
A Discovery Flight isn't a ride-along. After a walk-around and a briefing, you take the controls of a real trainer with a certified flight instructor beside you — takeoff to touchdown, over the Emmett Valley and the Payette River.
The flight plan
Every certificate from Private Pilot up to Commercial and CFI, taught one-on-one at Emmett Municipal Airport. Pick up the route wherever you are.
Take the controls for an hour and find out what you've been missing.
1 hr · $165Fly recreationally with friends and family — or use it as the launchpad for an aviation career.
The adventure of a lifetimeAlready have your PPL? Master the instrument game and fly through the clouds, not around them.
Precision & confidenceThe next big step. Get the hours and instruction you need to fly for hire.
Hours + instructionBecome a Certified Flight Instructor and pass it on — the way our instructors do.
CFI · CFIIThe fleet
Well-kept, instrument-capable airplanes maintained by an A&P who flies them too. Instruction is $70/hr on top of the airplane.
86JPrimary & instrument trainer
The perfect trainer for your Private, Instrument and Commercial. The airplane our students solo in.
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53VClassic tailwheel · dual only
A polished classic taildragger. Earn your tailwheel endorsement, or take your Discovery Flight the way pilots did it in the '40s. Dual instruction only — no solo rental.
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Current students book the airplane and instructors in Flight Circle. New to flying? Request your Discovery Flight and we'll get you on the schedule.
Your instructors
Led by an airline-trained A&P mechanic who has flown more than 176 different aircraft — patient, one-on-one instruction from your very first hour.
Owner · CFII · A&P/IA
Founded Good Times Aviation. Brazilian-born, Caldwell-based, and he'll teach you a crosswind landing on the windiest day of the year.
Flight Instructor · CFI
Her love of flying started watching airplanes at the Portland airport as a kid. She paid for her own training working the family farm, and now helps new pilots chase the same dream.
Recent logbook entries
Every student's name ends up here eventually. Yours is next.
First soloSoloed in 86J. A story of dedication, skill and growth.
CommercialOur latest dual-rated Commercial add-on pilot.
First soloTook 86J around the pattern — alone — for the first time.
Photo album
Real flights from real lessons — pattern work, the foothills, and cross-countries over the state line.
For aircraft owners
Carl spent 13 years in the SkyWest engine shop before starting Good Times. That experience is available for your airplane too.
Looking at a used airplane? Get a thorough nose-to-tail inspection from an A&P before you sign anything.
Call for pricing · 208-504-9158Coast to coast — we'll take your airplane anywhere it needs to go.
Call for pricing · 208-504-9158Repairs happen at the most inconvenient times and places. Don't stress — call and we'll get you back in the air ASAP.
Call for pricing · 208-504-9158Come fly with us
We're based at Emmett Municipal Airport, three miles southwest of downtown Emmett — an easy drive from Eagle, Middleton, Caldwell and Boise.
Good Times AviationS78 · Emmett, ID