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Leaf Air, LLC

Leaf Air offers professional flight instruction, scenic flights and air tours from Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport in Queensbury, NY. They provide instruction in Cessna 172 aircraft equipped with Garmin GPS and G-275 avionics. Experienced instructors offer training for Private, Instrument, Commercial and CFI certificates.

Fleet
3aircraft
VFR days
~220/yr

Programs & Services

Training

Private Pilot

Private pilot certificate program from zero experience through checkride, including ground school and flight training.

Instrument Rating

IFR training covering precision and non-precision approaches, holds, cross-country flight planning, and partial-panel work.

Commercial Pilot

Commercial certificate training including complex and high-performance aircraft time, maneuvers, and cross-country requirements.

CFI

Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) training covering fundamentals of instruction, lesson planning, and flight teaching techniques for single-engine aircraft.

Flight Review

Biennial flight review including a ground session on regulations and aeronautical knowledge plus a flight portion with maneuvers.

Rental

Aircraft Rental

Rent aircraft for solo flights after completing a checkout with one of our instructors. Wet and dry rates available.

Career Pathway

The path to the airlines — highlighted steps are available here

PPL
IR
CPL
CFI
CFII
ME
MEI
ATP
Private Pilot
Instrument Rating
Commercial Pilot
Flight Instructor
Instrument Instructor
Multi-Engine
Multi-Engine Instructor
Airline Transport Pilot

Fleet

1

172

172

1

182RG

182RG

1

172

172

Team

3 members
JB
Jim Barrett
Owner, Leaf Air · Recipient of the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award in 2024, 7500 hrs total time, over 20 years instructing
CA
Chris Abrams
4600 hours including 2900 instruction given. Airline experience as a captain in Jetstream aircraft, holds ATP and Single engine land and sea. Specializes in instrument flight training.
MV
Melodie Viele
Recipient of FAA Flight Instructor of the Year Award/ Albany FSDO region 2023. 3500 hrs total time, over 30 years as an instructor, full time

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