Considered the most difficult rating to obtain, the initial Certified Flight Instructor is most certainly a challenge. Not only do you need to know what seems like everything about flying, you must be able to teach it too using the Fundamentals of Instruction you learned.

Passing on your knowledge of flight to a student pilot, watching them spread their wings (or would that be rotors?) and finally soar is one of the most gratifying things in aviation. Especially, when it’s one of the 7% instructing another. And if you’re a student pilot yourself, tell your Pretty Fly CFI just how awesome she really is!

Celebrate your CFI accomplishment with a cozy Pretty Fly CFI hoodie. A great gift for the female CFI in your life, or treat yourself when you pass that 8-hour oral exam and 2-hour flight.