Eagle AviationFlight School
Veteran-owned flight training at Pleasanton Municipal Airport, just south of San Antonio. We take you from your first discovery flight through your private pilot certificate and beyond, with certified flight instructors and training aircraft on the field.
Flight Training
Whether you want to fly for fun, for work, or as the first step toward a professional career, training starts the same way: in a real airplane, with an instructor beside you.
Discovery Flights — $195 (gas included)
About an hour in our Cessna 150 with a certified instructor. Counts as your first lesson—$195 applies toward training when you enroll.
Book a Discovery Flight — $195Private Pilot & Beyond
Structured training toward your private pilot certificate, with paths to continue into advanced ratings as your goals grow. Training is tailored to your schedule and experience.
Start Your TrainingFlight Reviews (BFR / IPC)
Due every 24 months to carry passengers as PIC. BFR or IPC with a CFI at KPEZ—ground + flight, logbook endorsement same day.
Schedule a Flight ReviewA Part 61 flight school
Eagle Aviation trains under FAA Part 61, which means the program is built around you instead of a fixed classroom schedule. Your instructor shapes the plan to your goals, your pace, and your life. The certificate you earn is exactly the same.
- Your schedule. Train evenings, weekends, or full-time. The pace is yours.
- One-on-one. Every lesson is flown with your instructor and tailored to how you learn.
- No wasted hours. The syllabus flexes to your progress instead of a rigid timeline.
- Start to finish. One plan from your first lesson to your checkride, held to the same FAA standards as any school.
Every student is different. Contact us to talk through your goals, your schedule, and the right path for you.
Pleasanton Municipal Airport · KPEZ
A growing home field
Eagle Aviation trains at Pleasanton Municipal Airport, a city-owned field south of San Antonio, and one in the middle of a major expansion.
499 Acres Acquired
The City of Pleasanton has purchased roughly 499 acres adjacent to the field to make room for a major airport expansion.
An Expanded Runway
The centerpiece of the plan is a realigned, expanded runway, developed with TxDOT Aviation using state and federal funds, a project the city estimates at around $44 million.
New Hangars & Fuel Farm
Federal investment is already on the ground, with recent groundbreakings for a new fuel farm and a hangar with space for up to eight aircraft, backed by $1.71 million in USDA funding.
A growing field means more aircraft, more hangar space, and more room to train. Get started.
Veteran-Owned · Pleasanton, Texas
About Eagle Aviation
Eagle Aviation is a veteran-owned flight school, founded and led by Clint Powell — a U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran and career pilot with decades of experience across flight instruction, charter, corporate, and airline flying. He previously served as mayor of Pleasanton, his longtime home.
Clint served twelve years in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, retiring as a staff sergeant, and continues to serve in the Texas State Guard. He understands the discipline, structure, and standards that military aviators bring to the cockpit — and what it takes to build on that foundation in civilian training.
Clint has taught as a certificated flight instructor (CFI), instrument instructor (CFII), and multi-engine instructor (MEI). He has flown as a Part 135 and corporate captain, and as an airline pilot with Mesa Airlines and Frontier Airlines. He also holds an FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate.
That experience sets the standard for how Eagle Aviation trains. Clint owns and leads the school, and the certified flight instructors he has brought on handle day-to-day instruction — carrying the habits, judgment, and standards of professional flying into every lesson.
Military Service
- U.S. Air Force Reserve · Staff Sergeant (1990–2002)
- Texas State Guard · Second Lieutenant (2021–present)
- VFW Life Member
Instructor Certificates
- CFI · Certified Flight Instructor
- CFII · Instrument Instructor
- MEI · Multi-Engine Instructor
- FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot
Type Ratings
Experience
- Part 135 & corporate captain
- Airline pilot with Mesa Airlines and Frontier Airlines
Meet Your Instructor
Payton
CFI · CFII · MEI
Payton is a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI), Certified Flight Instructor–Instrument (CFII), and Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI) dedicated to helping students become safe, confident, and proficient pilots. In addition to flight instruction, he holds a Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate and has experience conducting commercial drone operations under Part 135.
The VMAX Program
VMAX, a national initiative training high school students in aviation through a four-year pathway that produces certificated flight instructors. Students train in T-6 simulators modeled on U.S. Air Force training standards, and the program launches as a collegiate competition in 2028.
Interested in VMAX for your school or student? Get in touch.
Start Your Training
Tell us a little about yourself and what you're interested in, and we'll get back to you to talk through next steps.
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