Mesquite Aviation Flight school

Specialties

Whether you are new to flying or you want to add an advanced rating to your pilot certificate, Mesquite Aviation offers the best value in flight training for Dallas. Our FAA Certified Flight Instructors can help you earn your Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI and CFII certificates.

History

Established in 2003.

We stated small in a portable out in a field, but thanks to our amazing students and rents we were able to relocate to building on the northern end of the airport a few years ago.

Meet the Manager

Josh Sallee S.

Manager

Mesquite Aviation is pleased to have Josh Sallee as our Chief Flight Instructor.

He is a third-​generation pilot whose grandfather was a Captain for American Airlines for more than twenty years.

Josh grew up in Denton, Texas and graduated from Texas A&M in 2002.

He received his flight training at Delta Connection Academy.

Josh went on to become a flight instructor at Delta Connection Academy himself, and trained pilots there from 2004 to 2006. Leaving Florida, Josh taught the challenging techniques of mountain flying at high-​elevation airports in Colorado and winter flying in Massachusetts before returning to Texas. Upon his return to Texas, Josh joined Mesquite Aviation as a flight instructor, quickly advancing to the position of Chief.

Josh Sallee’s piloting and teaching credentials:

Commercial Airplane — Single engine land

Commercial Airplane — Multi-​Engine land

Instrument-​rated

Certified Flight Instrument Instructor (CFI, CFII)