Azimuth Aviation

Specialties

Portland, Oregon’s premier 1-​on-​1 flight training resource, Azimuth Flight Training creates unparalleled experiences for our clients by offering a variety of dynamic and memorable opportunities to learn how to fly.

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, our flights include aerial tours of the Cascade mountain range, the Oregon and Washington coastline, Willamette Valley wine country, Oregon and Washington’s high desert country, and the greater Portland metro area. No other training location in the world offers so much variety in such a close proximity to the training airport.

Whether your goals include someday flying for an airline, or tackling the lifelong personal challenge of earning a pilot’s license, Azimuth Flight Training provides complete and customized training solutions to suit your specific goals.

Our foremost goal is to provide the safest, most fun, and most memorable flying experience available. We hope you will fly with us very soon!

History

Established in 2009.

Azimuth Flight Training is the culmination of equal parts sweat, blood, tears, and a hefty infusion of training resources dedicated to the sole purpose of establishing a successful flight training program.

A former ski, surf, swim, and fitness instructor, Owner Rick Payne found his way to flying only through the blessed graces of his wife, Michelle, and her brilliant suggestion that he attempt to combine his passion for flight with a gift of gab so that they might culminate in a career as an airborne traffic and weather pilot. All Rick needed was the go ahead nod and there’s been no looking back.

Rick’s, as with all Azimuth instructor’s training philosophies, is that the flight training experience is as unique and dynamic to each individual as each flight is unique and the environment dynamic. And while we strive for the highest levels of understanding and proficiency in each student, we are never too far removed from our own experiences with flying both as students and professionals

Meet the Business Owner

Rick P.

Business Owner

Certified Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor,

Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor

Single and Multiengine, instrument rated, Commercial pilot

Helicopter Private Pilot