Fly a real full-motion Redbird — memberships from $249/mo or $85/hr intro.
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Equipment

The real thing.Full-motion. FAA-approved.

A full-motion Redbird FMX, a Gleim BATD, and a Garmin R50 golf bay — calibrated, LOA-current, and bookable from one place. This is academy-grade training gear you would normally only find at a big-budget school, priced so you can actually use it. Log currency, drill approaches, and build real time at a fraction of airplane cost.

Inside the Redbird FMX cockpit at night — six wraparound visual screens showing a runway, twin glass-cockpit displays, dual yokes, and atmospheric green lighting

Flight devices

AATD + BATD

Motion

Full 3-axis

Access

24/7 keypad

First flight

$85

Redbird FMX advanced aviation training device — a red and white full-motion enclosed cab simulator on its motion base, behind crowd-control stanchions
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Inside the Redbird FMX cockpit at night — six wraparound visual screens showing a runway, twin glass-cockpit displays, dual yokes, and atmospheric green lighting
Wide product shot of the Redbird FMX cockpit interior with wraparound visuals showing alpine terrain and a Cessna 172 wing
Side-by-side twin pilot seats inside the FMX cockpit with curved wraparound visual screens and a glass-cockpit panel
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Redbird FMX

Serious IFR reps. Motion when it helps.

Our flagship AATD — wraparound visuals on a motion base, twin G1000 and six-pack profiles. Log instrument currency, run IPCs with a CFII, and build allowed training time toward advanced certificates per FAR 61.65 — without treating every practice session like a rental invoice.

Aircraft
C172 G1000 · C172 6-Pack · Piper Seminole
Avionics
Garmin G1000 / G530
Visuals
200° wraparound
Motion
3-axis motion AATD
FAA part
AATD · 61.65 · LOA current
Loggable
IFR currency · IPC · PIC

Ideal for

  • Instrument currency · 6 approaches, holding, intercepting & tracking
  • Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) with a CFII
  • Cross-country procedures & emergency scenarios
  • Multi-engine familiarization (Seminole)
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Gleim BATD-class Cessna 172 trainer in a private room — three landscape monitors showing a runway approach, glass-cockpit panel, yoke and rudder pedals, with a Gleim sport seat
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Studio shot of a Gleim BATD trainer rig — sport seat, three landscape monitors, glass-cockpit panel, throttle quadrant, and external instructor station
Comparison of the two Gleim panel layouts — classic six-pack steam-gauge instruments above a modern glass-cockpit Cessna 172 panel
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Gleim Flight Experience BATD

Drill flows until they feel boring.

FAA-approved BATD with touchscreen panels — flip between glass and steam C172 setups, rehearse radios and procedures, and save the airplane for when you are ready to polish.

Aircraft
C172 G1000 & C172 6-Pack
Panel
Touchscreen · 2 cockpit setups
Visuals
Triple-monitor
Yoke / pedals
Yes
Throttle quadrant
Yes
FAA part
BATD · LOA current

Ideal for

  • Pre-solo maneuvers and pattern work
  • Cross-country planning and execution
  • VOR / pilotage / dead-reckoning navigation
  • Emergency procedures and engine-out drills
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Tour-grade golf simulator bay mid-round, projector throwing a fairway across a 16-foot screen with leather lounge chairs in front
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Garmin Approach R50 launch monitor — full-color touchscreen on a black-and-white wedge enclosure with green LED status bar
Garmin Approach R50 touchscreen showing live shot data — face-to-path, club path, attack angle, spin rate, launch direction and angle
Garmin Approach R50 outdoors in a tee box — touchscreen showing a real-world golf hole render with player scorecard
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Garmin Approach R50

Because hangouts matter too.

Tour-grade Garmin R50 bay with radar-grade ball and club data, huge impact screen, and thousands of courses. Bring friends, blow off steam between study sessions, or host a low-key night that still feels like the lounge.

Sensor
Garmin Approach R50 (radar + camera)
Bays
1 (capacity 4)
Courses
43,000+ via Home Tee Hero
Range
Yes
Lefty / Righty
Both
Clubs
BYO or rent

Ideal for

  • Range practice with launch data (ball speed, spin, club path)
  • Play full 18-hole rounds
  • Group sessions (up to 4 players)
  • Coaching sessions with your pro
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What's next
Roadmap

What's next.

Members steer what we add next. Here is what is queued on the production calendar.

Q4 2026

Cirrus SR22 panel

Perspective+ avionics. Coming this fall.

Q1 2027

Garmin G3X retrofit

Modernizing the trainer cockpit.

TBD

Aerobatic profile

Pitts S-2C profile for the FMX.

Same gear for every member.Pick the hour that works.

If it's on the floor, you can reserve it. Book an intro hour and see how it feels.

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