Flight Training
Personalized, one-on-one instruction in single- and multi-engine aircraft, from your first discovery lesson through the ATP checkride.
- Private Pilot
- Instrument
- Commercial
- Multi-Engine
- ATP
Flight Training · UAS & C-UAS · Disaster Logistics
Precision in the air. Readiness on the ground.
Half Mast Logistics is a veteran-led aviation and logistics firm based in Central Virginia. We train pilots from first lesson to Airline Transport Pilot, and we support the teams who respond when disaster strikes.
- Home base
- KFCI · Chesterfield
- Certificates
- Private → ATP
- Ratings
- SEL · MEL · Instrument
- Field support
- ESF-13 Logistics
Two disciplines, one standard
Built on two decades of military logistics
The planning, checklists, and accountability that keep a logistics operation running are the same habits that make a safe, confident pilot. Every lesson and every engagement gets them.
Logistics Consulting
Practical, field-tested support for drone programs, counter-UAS planning, and disaster response logistics, for agencies and critical-infrastructure operators.
- UAS Part 107
- Counter-UAS
- ESF-13 Logistics
- Disaster Response
20+Years of Army logistics leadership
6Instructor and pilot certificates and ratings held
8Aircraft types, from light-sport to light twins
5Central Virginia and Hampton Roads training airports
Flight training
From first lesson to the right seat
Whether you're starting from zero or you're a military aviator moving to a civilian career, training is built around your schedule, your aircraft, and your goals.
- Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial, Multi-Engine, and ATP
- Single- and multi-engine training in Cessna, Tecnam, and Pipistrel aircraft
- Flight reviews and Instrument Proficiency Checks (IPCs)
- A focused path for military pilots earning their ATP
Consulting
Support for the mission behind the mission
Logistics is what turns plans into results. We bring operational experience to emerging aviation threats and to communities recovering from disaster.
Drone program support
Remote pilot certification prep, operations manuals, airspace authorizations, and waiver support for agencies and organizations standing up drone programs.
C-UAS planning
Vulnerability assessments, detection technology evaluation, and response planning for facilities, venues, and critical infrastructure.
Disaster logistics
Field-proven logistics officer support for deployed response teams: resource ordering, staging, transportation, and sustainment.
Deployment record
Where the work happens
As logistics officer for an ESF-13 disaster response team, Half Mast Logistics has supported responses across the continental United States and the Pacific islands.
Flooding
Sustaining response personnel through riverine and flash-flood events.
Hurricanes
Pre-landfall staging through post-storm recovery operations.
Wildfire
Logistics for teams supporting fire-impacted communities.
Typhoons
Long-distance, island-based support across the Pacific.
Many of our students are military pilots moving to civilian flying. They already have the skill. We give them a clear, efficient path to the ATP.
- CFICertificated Flight Instructor
- CFIIInstrument Instructor
- MEIMulti-Engine Instructor
- AGIAdvanced Ground Instructor
- 107Remote Pilot
- GLIGlider Pilot
Also a current Civil Air Patrol Virginia Wing Check Pilot and Instructor Pilot.
Cleared for takeoff
Ready when you are
Tell us where you are and where you want to go, in the cockpit or in the field. We'll get back to you promptly.