WHAT TO DO WITH A CERTIFICATE
Once you earn your pilot certificate, the adventure has just begun.
In a light airplane, you travel further and faster – and you have more fun getting wherever you're going. That means you might start looking forward to business trips for a change. Or, you'll add some spice to your weekends with day trips you never imagined were possible.  (For example, our four seat Cessna 172 Skyhawk, being rented out at the airport right now, can fly from Logan to the coast of California on just one take of fuel and can make it in one afternoon.  Can your car do that?)

Look through this section to learn about how flying can complement your life – with travel, new challenges, aircraft ownership, or even a flying career.

Private Pilot Privileges
As a private pilot, your airplane can take you anywhere you please. Now that's freedom.

You can fly friends to the beach. Fly your kids to the mountains. Fly your spouse to a different city every weekend for dinner. With a little more training, you can earn an instrument rating to fly in nearly any weather condition.

You'll have access to thousands of airports – most closer to your final destination than the mega-jetports. And you can split the costs evenly with other passengers – so long as you don't fly for hire without a commercial certificate.

Advanced Training
Once you earn your certificate, you wouldn't have to take another flight lesson – except for a flight review every two years. However, there are plenty of exciting things to learn and ways to continue your training – all of which will challenge you and make you a better pilot.

An instrument rating is a natural step. You'll learn to fly solely by reference to the cockpit instruments – which makes your airplane a handy travel tool.

If you decide to fly for a living, you'll earn a commercial certificate and an Air Transport Pilot certificate. Both show your professional-level mastery of aviation.

You can teach others to fly. Fly complex, 200-knot multi-engine airplanes, or classic tail wheel-equipped airplanes. Fly helicopters or gliders. Or you can even fly as a volunteer pilot for worthwhile causes.

Flying Careers in Aviation
Once you earn your certificate, you wouldn't have to take another flight lesson – except for a flight review every two years. However, there are plenty of exciting things to learn and ways to continue your training – all of which will challenge you and make you a better pilot.

An instrument rating is a natural step. You'll learn to fly solely by reference to the cockpit instruments – which makes your airplane a handy travel tool.

If you decide to fly for a living, you'll earn a commercial certificate and an Air Transport Pilot certificate. Both show your professional-level mastery of aviation.

You can teach others to fly. Fly complex, 200-knot multi-engine airplanes, or classic tail wheel-equipped airplanes. Fly helicopters or gliders. Or you can even fly as a volunteer pilot for worthwhile causes.

Owning an Airplane
There's something about owning your own airplane. Pride. Freedom. Convenience.
In fact, many pilots are discovering a new Cessna can be more economical than renting or leasing, even during primary training or while working on an instrument rating. That's because Cessna has a finance plan that can help anyone afford their own single-engine aircraft, including leaseback, incentives, and special payment plans.

Just think – no rental schedule, no late airplanes, no barriers to your fun.

A Cessna is as easy to own as it is to fly, for the new pilot and the professional. We're behind you all the way, wherever you go, with factory support and warranty service.

Due to the high investment and resale value of today's airplanes, financial institutions will easily lend money for the purchase of your aircraft for as many as 20 years, making owning your own airplane very easy and affordable.