Dylan Lessman
CFI · CFII · MEI — Certified Flight Instructor
About
I don't just teach people to fly — I train pilots to think like aviators. My students leave the pattern as confident, capable commanders of the sky.
Raised in Hillsboro, Illinois with eyes on the sky, I completed my three initial ratings at Epic Flight Academy — a Part 141 flight school in Florida — then earned my instructor ratings Part 61. Now I pass it forward, building safe, precise, confident pilots one lesson at a time.
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Why Choose Lessman Aviation
Large flight schools move students through a fixed syllabus on the school's schedule. Here, training is built around you. I tailor every lesson to each student's needs, pace, and goals — and we fly on your schedule, not a dispatch desk's. One instructor, one aircraft, and a training plan shaped entirely around the aviator you're becoming.
Approach
Safety
Every decision begins and ends with safety. No shortcut is worth a compromised flight — discipline on the ground becomes discipline in the air.
Precision
Aviation rewards the exact. We train to standards, not to minimums — building habits that hold up when the sky turns demanding.
Mentorship
You are not a number in a logbook. I invest in each student as a future aviator, teaching the judgment that no textbook can capture.