Langley Flying School

Langley Flying School, Inc. is a privately owned flying school operating at Langley Regional Airport in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The school was founded in September 1993, and became operational as a certified Canadian Flight Training Unit in January 1994.
Langley Flying School owns and operates a fleet of eight aircraft, including five Piper Cherokee Cruisers, a Cessna 150, and a Cessna 152, used for initial training, as well as a Piper Seneca used for advanced multi-engine and instrument training. Langley Flying School also operates a multi-crew Elite Flight Simulator, which is actively incorporated in all programs. The Elite Simulator provides both single-engine and multi-engine simulation, and is the primary training device for Langley Flying School’s Multi-crew Standard Operating Procedures training program. During its existence, Langley Flying School has conducted over 20,000 hours of flight training and has produced hundreds of graduates in its Private Pilot and Professional Pilot Programs; the estimated asset value of the school is claimed to be $600,000, derived largely from its aircraft ownership.
The school currently employs nine flight instructors, who conduct the ground school lectures, in addition to flight training operations.
For the third year in a row, Langley Flying School reported in mid-2009 that 100% of Langley Flying School’s domestic graduates have successfully obtained employment as pilots. Prior to 2007, 100% of Langley Flying School's International Professional Pilot Graduates successfully obtained employment as well, typically in their country of origin, but the employment-success rate fell to approximately 80% owing primarily to the reduction in hiring in India.
Since 2002, numerous Langley Flying School Graduates have been recipients of British Columbia Aviation Council (BCAC) Student Achievement awards. The BCAC's Anne and Rudi Bauer Memorial Bursary for top Private Pilot Student was won by Tim Sawatsky in 2002, Charles Blackburn in 2003, and Marney Godkin in 2004, while the BCAC's Jack Ross Memorial Bursary for top Commercial Pilot Student was won by Luke Howard in 2002, Seung Ha Lee in 2003, and Philip Craig in 2004. Cory Thicket won the BCAC's Al Michaud Memorial Bursary for top Commercial Pilot Student in 2005.
Langley Flying School has had one flying accident since it began flight training operations in 1993. In 2003 a student fatally crashed a Cherokee, ultimately descending into a dike located in the Glen Valley Practice Area during a training flight; an investigation into the accident could not find reason as to cause, but radar tapes recorded the aircraft descending from a wide circling pattern just before impact and did not indicate any attempt by the student pilot to recovery from the dive. The school created the Samuel Ruize Private Pilot Award in memory of this student, which is awarded to Private Pilot students who demonstrate exceptional achievement on their qualifying written examination.
Two other awards also exist at the school, one in memory of former Flight Instructor Adam Katagiri, who was killed in 2004 during a flying accident in Jordan, and another in memory of Commercial Pilot graduate Edward Huggett, who was killed when the engine of the Cessna Caravan in which he was Captain, failed during a flight over mountainous terrain in 2006. The Adam Katagiri Commercial Pilot Award is provided to Commercial Pilot Students, and the Ed Huggett Instrument Pilot Award is provided to Instrument Rating Pilot Students, both for exceptional achievement in their equivalent qualifying written examinations.
Since their inception, Langley Flying School has awarded eight internal awards for a total bursary value of $5600, including five Samuel Ruiz Private Pilot Awards (Sean Walker, Alan March, Ville Tuokkola, Kevin Mickelby, and Ryan Ostermeier), and three Ed Huggett Instrument Pilot Awards (Peter Waddington, Raman Srivastava, and Sagar Canakapalli). The first Adam Katagiri Commercial Pilot Award has not yet been claimed.
The founder and Chief Flying Instructor of Langley Flying School, David Parry, is the author of numerous publications used by students at the school. Parry is a graduate of the University of Calgary (B.A.) and York University (M.A.). Born in Langley, Parry was raised in Calgary, and learned to fly in High River in 1987. Parry received his Instrument Rating while a student with Morgan Air Services in Calgary.

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