Upper Valley Flying Club

Upper Valley Flying Club is a 50+/- member Federally-recognized 501(c)7 non-profit flying club that operates year-round at the Lebanon, New Hampshire Municipal Airport (KLEB), a Class D towered airport with two 5000+ foot runways.

On a club fly-out, members visit the Blue Angels at Brunswick Executive Airport. Our Chief CFI, Dave Kent (fifth from right), is a Blue Angel Alum.

AIRCRAFT

The club’s trusty Cessna 172R on approach.

The club maintains two aircraft, a 2000 Cessna 172R Skyhawk and a 1978 Cessna 182RG Skylane (high performance, retractable gear). The 172s is our “local” plane, great for VFR and IFR training and can be taken for short cross country flights. The 182 is robust IFR travel plane capable of carrying four adults with luggage at 150 knots and is allowed on multi-day trips. It has an Aspen glass primary flight display with AOA and synthetic vision, ADSB in and out with Bluetooth, a new touch-screen GTN 650 WAAS navigator, and basic autopilot. All members share the same benefits and voting rights. However, access to the aircraft depends on flying experience.

gallery_Lebanon_20Landing — Home to the flying club—Lebanon Municipal Airport (KLEB)

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is granted based on aircraft and instructor availability. We have a limited number of memberships available for licensed pilots with more than 150 hours total flight time. We are currently at full student capacity but we are taking applications to join our waiting list. To join the wait list please apply by filling out our application form with a one-time application fee of $100.

Monthly dues are $175 and cover member insurance—no additional insurance is required. New members pay a one time initiation fee of $1,100 that supports improvements to the club’s aircraft. Hourly reimbursement rates for our aircraft are here.

Questions: Send an inquiry through our contact form.

Sam Lutz has received his private, instrument and commercial rating at the club, by age 18! — Sam Lutz has received his private, instrument and commercial ratings at the club, by age 18! You can watch his videos on YouTube.

EVENTS

Club events happen year round. We have a regular meeting the 3rd Thursday of each month, 6pm, at our hangars with a cookout in summer months and at local restaurants during winter months. We also have occasional safety and informational seminars. Events are usually open to non-members as well as members.

MORE INFO

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Spring Cookout

May 16th, 2024

The club welcomed the approach of summer with a club cookout at the hangars, which included a raffle for a free hour of flight time and other goodies. We expect the club to remain at full membership through the summer. The majority of our members are now licensed pilots, but we continue to offer training to a limited number of students. [...]

Membership Remains Full

March 7th, 2024

As we approach our tenth year, the club remains at full membership, with a slow but steady turnover of a few members per year. Most of the membership are licensed pilots, as opposed to five years ago when about half were students, but we continue to offer instructions to a limited number of students. [...]

Annual Meeting

January 2nd, 2024

This year's Annual Meeting will take place January 18th at Granite Air Center at the Lebanon Airport. We will discuss the last year, our budget going forward and elect new members to the board of directors. All are welcome. [...]