Phoenix area · Flight instruction & time building
Build Experience,
Not Just Time.
Flight instruction in the Phoenix area, and a practical way for pilots to build real experience in cross-countries, instrument flying and the other areas that are hard to practice on your own.
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How I can help
Whether you are working toward a rating or just want to stay sharp, flights are built around what you need to get better, not a canned syllabus.
Flight instruction
Training for student and certificated pilots, with clear briefings, honest debriefs and a plan for what comes next.
Cross-country time
Plan and fly real trips with a second set of experienced eyes, so the hours you log also teach you something.
Instrument practice
Keep approaches, holds and procedures current, or build instrument time with a CFII who knows what to look for.
The hard-to-practice stuff
The areas most pilots cannot fly consistently on their own: night, unfamiliar airports, busy airspace, and more.
Tell me what you are working on and we will build the flight around it.
About
Cactus Time Building is a flight instruction business in the Phoenix area. It was started for pilots who want more than a checkride: steady, useful practice in the places where skills fade fastest.
Your instructor is Logan Johnson, a commercial pilot and flight instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI) who also holds tailwheel, complex and high-performance endorsements.
Single-engineMulti-engineInstrumentTailwheelComplex & high-performance
Practice ground taxi, before you need it
A game for student pilots that turns confusing ground instructions into practice you can do on your phone. Hear a realistic taxi clearance, then trace the route with your finger. Miss a hold-short and you will know right away.
- Real airport diagrams from towered airports across Arizona, the Pacific Northwest and California
- Spoken ATC instructions with the taxiway names, runway crossings and hold-short lines you will see in real life
- Starts free with Scottsdale; more airports can be unlocked or earned by playing
- No account and no tracking
Coming to iPhone and iPad. Taxi Trainer is a training aid only. It is not an FAA product and must never be used for real-world navigation.
Let's fly
Questions about instruction, time building or Taxi Trainer? Send a note and I will get back to you.