Future Flying LLC
KHWY  ·  Warrenton, Virginia  ·  Est. 2025

Professional
Flight Time.

Dedicated fixed-wing access for qualified aviators. Build your hours, sharpen your skills, advance your career — on your schedule, without the constraints of a flight school.

50
Hour Blocks
$135*
Per Tach Hour
180
HP Cherokee
How It Works Request Access

* Dry rate — fuel not included. Pilot provides own fuel.

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We Do Not Provide Initial Instruction

Future Flying LLC is not a flight school. We provide professional flight experience access to already-certificated pilots. You already know how to fly — we refresh skills that you have already learned and give you a great airplane to do it in.

01 — Mission

Built for Pilots
Who Mean Business

Future Flying LLC was founded by active-duty military aviators who understand what it takes to build a professional aviation career. We created a direct, no-nonsense model: give serious, credentialed pilots access to a dedicated, well-maintained aircraft — without the overhead of a flight school, without sharing a rental pool, and without the bureaucracy of a flying club.

Whether you're a helicopter pilot building fixed-wing hours toward your ATP, a military aviator maintaining currency, or a certificated pilot who needs reliable dedicated access — this is where professional aviators come to advance their careers.

Future Flying LLC
Future Flying LLC
Established 2025  ·  Warrenton, Virginia
KHWY  ·  Fauquier County Airport
01
Dedicated Aircraft
One aircraft. Known configuration. Consistent performance. Not a rental pool where you don't know who flew it last or in what condition it was returned.
02
Professionally Vetted
Every client is screened and certificated. This is a professional arrangement between aviators — not open to the general public.
03
Transparent Pricing
$135 per tach hour on a dry lease basis. 50-hour prepaid blocks. No hidden fees, no upsells, no instruction you didn't ask for.
04
Military-Schedule Friendly
Block hours don't expire. Military schedules are unpredictable — our model is built around that reality. Your hours are yours when you need them.
02 — Your Challenge

You've Always Had
Someone on Your Wing.

Military aviation is a team sport. Whether you're in a cockpit, a Ready Room, or on a flight deck — you've operated as part of something larger. Your mission had a crew, a wingman, a team. That's how you were trained. That's how you flew.

Now you're building hours toward your ATP or civilian ratings — and for the first time, the mission feels different. There's no wingman on the flight schedule. No crew brief. No one else in the flight planning room at 0600. The hours you need to log are your responsibility, on your timeline, with your own initiative driving the effort.

For many transitioning military aviators, this isn't just a logistical challenge — it's a psychological one. The crewed environment isn't just about safety or procedure. It's about shared purpose, accountability, and the social framework of a mission. When that structure disappears, so can the momentum.

We understand that. And we built Future Flying with that reality in mind.

You Don't Have to Fly Alone
Want a safety pilot, a second set of eyes, or simply someone to share the cockpit with? We regularly have qualified aviators available to fly with you — not as instructors, but as fellow pilots. The mission doesn't have to be a solo flight.
Split the Cost, Build the Hours
Flying with another qualified pilot isn't just good company — it's financially smart. Sharing a flight means sharing the tach hour cost. You still log your time, you still build your hours, and you do it at a fraction of the solo out-of-pocket cost.
A Community of Professionals
Future Flying's clientele is a vetted group of serious aviators — military, veterans, and credentialed professionals who understand the mission. Flying partnerships and friendships develop naturally when you're surrounded by people who get it.
Your Mission. Your Timeline.
When you're ready to go solo, the aircraft is ready too. No pressure, no judgment. This is your career advancement on your terms — we're here to provide the platform and the support.
03 — Your Hurdles

Problems We Were
Built to Solve.

Senior military aviators arrive at the doorstep of a civilian aviation career with credentials most people spend a decade chasing — and still face a specific set of obstacles that civilian pilots never encounter. We know these hurdles because we've lived them. Future Flying was designed specifically to clear them.

01
The 250-Hour Problem
You Have 1,500+ Hours.
The Wrong Kind.
Most civilian pilots spend years working toward the 1,500 total hours required for an ATP. You cleared that milestone long ago — and depending on where your career has taken you, you may have hundreds or thousands of hours beyond it. But raw experience and total time aren't what's standing between you and that airline interview. That number is 250 hours of fixed-wing Pilot-in-Command time — and it's a requirement the military was never designed to fill.

Marine Corps and Navy pilots typically log 85–90 hours in primary fixed-wing training — but only about 8 of those hours qualify as fixed-wing PIC. The rest doesn't count. You didn't fly less than a civilian student. You flew a completely different mission. And now you have to bridge a specific gap that no military training program was built to address.

That's exactly what Future Flying is for. The 250 hours looks daunting from the outside. It isn't — with the right platform and the right model.
Future Flying fills the gap
02
The Timing Problem
Don't Wait Until Terminal Leave
to Figure It Out.
The second hurdle isn't logistical — it's behavioral. Most transitioning military pilots don't start thinking about their fixed-wing PIC hours until they're already in the middle of separating. By then, the calendar is working against you.

The final months before leaving active service are among the most demanding of your career: TAP classes, household goods, final evaluations, command transitions, and the weight of one of the biggest personal decisions you'll ever make. Trying to squeeze in 50, 100, or 200 flight hours on top of all of that is a recipe for frustration — and an expensive one.

Start early. Fly a little at a time. When you make that final drive off of base, your logbook will be ready — and so will your financial footing. Future Flying's 50-hour block model is built for exactly this kind of long-game approach.
Start building now, not later
03
The Currency Problem
A Non-Flying Billet
Doesn't Ground You.
Military careers don't always end in the cockpit. Many senior officers spend their final two or three years in a staff position, an acquisition billet, a joint assignment, or any number of roles that keep them on the ground. You still have wings on your chest — but the hours have stopped accumulating.

Airlines and civilian employers increasingly want to see recent flight experience, not just total hours. A logbook that goes cold in your last years of service can raise questions that your total time alone can't answer.

Future Flying keeps you current. Whether you're in a non-flying billet now, or anticipate one before you separate — consistent, documented fixed-wing time in a modern, IFR-capable aircraft is exactly the kind of recency that matters to hiring boards.
Stay current through every billet

The bottom line: You've already done the hard part of a military aviation career. Don't let a solvable, specific gap in your fixed-wing flight hours be the thing that stands between you and the civilian career you've earned. Future Flying exists to close that gap — efficiently, affordably, and on your schedule.

04 — Your Future Flying

Keep Your Options Open.
All of Them.

Military service is many things. One of the things it is not — is full of choices. You go where the orders say. You fly what the squadron needs. You stay as long as the mission requires. For most of a military career, the concept of options is largely theoretical.

That changes when you transition. Suddenly, the entire civilian aviation landscape is in front of you — airlines, corporate aviation, charter, instruction, the emerging eVTOL industry, government contract flying, and career paths that didn't exist five years ago. The problem is that many of those paths require fixed-wing time that you may not have yet.

Time doesn't stand still. Every month you wait is a month your logbook doesn't grow. Every year you delay is a year the civilian pilots you'll be competing against are building hours, building type ratings, and building relationships with hiring managers. The hill you are climbing doesn't get easier if you wait.

The good news: you don't have to know exactly what you want yet. You just have to start. The fixed-wing hours you build at Future Flying are valid, loggable, and professionally documented regardless of which path you ultimately choose. Build the hours now. Make the career decision later — from a position of strength, not urgency.

PATH 01
Commercial Airlines
The ATP requires 250 hours of fixed-wing PIC. Regional carriers are hiring aggressively. Your military background is a significant advantage — once the logbook reflects it.
PATH 02
Corporate & Charter Aviation
High-end corporate operators and charter companies value professionalism, precision, and composure under pressure — traits you've spent a career developing. Fixed-wing currency makes you competitive immediately.
PATH 03
eVTOL & Emerging Aviation
Companies like Archer, Joby, and Beta Technologies will be actively searching for experienced aviators as their platforms mature. Rotary-wing backgrounds are highly valued — and fixed-wing currency signals versatility and seriousness to hiring teams.
PATH 04
Government & Contract Flying
Federal agencies, DoD contractors, and special mission operators seek pilots with active clearances, diverse flight experience, and recent currency. Fixed-wing time broadens your eligibility significantly.
PATH 05
I'm Not Sure Yet
That's a perfectly valid position — and the best reason of all to start now. Hours in your logbook open doors. A blank logbook closes them. You can figure out which door to walk through later.
Start Now. Decide Later.

100 hours of fixed-wing PIC time built during the last two years of your military career is worth far more than the same 100 hours built in a rushed, expensive push after you've already separated. Your financial footing, your mental bandwidth, and your logbook will all be in a better position if you start the mission before that final drive off of base.

05 — Procedure

How It Works

No long-term contracts, no membership fees, no bureaucracy. Get screened, get qualified, and fly.

01
Submit an Inquiry
Fill out the contact form with your certificates, ratings, and what you're working toward. We'll reach out within 48 hours for a brief intake conversation.
02
Screening & Agreement
We verify your certificates, review your logbook totals, confirm insurance compliance under our Open Pilot Policy, and execute a straightforward flight services agreement.
03
Purchase Your Block
Flight time is sold in 50-hour prepaid blocks at $135/tach hour (dry lease). Hours are tracked transparently against your block and never expire.
04
Fly on Your Schedule
Schedule through our booking system. The aircraft is yours during your reserved slot. Fly your profile, build your hours — solo or with a fellow qualified pilot.

The 50-Hour Block Model — Dry Lease

Flight time is billed at $135 per tach hour on a dry lease basis — meaning you provide your own fuel. Blocks are 50 hours, paid in advance. This structure gives you dedicated, committed access to the aircraft and gives us the certainty to keep it maintained to the highest standard. Hours never expire. Contact us to discuss your specific situation.

$135
Per Tach Hour
Dry Lease
06 — The Ready Room

The Ready Room.

Where pilots gather, brief missions, and look out for each other. If you recognize a callsign on this roster, you already know what it means to be in this room. If you don't — you're about to meet some of the finest aviators who've ever strapped in.

Founders & Owners
Owner · Founder
RAMROD
CH-53E Super Stallion
Owner
Owner · Founder
Sly
AH-1W Super Cobra
Owner
Current Pilots
Pilot
BITLiD
UH-1Y Venom
Pilot
Sloth
AH-1Z Viper
Pilot
Kujo
CH-53E Super Stallion
Pilot
Kiwi
CH-46E Sea Knight
UH-1Y Venom
Alumni
Alumni Pilot
Dallas
UH-1Y Venom
Alumni
Alumni status is earned after completing two 50-hour blocks. Alumni pilots may then purchase time in 10-hour increments — a recognition of their established proficiency and commitment to the program.

Interested in joining our Ready Room? If you're a certificated military aviator looking to build fixed-wing time and you think you'd fit in with this group — reach out. The right callsign opens a lot of doors.
07 — The Aircraft Meet the airplane

N8327W

Billie Jean

She's a 1965 Cherokee 180 with a classic soul and a modern instrument panel. Owner-maintained, hangared at KHWY, and ready to fly. Once you strap in, she stops being a tail number.

N8327W Billie Jean — Piper Cherokee 180 at KHWY
N8327W
Piper PA-28-180 · 1965
Billie Jean · Fauquier County Airport (KHWY) · Warrenton, Virginia
N8327W instrument panel — Aspen EFD1000, Avidyne IFD540
Upgraded IFR avionics suite · Glass PFD · Touchscreen FMS · Two-axis autopilot

Billie Jean isn't a rental pool aircraft. She's a dedicated, known-quantity machine with a consistent configuration, a clean maintenance record, and avionics that would feel at home in a glass-cockpit trainer. What's under the cowling is classic. What's on the panel is anything but.

RegistrationN8327W
NameBillie Jean
ManufacturerPiper Aircraft Corporation
ModelPA-28-180 Cherokee
Year1965
EngineLycoming O-360 · 180 HP
ConfigurationLow-wing · Fixed gear · 4 seats
Base of OperationsKHWY · Warrenton, Virginia
StorageHangared
Lease TypeDry Lease · $135/tach hour
Upgraded Avionics Suite
  • Aspen EFD1000 — Electronic Primary Flight Display (glass PFD)
  • Avidyne IFD540 — Touchscreen FMS / GPS / COM/NAV
  • S-TEC 55X — Two-Axis Digital Autopilot
08 — Eligibility

Who We
Work With

Future Flying is designed for pilots who already know how to fly and need professional-grade access to fixed-wing time. We are not a pathway to learning — we're a resource for advancing.

  • ✓ Hold a valid FAA Pilot Certificate (Private or higher)
  • ✓ Helicopter pilots building fixed-wing hours toward ATP-R or ATP
  • ✓ Military aviators seeking fixed-wing currency or additional ratings
  • ✓ Aircraft checkout completed with a CFI prior to solo operations
  • ✓ Willing to complete insurance compliance verification
  • ✓ Meet Open Pilot Policy minimums per our commercial policy
Not sure if you qualify? Reach out anyway. If you hold a valid certificate and have a legitimate professional reason to build fixed-wing time, we'll have a direct, no-pressure conversation about fit.
A Clear Statement on What We Are Not

Future Flying LLC is not a flight school. We hold no Part 141 or Part 61 school certificate. We do not provide ground school, structured flight instruction, training syllabi, or FAA-approved courses of training.

We are a professional flight services company providing aircraft access to certificated pilots under a dry lease arrangement. If you need primary flight training, we respect that need — but that's not what we do, and we don't want there to be any ambiguity about it.

Dry Lease — What It Means

Under a dry lease arrangement, you assume operational control of the aircraft for your scheduled time. You are acting as pilot-in-command under your own certificate and authority. You are responsible for fuel. Future Flying LLC provides the airworthy, insured aircraft — the rest of the mission is yours.

09 — Contact

Request
Access

Ready to start building hours? Tell us where you are in your aviation career and what you're working toward. We'll respond within 48 hours.

Company
Future Flying LLC
Home Base
Fauquier County Airport (KHWY)
Warrenton, Virginia
Pricing
$135/tach hour · Dry Lease
50-Hour Prepaid Blocks
Response Time
Within 48 hours
Established
2025 · Virginia LLC

Your information is used solely to evaluate fit and respond to your inquiry.

10 — About the Owners
Two Marines walked into a bar…
…and after a few drinks, a community was born.
RAMROD and Sly — the night Future Flying was born
RAMROD  ·  Left The night it all started Sly  ·  Right

Grant and Jason were both HMX pilots — the kind of assignment where you've already had to prove yourself twice over. They were nearing the end of their aviation careers in the Marine Corps, and the conversation, like most good ones, turned to what came next.

The problem was familiar to anyone who'd worn the uniform: the programs that existed weren't designed for pilots like them. Schedules were unpredictable. Blocks of time were hard to find. Building fixed-wing hours through conventional channels meant fighting a system that was never built with their transition in mind.

So they decided to do what Marines do. They solved the problem themselves.

They weren't certain where it would lead. What they knew was that at the very least, it would give them a way to keep flying together — and after careers spent in the cockpit, that wasn't a small thing.

The first few flights changed everything. It became immediately, undeniably clear that other pilots needed this too. What began as a solution for two became a platform for many. Future Flying LLC was built to solve a problem — and became something neither of them expected: a community.

RAMROD
Grant  ·  Co-Founder & Owner
CH-53E Super Stallion  ·  HMX-1
Nearly two decades in Marine Corps aviation, including time as a presidential support pilot with HMX-1. The kind of aviator who has operated in the most demanding airspace in the world and made it look routine.
Sly
Jason  ·  Co-Founder & Owner
AH-1W Super Cobra  ·  HMX-1
A Cobra pilot with the reflexes, discipline, and instincts that platform demands. Equal parts tactician and aviator — the kind of co-founder who doesn't just talk about solving problems, he executes.
The day Billie Jean got her name
The Day She Got Her Name
Billie Jean.

Every great aircraft deserves a name. This was the moment N8327W became something more — a partner, a platform, and the beginning of something neither of them fully expected.

Still flying together.

The bar conversation that started all of this wasn't about building a business. It was about not being done flying — and not wanting to figure that out alone. If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.