LeTourneau University
 

Has anyone graduated from LeTourneau's flight program?
What is your opinion of this school?
Is there a better university in Texas to get a degree and flight training at?
AlyE:)

Isnt Letourneau that teacher that slept with the 13 yr old kid and than married him? I didnt know she was a CFI

The LeTourneau I am reffering to is a private, christian university located in Longview, Texas. The university was started by R.G. LeTourneau after WWII as a trade school for the men returning from war that were not trained in any type of trade. The school also owns the company that manufactures the large earth moving machines that were used in WWII. Mr. LeTourneau is also credited with being the man to build the floating oil rigs that are in the gulf of Mexico.

I did not graduate there but, It was horrible. the campus is nice and so are the people, but whatever you do do not come in with any ratings already. If you come in with your instrument like I did, they do not care about you and make you pay for extra courses that you do not need. For the first semester you will have to do an intro flight course to get in their program. you will fly a citabria and get a tailwheel rating. It will cost over $6,000!!!! $200 an hour for the plane and $90 ish for the instructor. they do not tell you that each flight has a minimum of an hour of ground before and after that you are paying for... about $400 each flight hour... little high??? do not even get me started with the multi engines... $400 an hour not including the instructor. students told me they have spent over $20,000!!!!!!! on just their multi com add on..


IN my opinion a degree at a community college and flying at your local airport is 100x better, more connections and cheaper college, especially comparing it to LETU i was going to spend $20,000 next semester, and that was with my $11,000 presidential scholarship...

A&M has a program, so does SanJac in Houston (2year) and Baylor is partnered with TSTC (4 or 2) and why not get a degree in something else.. get the 2 year somewhere then go to A&M UH UT.....etc etc and get something else like meteorology (something related) or buisness

No first hand experience, but I went to college with two guys who transferred out and had nothing good to say about the flight program.

I had a boss at one point who graduated from there with engineering-A&P, I think he chose Letourneau because they support religious (Christian) life. He seemed positive about the experience. The famous earthmovers were built at a now-gone factory in Toccoa Georgia, a place I used to live years ago. The machines were a huge asset for Army engineers during WWII. The plant was in ruins when I came along, and they destroyed in about 2007, I think I still have a few pictures. R. G. LeTourneau also built a large church on a lake he made with the earthmovers. He also flew an vintage Douglas twin as the pilot, and built the only airfield there, another item that still functions today (KTOC).

The college without the flight program is good.

Good people and hard classes with a Christian atmosphere

You do ALOT of home work

Im just saying if you just want to fly there are cheaper more efficient ways than here

The engineering program here is above average in my opinion close to lamar university and A&M... No first hand experience just from what friends tell me in each school.

US Aviation Academy has partnered with Tarrant County College to create a flight program there.

https://www.tccd.edu/Courses_and_Pro...ions_AVIA.html

US Career Pilot Training | 866-383-2400 | US Aviation Academy | 4850 Spartan Drive, Denton, TX 76207

I'd encourage you to give them a look. UNT is also nearby US Aviation Academy.

If you are looking for a Christian school I would highly recommend Liberty University's Aeronautics program instead.

Texas A&M University-Central Texas has a flight program, though they'll require you to do your first two years of flight training at TSTC, or CTC. It's nice because by doing your first two years of flight training first, means that you'll be a CFI by the time you're a Sophomore, and while you're working on your academics at TAMUCT, you can instruct or get another side job logging time, so hopefully by the time you graduate you'll be able (or near) to get an ATP.