Chief CFI Jeff Kling holds an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate for multiengine land, single engine land and single engine seaplanes, He is a Designated Pilot Examiner, an FAA Gold Seal and Master flight instructor (CFII, MEI) with 40 years and over 13,000 hours of flying experience (more than 10,000 hours teaching) in airplanes including single engine land, multiengine land and single engine seaplanes. He teaches in his own planes (Cessna 150, Cessna 172 and Piper Twin Comanche) and is also a club-approved instructor in the Bay Area Aero Club, Inc. at Pearland Regional Airport. Jeff is an FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic (A&P) and is a FAAST Team Representative for the Houston FSDO.  Jeff is proficient in teaching advanced avionics with the Garmin 430/530. 650/750, G1000 and G3X glass panels as well as the King KN89/90 and all Garmin/Apollo GX series GPS units. Kling Aviation’s student retention rate is over 90% (compared to the national average of fewer than 20%) which means most of the students that begin training with Kling Aviation complete their training and obtain their certificates and ratings.
Jeff was recognized for his high standard of flight instruction by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world's large aviation association. Jeff was awarded a spot on the Flight Training Excellence Awards Honor Roll, a title given to high scoring flight instructors from AOPA's 2016 Flight Training Excellence Poll. AOPA’s Flight Training Excellence Awards were created to highlight the best flight training the industry has to offer and to recognize best practices in flight training — excellent customer service, quality education, community development, and sharing knowledge. 




Jeff was once again recognized  for the AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards as a Distinguished Flight Instructor in 2018. 
Our Staff
In addition to the Chief CFI, we employ 3 other highly-qualified instructors (CFIIs and MEI). Our piloting experience includes jets, turboprops, tailwheel, singles, twins, land planes, sea planes and a vast number of experimental fixed wing aircraft. Our individual CFI's personal goals include corporate flying, airline jobs and teaching all certificates and ratings to both new students and advanced students. We want to train CFIs to be the best available to students who want a better option. Quite unlike most CFIs, all of our instructors love teaching people to fly and are completely dedicated to providing the absolute best training possible to our students while still working toward their dream career piloting jobs.

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Kling Aviation, Inc. operates primarily out of the Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ).
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