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Flight Training Team

Starting from zero, working toward your next rating or keeping your instrument skills current? Tell us where you want to fly and we'll help you find the right first step.

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Tipton Airport

Our simulator and our Cessna 172s work from the same building at Tipton Airport (KFME) in Fort Meade, Maryland, just outside the DC SFRA. Students and pilots drive in from Annapolis, Baltimore, Columbia, Laurel, Frederick and Washington, D.C.

Facility Headquarters

Solid Ground Aviation

Address: 7515 General Aviation Dr, Fort Meade, MD 20755

Airport: Tipton Airport (KFME)

Direct: (410) 705-2250

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Discovery Flight in Our Cessna 172

Give the real thing. A Discovery Flight in one of our Cessna 172s with a certified flight instructor, the perfect first step for anyone who has ever wanted to fly.

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Cockpit view inside the Solid Ground Aviation flight simulator Simulator Flight Session

Simulator Experiences

Take the controls in our FAA-approved simulator with professional instruction. A safe, weather-proof gift for first-timers, young aviators and licensed pilots chasing FAA WINGS credit.

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