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Aviation Performance Solutions specializes in upset prevention and recovery training at Mesa Gateway Airport. Its professional-pilot programs combine, in different packages, classroom or online academics, on-aircraft flying, simulation and virtual reality. Published options include initial and recurrent UPRT, regulatory-focused training for airlines and flight schools, and inspector training. Separate handling courses cover tailwheel checkouts, aerobatics, formation, CFI spin endorsements and Extra 300L checkouts. The current website identifies Extra 300L airplanes and Marchetti S211 jets. An online learning center offers courses on stalls, recovery techniques, flight-envelope concepts, crew coordination and jet aerodynamics.
Multiple training media
Professional courses offer different combinations of academic preparation, aircraft, simulator and virtual-reality work.
Specialist instructor endorsement
The stand-alone catalog includes a CFI spin endorsement; it does not describe a full initial CFI certificate course.
Online study
The learning center publishes stand-alone courses on stalls, upset recovery, flight-envelope concepts, crew coordination and jet operations.
Published training options.
The school’s published options are summarized below. Each note explains the training type and what to clarify when comparing the school’s exact course.
Professional-pilot upset prevention and recovery training
A planned sequence toward professional flying qualifications. Compare the included stages, entry requirements, scheduling commitment and payment milestones.
Recurrent UPRT
Training to refresh or maintain existing skills. Agree on the aircraft, objectives and expected preparation for your current experience level.
Airline and flight-school regulatory UPRT
Training in aircraft control and unusual flight attitudes. Clarify the course objectives, entry experience, aircraft and whether aerobatics are included.
Regulator and inspector UPRT
Training in aircraft control and unusual flight attitudes. Clarify the course objectives, entry experience, aircraft and whether aerobatics are included.
Tailwheel checkout
Training in tailwheel aircraft handling. Confirm the aircraft, entry experience and whether the course includes an endorsement, checkout or additional proficiency work.
Aerobatics indoctrination and customized aerobatics
Training in aircraft control and unusual flight attitudes. Clarify the course objectives, entry experience, aircraft and whether aerobatics are included.
CFI spin endorsement
Training in teaching, lesson preparation and instructional flying. Ask which instructor qualification is included and how practice teaching is assessed.
Formation flight operations
Ask the school for the syllabus, entry requirements, training location and complete cost for this specific option.
Basic and advanced Extra 300L checkout
Preparation for a particular aircraft or operating configuration. Confirm the model, avionics, entry experience and qualification or checkout the course provides.
Online UPRT and aerodynamics courses
Study and knowledge preparation. Confirm the delivery format, included materials, instructor support and any separate flight-training requirement.
APS specializes in UPRT and aircraft handling. A CFI spin endorsement is not a full instructor-certification course.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Published aircraft models: Extra 300L, SIAI-Marchetti S211
Mesa headquarters aircraft and course descriptions; confirm the exact delivery location when selecting a program.
Package availability, aircraft assignment and acceptance for an employer or regulator require direct confirmation.
Training framework & verification
Part 141: Matched to the FAA roster dated 2026-10-19. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school. The workbook does not list individual course approvals or establish training quality.
FAA reference: faa.gov. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school.
PART 141 SOURCE CHECK
FAA roster information.
This listing is matched to the supplied FAA Part 141 roster record. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school; the roster does not list course approvals or establish training quality.
AVIATION PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS LLC
Doing business as: APS EMERGENCY MANUEVER MANUEVER TRAINING
Certificate U79S859KLocation designator U79S
Address as recorded: 5649 S AVERY CIRCLE, MESA, AZ 85212
Use the faa.gov facility dashboard for future cross-reference. The dated record above reflects the FAA workbook used for this directory update. How we check records
TRAINING FIT
Our school review.
APS should be compared as a specialist handling and upset-training provider for existing pilots. Its tiered format lets a pilot or flight department compare simulator-only, aircraft-only and combined training against a particular operational need. Ask which aircraft and scenarios are included in the selected Mesa course and whether recurrent training requires prior APS completion. The CFI spin endorsement is a specific service, not evidence of a complete initial instructor-certificate program. Published performance claims are the provider’s marketing; they do not establish an individual student’s future safety outcome.
An AI-assisted editorial assessment of the school’s published information. This is separate from student feedback. We have not attended or inspected this school.
WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Readable Google/customer reviews via Birdeye comments for Aviation Performance Solutions LLC in Mesa include personal training experiences. A UPRT participant describes the course as challenging prior knowledge and improving confidence. The feed contains unrelated financial-promotional spam, which is excluded; only identifiable course comments inform this summary. These are individual, self-selected accounts from the material publicly displayed, not a representative student survey. They offer practical leads for questions about your own course, but do not establish typical completion times, checkride results or current availability. Confirm the details with recent students before relying on the reported experience.
What reviewers appreciated
- A UPRT participant describes the course as challenging prior knowledge and improving confidence. [1]
How to read this evidence
Only the publicly readable review sample was assessed; identities and reported outcomes were not independently verified.
Follow up with the school
- Can I speak with two recent Mesa students who completed my intended course?
- What lesson frequency, instructor continuity, final costs and checkride timeline should I expect in writing?
Read the review sources
- Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) - 230 Reviews - Flight Instruction in Mesa, AZ - Birdeye Third-party source
Only the publicly readable review sample was assessed; identities and reported outcomes were not independently verified.
AI-assisted summary of the cited material. Public comments are individual experiences; the sample may be small, selective, or dated.
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Questions for Aviation Performance Solutions LLC.
- Which airplane, simulator and number of sessions are included in my Mesa package?
- How will the syllabus match my operational aircraft and typical mission?
- What prerequisites apply to recurrent UPRT, aerobatics or an Extra checkout?
- What weather backup, medical, height and weight requirements should I plan for?
Sources & listing information.
School facts are compiled from the source material below. Imported record identifiers are retained for traceability and are not presented as proof of current certification.
- Stand-alone handling programs
- Professional-pilot UPRT formats
- Recurrent UPRT
- Regulatory UPRT
- Online learning center
- Mesa facilities and aircraft
- School website supplied in source recordsSupplied website; not independently rechecked for this import.
- Source-record reference: checkrides.ioReference retained from the supplied spreadsheet; current content not rechecked for this import.
- faa.gov — Find a FacilityFAA pilot-school facility reference. Part 61 instruction is not a separate FAA school certification.
View source record references
U79S859K
Part_141_Flight_School_Websites (1).csv; faaverifiedp141.xlsx