Cloud Dancer Aviation INC
Flight school in Deland, Florida, where the main public airport is Deland Muni-Sidney H Taylor Field (DED). The FAA register lists 11 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 152.
Website: flycda.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Cloud Dancer Aviation INC have?
11 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Cloud Dancer Aviation INC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 152, along with the Cessna 172L and the Piper PA-34-200.
How old are Cloud Dancer Aviation INC's aircraft?
Built between 1968 and 1979; half were built in 1972 or earlier, so the typical one is about 54 years old.
Has Cloud Dancer Aviation INC had any accidents?
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving the aircraft registered to it today, none of them fatal. The full record
Where is Cloud Dancer Aviation INC?
In Deland, Florida; the main public airport there is Deland Muni-Sidney H Taylor Field (DED).
Are there FAA examiners near Cloud Dancer Aviation INC?
35 pilot examiners and 30 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Cloud Dancer Aviation INC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
CDA Flight Academy is an FAA Part 141 certificated flight school located at DeLand Municipal Airport (KDED) in DeLand, Florida. It offers pilot training programs including Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine Rating, and specialized programs for international students and Indian DGCA certification. The academy operates a fleet of 13 Cessna 172s, 5 Cessna 152s, 4 Piper aircraft, and a Redbird LD simulator.
- Calls itself
- CDA Flight Academy
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- DeLand, FL KDED
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172, Cessna 152, Piper PA-34-200 Seneca, Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow, Redbird LD Simulator
- Services
- flight training, discovery flights, private pilot training, instrument rating, commercial pilot training, multi-engine training, flight instructor training, aircraft rental, simulator training
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 141, Part 61
- Founded
- 1996
- Address
- 955 Singleton Dr, DeLand, FL, 32724
- Telephone
- (386) 238-7270
- [email protected]
- Elsewhere
Written by the site from the pages of www.flycda.com on October 21, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
35 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 35 for private pilot, 35 for commercial and instrument, 29 for airline transport pilot, 33 for flight instructor, 9 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 33 for airplanes, 30 for multi-engine airplanes, 8 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 30 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 125 training center evaluators, 49 aircrew program designees, 8 training center examiners, 24 administrative pilot examiners.
- David Randall Hensley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Flight Training Services · DeLand, FL (0 nm) · (386) 320-9050 · [email protected]
- Glen Garrick private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Deland, FL (0 nm) · (386) 479-4838 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Todd Luckett private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Deland, FL (0 nm) · (386) 235-8378 · [email protected]
- Carlos Manuel Sotolongo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Port Orange, FL (11 nm) · (386) 316-4670 · [email protected]
- Daniel Archer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Port Orange, FL (11 nm) · (719) 235-1036 · [email protected]
- Robert Wayne Work private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Port Orange, FL (11 nm) · (407) 252-6048 · [email protected]
- Stephen Allen Clegg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Port Orange, FL (11 nm) · (386) 451-8978 · [email protected]
- Robert Thomas private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University · Daytona Beach, FL (14 nm) · (217) 369-0123 · [email protected]
All 295 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
11 aircraft are registered to Cloud Dancer Aviation INC today, mostly Cessna 152. Built between 1968 and 1979; half of them in 1972 or earlier, so the typical one is about 54 years old. 2 are twin-engine aeroplanes.
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All 11 aircraft, each with its own page
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving these aircraft.
| Date | Aircraft | What | Where | Outcome | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2024 | N19703 Cessna 172L | Accident | Deland, FL | No injuries; substantial damage | ERA24LA384 |
Only the aircraft registered to Cloud Dancer Aviation INC today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Florida.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Deland Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school, Deland
- V Tail Flyers Group LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Deland
- Florida Flyers Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Deltona, 12 miles away
Compare every school in Florida: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Deland, FL · where it registers its aircraft
- Deland Muni-Sidney H Taylor Field · DED
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- Cloud Dancer Aviation INC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- 11 aircraft on the register · Cessna 152
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 22, 2026). The FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so a company is listed here when its name says what it does; this one's name does not, but it owns a fleet of training aircraft and its own website says it gives flying lessons. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.