Blue Goose Aviation

05/27/2026

We are selling our flight school in Polson Montana either as a turnkey operation or selling our Cessna 172M airplanes to individual buyers. Details may be found at https://www.bluegooseaviation.com

Joe

Self Flying, Guided Western Adventure! Enjoy scenic mountain flying with outdoor activities planned daily. Awesome family vacation and lasting memories!

12/14/2025

One year ago, at this hour, Kathy and I were walking into the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. For the most part I could not walk up a flight of stairs without being winded. We walked up two flights of stairs to the Emergency room and checked in
I remember talking to the Dr. for about 20 minutes, then have no memory for 4 days until I woke up. They replaced my mitral valve. It has been an interesting recovery, but today I am at the se resort we were at a year ago, but instead of being winded, I took a 3 mile walk. Everything is much better this year.

11/18/2025

Hello
In November of 1994, Kathy and I decided to by a Cessna 172 and start Blue Goose Aviation so I could help/teach people to fly. In 2004, after retiring from the Air Force, we added our self flying guided adventures. Over the years we have worked and met 100's of excellent clients and flown 1000's of hours. Many of our clients have become personal friends and we are very grateful for these friendships. After 31 years of doing this we have decided to slowdown a little and will be selling 3 of our airplanes. I still plan on flying, and working with pilots in their airplanes, but will not be renting our airplanes anymore. We are keeping the 182 and going back to using the airplane for our enjoyment and travel purposes. So you may find us more often in the back country camping, or flying around the state to different towns to play golf. Hamilton, Ft Benton, Thompson Falls, Three Forks, come to mind quickly for that, We have guided tours as far north as Alaska, and southeast into the Bahamas. We would like to thank everyone we have worked with and hope to see many of you again soon. THANK YOU!
Joe & Kathy
Blue Goose Aviation

11/11/2025

A shout out to all my Veteran friends
My cousin Nancy made me this quilt of Valor, she is so talented.
Thank you very much Nancy

10/26/2025

Congratulations to Tyler S on passing his PPL checkride yesterday
Good work, fly safe.

10/17/2025

Blue Goose Aviation had two more students pass their private pilot checkride this week. Congratulations to both Luca K and Soren S. Great job.

09/22/2025

Congratulations Jesse R on earning your private pilot license. I know it was a lot of work, but we'll worth it

09/18/2025

Sorry this is a bot late, but congratulations to Seth E on passing his Instrument checkride. He hopes to have his commercial and instructor tickets by the end of November. Great work Seth. You're a joy to fly with

09/17/2025

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Applications must be submitted to WAI by 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 15, 2025, and winners will be notified by December 15, 2025.
Recipients will be awarded during the 37th Annual Women in Aviation International Conference in Dallas, Texas, from March 19-21, 2026.

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