Learn to fly the Halcyon fleet.
Lumen Pilot Academy is an independent flight school accredited by Halcyon Stellar Works. Start with a first solo, then earn type ratings for the Atlas, Leviathan, Valkyrie and more.
At the academy
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Courses
Fourteen courses, from a first solo to an instructor rating.
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Academy news
Academy news: new intakes, graduates and notes from instructors.
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Hiring partners
Operators who hire our graduates and sponsor seats on our courses.
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Instructors & staff
Instructors, examiners and the people who run the academy.
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Intakes & events
Intakes, open days, check-ride days and graduations.
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Certifications
Licences, type ratings and endorsements, and what each lets you fly.
Deep Explorer Command
Thirty weeks preparing senior pilots to command the Odyssey Deep Explorer on multi-year expeditions to the outer planets, with a crew of 18 and no help closer than weeks away.
Dropship Landing Certification
Twelve weeks of powered-descent training in the Cascade Dropship: landing 60 passengers and 220 tonnes on unprepared ground on Mars, Luna and Titan.
First Solo: Foundation Flight
Our ab initio programme for complete beginners: fourteen weeks of ground school, simulator work and 45 hours in the Sparrow Trainer, ending in your first solo flight and the Private Spaceflight Licence.
Flight Instructor Certificate
Sixteen weeks that teach experienced pilots how to teach: lesson planning, right-seat flying in the Sparrow Trainer and Kestrel, debriefing and assessment.
Gas Giant Skimming
Fourteen weeks at our Ganymede detachment learning to dive the Nimbus Gas Skimmer into Jupiter's upper atmosphere, scoop hydrogen and climb back out safely.
Heavy Freight Type Rating
Sixteen weeks to earn the Atlas Heavy Freighter Type Rating: three-pilot crew training, 52,000-tonne mass handling and cargo-route planning between Luna, Mars and the Belt.
Medevac Flight Operations
An eleven-week endorsement for rescue and air-ambulance pilots flying the Seraph Medevac: time-critical intercepts, patient-safe acceleration profiles and crew coordination with medical teams.
Ore Hauler Type Rating
A twenty-week type rating for the 880-metre Leviathan Ore Hauler, taught at our Ceres outstation: six-seat flight deck coordination, deuterium-slurry drive management and Belt convoy flying.
Outer-System Ice Runner Rating
An eighteen-week type rating on the Tempest Ice Runner: nuclear thermal propulsion, loading ice at Enceladus and long-haul water runs from Saturn to the Belt.
Passenger Liner Command
Our flagship command course: twenty-four weeks preparing senior first officers to captain the Halcyon Starliner, with 1,200 passengers and a crew of 64 under their authority.
Salvage Tug Operations
Ten weeks on the Basilisk Salvage Tug: capturing tumbling hulks, tether and grapple work, and clearing debris from busy orbital lanes around L5 and Luna.
Shuttle Operations
Twelve weeks on the Kestrel light shuttle that turn a private pilot into a professional: two-crew procedures, passenger operations between Earth, Luna and L5, and the Commercial Pilot Licence (Orbital).