$179 for a One-Hour Private Helicopter-Piloting Lesson with a Logbook and Magazine Subscription at Louis Fly Academy ($310 Value)

Pilots are the cowboys of the air, roaming the wide-open skies and herding children's runaway balloons. Giddy up, up, and away with this Groupon.

$179 for a Private Helicopter-Piloting Package ($310 Value)

The package includes the following:

• One hour of instruction from a certified flight instructor
• Beginner-pilot logbook for tracking flight time, which can be credited toward a pilot's license
• 6-month subscription to Flight Training magazine
• $20 discount on your next flight

At the dual controls of a Robinson R22, students pilot a helicopter under an instructor's supervision as it slices through the skies over Long Island.

Louis Fly Academy

Flight is a magical word. It can conjure images of blue sky, sounds of rushing wind, and the feelings of a freedom only known by breaking gravity's bounds with a combination of lift, thrust, and fairy dust. Flight is a word so magical, in fact, that it can even make a word like "school" seem cool. Unlike traditional schools, Louis Fly Academy doesn't lock its students up inside a brick-and-mortar building filled with chalk dust and outdated science books. Instead, its instructors guide them through aerial tutorials inside a fleet of Cessnas and Piper aircraft. Such tours begin with discovery flights for both airplane and helicopter pilots to give aspiring pilots tastes of high altitudes, allowing them to take a set of the controls and to log their time toward potential certification. A series of instructional packages prepares students for such certifications, with curricula that range from courses for a private pilot's license to a multiengine rating.