Five Country Stars That Are Licensed Pilots

Country stars travel all over the country throughout the year to play shows for fans, and many of them fly in their own private lets. Chris Young, Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, and many more have purchased their own planes to make the touring life easier for them and their families so they don't have to stay away for so long. Reba has been flying private since the early 1990s and even got some flak from her Music Row neighbors when she wanted to put a helipad on her office roof near downtown Nashville. Music Row tenants were concerned that the helicopter noise would disrupt recording studios. Many country superstars are taking their love of private flying one step further, getting their pilot's licenses and flying themselves to and from shows. Thomas Rhett has been thinking he would like to pilot his own plane for years but admits he has reservations. Rhett [inlink id="thomas-rhett-isnt-sure-he-has-what-it-takes-to-fly" text="told us"], "I could definitely see me still wantin' to do that. I have so many pilots in my family. My brother-in-law, Grayson, is a pilot, my father-in-law is a pilot, and a lot of my close friends are pilots. I think it would take a little more trust on my own end to trust that I could do it right. I'm not the most attention-to-detail person, and I feel like you really need to be detailed to be a pilot." He added, "So, I don't know. Maybe I'll become a very detail-oriented person over the next five years and decide that getting my pilot's license is something I'd wanna do. If Dierks [Bentley] can do it, I can do it." The FAA requirement to become a private plane pilot requires 40 hours of flight training time for the private pilot certificate. Many new pilots have 60-70 hours.  But many country stars have done it and now are able to fly their own airplanes. [inlink id="luke-bryan-bragging-to-katy-perry" text="RELATED: Luke Bryan Felt Like He Was 'Bragging' To Katy Perry"]