Your First Hour
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Book A Discovery FlightYou Fly The Airplane. From $229.
Sixty minutes over Los Angeles from Van Nuys Airport, with an FAA-certificated instructor beside you.
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Come and see the hangar first. No aircraft, no pressure.
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Costs, Explained
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Read The Flight LogThe Airline Route
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What it costs, how long it takes and every step to the airlines, explained plainly.
Twenty Airplanes
Aircraft
Fly The Cirrus SR22Simulator
Fly The Cirrus SR22Glass Cockpit. Parachute. Leather. From $499.
Fly the Cirrus SR22 Turbo on a discovery flight, or train in it as an upgrade on any aircraft hour.
The School
The School
Meet The InstructorsTwenty Airplanes. Seven Days A Week.
Train at Van Nuys Airport with FAA-certificated instructors, a full-motion simulator and our own fleet.
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Discovery flights for one or two, gift certificates and a free consultation, with instant text and email confirmation.
Where Students Come From
San Fernando Valley
See All Service AreasWestside & Coast
See All Service Areas7900 Balboa Blvd, Main Terminal Unit 108
Van Nuys Airport, in the middle of the San Fernando Valley. Students drive in from across Los Angeles.
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Cirrus SR22 TurboGlass cockpit · CAPS parachute
Diamond DA20-C1Composite · bubble canopy
Piper Warrior PA-28The classic trainer · included
Cessna 162 SkycatcherLight-sport · glass panel
Piper Arrow PA-28RComplex · commercial course
Piper Seminole TwinMulti-engine · 7 days
Fleet OverviewEvery airplane, every rate