Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson
Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson
Two hours at Van Nuys Airport, and about seventy minutes of it with your hands on the controls. Before that you sit down with your instructor for half an hour and learn what the yoke, the rudder pedals and the throttle do, so the flying makes sense when it starts. The lesson is logged, and the time counts toward a private pilot certificate.
You fly a Cessna 162 Skycatcher or a Piper Warrior PA-28-161, depending on what is on the ramp that morning. The Skycatcher is a hundred-horsepower two-seater with a Garmin G300 glass panel. The Warrior is a four-seat low wing with a hundred and sixty. Both are what our students fly on day one.
The Two Hours
| Minutes | What Happens |
|---|---|
| 30 | Ground lesson: the controls, the instruments and the plan |
| 10 | Preflight walk-around with the checklist |
| About 70 | Flying, over Simi Valley and the Santa Susana Mountains |
| 10 | Debrief and your signed logbook entry |
What $349 Covers
The airplane, the fuel, your instructor for the full two hours, the ground lesson and the debrief. Nothing is added at the desk. Enroll in a course within 24 hours of landing and the whole $349 comes off the package.
One Quick Check Before You Book
On this lesson the limit is 180 lb for the person flying, in either airplane. It is a weight and balance calculation, not a judgment. Close to it, or not sure? Call (818) 330-1318 before you book.
Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days. Free rescheduling up to 24 hours before, and if the weather says no, you do not pay. The detail is on our weather and cancellation policy page.
The Other Four Lessons
- Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson For Two: Piper Warrior with a guest in the back, $449.
- Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson In The Diamond DA20: stick and bubble canopy, $549.
- Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson In The Cirrus SR22 Turbo: N422SN, $749.
- Two-Hour Beginner Simulator Lesson: Redbird MCX, $249.
All five, side by side, are on beginner flying lessons at Van Nuys.
Pick Your Lesson
Beginner Flying Lessons
Two hours at Van Nuys Airport, and about seventy minutes of it with your hands on the controls.
Airplane
Length
One Or Two
Two Hours · For One
Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson
You fly a Cessna 162 Skycatcher or a Piper Warrior PA-28-161, depending on what is on the ramp that morning.
$349All-In · Nothing Added At The Desk
- 30 Ground lesson: the controls, the instruments and the plan
- 10 Preflight walk-around with the checklist
- About 70 Flying, over Simi Valley and the Santa Susana Mountains
- 10 Debrief and your signed logbook entry
One Quick Check Before You Book. On this lesson the limit is 180 lb for the person flying, in either airplane. Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days.
Enroll in a course within 24 hours of landing and the whole $349 comes off the package.
Two Hours · For Two
Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson For Two
The same two-hour lesson, in the Piper Warrior, with somebody you know in the back seat.
$449All-In · Nothing Added At The Desk
- 30 Ground lesson: the controls, the instruments and the plan
- 10 Preflight walk-around with the checklist
- About 70 Flying, over Simi Valley and the Santa Susana Mountains
- 10 Debrief and your signed logbook entry
One Quick Check Before You Book. The Piper Warrior limit is 180 lb per person and 360 lb for the two of you together. Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days.
If the person flying enrolls in a course within 24 hours of landing, the whole $449 comes off the package.
Two Hours · For One
Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson In The Diamond DA20
The DA20 has two seats, so it is you and your instructor.
$549All-In · Nothing Added At The Desk
- 30 Ground lesson: the controls, the instruments and the plan
- 10 Preflight walk-around with the checklist
- About 70 Flying, over Simi Valley and the Santa Susana Mountains
- 10 Debrief and your signed logbook entry
One Quick Check Before You Book. On this lesson the limit is 200 lb for the person flying. Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days.
Enroll in a course within 24 hours of landing and the whole $549 comes off the package.
Two Hours · For One
Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson In The Cirrus SR22 Turbo
Three hundred and ten turbocharged horsepower, a Cirrus Perspective glass panel and a parachute for the whole airframe.
$749All-In · Nothing Added At The Desk
- 30 Ground lesson: the controls, the instruments and the plan
- 10 Preflight walk-around with the checklist
- About 70 Flying, over Simi Valley and the Santa Susana Mountains
- 10 Debrief and your signed logbook entry
One Quick Check Before You Book. On this lesson the limit is 200 lb for the person flying. Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days.
Enroll in a course within 24 hours of landing and the whole $749 comes off the package.
Two Hours · For One
Two-Hour Beginner Simulator Lesson
The platform moves, the scenery wraps around you, and the time is loggable because the Redbird is an FAA-approved AATD.
$249All-In · Nothing Added At The Desk
- 30 Ground lesson: the controls, the instruments and the plan
- 10 Setting up the cockpit
- About 70 In the Redbird MCX, flying the maneuvers
- 10 Debrief and your signed logbook entry
One Quick Check Before You Book. There is no weight limit in the simulator. Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days.
Enroll in a course within 24 hours and the whole $249 comes off the package.
Great experience overall! The instructors are knowledgeable, supportive, and genuinely care about their students. I really appreciated the quality of training and professionalism. Highly recommend!