Two-Hour Beginner Simulator Lesson
Two-Hour Beginner Simulator Lesson
The two-hour beginner lesson, flown in our Redbird MCX full-motion simulator instead of an airplane. The platform moves, the scenery wraps around you, and the time is loggable because the Redbird is an FAA-approved AATD.
Book this one if the weather is unsettled, if you would rather your first time at the controls happened on the ground, or if $249 is the number that works. None of it is wasted: up to fifty hours in the Redbird count toward a commercial certificate later.
The Two Hours
| Minutes | What Happens |
|---|---|
| 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 |
What $249 Covers
The simulator, 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 and the whole $249 comes off the package.
Before You Book
There is no weight limit in the simulator. Before you pick a time you will be asked to accept our weather and cancellation policy, and that is the only check.
Lessons run 9 AM to 5 PM, seven days. The simulator is indoors, so weather never cancels it. Free rescheduling up to 24 hours before; the detail is on our weather and cancellation policy page.
The Other Four Lessons
- Two-Hour Beginner Flying Lesson: Cessna 162 or Piper Warrior, $349.
- 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.
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.
Very efficient, professional, and friendly staff & group flight instructors! Definitely recommend!