Hands-On Discovery Flights Near Calabasas, CA
Van Nuys Airport · KVNY

Hands-On Discovery Flights Near Calabasas, CA

Fourteen miles from Old Town Calabasas there is an airplane you are allowed to fly, with an instructor beside you and the Santa Monica Mountains out of the window.

20 minutes via the 101From $229 for the hourAges nine and upward
Book A Discovery Flight Call (818) 290-8249
A discovery flight guest in a headset flying a Cirrus over the Hollywood Hills with a hand on the controls, seen from the back seat
Hands On The Controls Over LA

Hands-On From The Left Seat

You Fly The Airplane. Not A Ride Along.

50–80%Of the flight is flown by you

Your instructor takes off and lands. Almost everything in between is yours: turns, climbs, descents, holding a heading over Los Angeles. How much depends on you and the conditions on the day.

You fly the airplane. Turns, climbs, descents and holding a heading over Los Angeles, for roughly 50–80% of the flight depending on you and the conditions. Your instructor has an identical set of controls and handles the radio.

Tap Takeoff, You Fly or Landing to see who is flying.

  • No license, experience or medical certificate needed
  • Bring your own logbook and your instructor will be happy to sign it
  • 100% credited toward training if you enroll within 24 hours of landing
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The Route You Fly

Your Discovery Flight Route Over Los Angeles

About an hour from Van Nuys Airport: Universal Studios, the Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory and a full circle around Downtown LA, then west just north of SoFi Stadium and LAX to the coast, from Venice Beach up to Malibu. Your instructor takes off and lands. You fly 50–80% of it.

  • About 1 Hour From Van Nuys
  • You Fly 50–80%
  • From $229 All-In
  • No Experience Needed
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  1. The San Fernando Valley seen over the wing of a small training airplane just after takeoff from Van Nuys Airport, with tree-lined streets and a long boulevard running toward the hills
    The San Fernando Valley Over The Wing

    01Instructor Takeoff

    Van Nuys Airport

    Wheels Up From Van Nuys

    Your instructor takes off from one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world and talks you through every step. Once you are clear of the field, the controls are yours.

  2. Universal Studios Hollywood seen from a small airplane, the theme park and studio soundstages on the hillside above the 101 freeway, with the Los Angeles River, Burbank and the Verdugo Mountains behind
    Universal Studios Hollywood From The Air

    02You’re Flying

    Universal Studios

    The Backlot From Above

    The studio lots turn out to be far bigger than they look on TV, with the soundstages lined up like a small town.

  3. The Hollywood Sign on the slope of Mount Lee, seen almost level with the letters from a small airplane, with the radio tower on the summit and the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance
    The Hollywood Sign On Mount Lee

    03You’re Flying

    Hollywood Sign

    Nine Letters On Mount Lee

    The most famous sign in the world, seen from where almost nobody gets to see it: level with the hilltop.

  4. Griffith Observatory and its white domes on the ridge of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, seen from a small airplane, with the Los Angeles basin stretching to the horizon
    Griffith Observatory From The Air

    04You’re Flying

    Griffith Observatory

    The Domes On The Ridge

    The white domes of Griffith Observatory on the slope of Mount Hollywood, with the whole Los Angeles basin laid out beyond them.

  5. The Downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers seen over the wing of a small airplane circling the towers on a discovery flight
    Circling The Downtown Towers

    05You’re Flying

    Downtown LA

    A Full Circle Around Downtown

    In on the south side, then a full counterclockwise circle around the towers: up the east side, over the top and back around. The San Gabriel Mountains stand behind the skyline.

  6. SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at golden hour, seen from a small airplane passing just north of it, with the neighborhoods of South Los Angeles in the foreground
    SoFi Stadium From Just North

    06You’re Flying

    SoFi Stadium

    The Roof You Know From TV

    We pass just north of the stadium and never fly over it. Its huge translucent roof, home of the Rams and the Chargers, sits right off your left wing.

  7. Los Angeles International Airport and its runways seen from a small airplane passing north of the airport, with Santa Monica Bay and the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the horizon
    LAX From The North Side

    07You’re Flying

    LAX

    Airliners On Final, Off Your Left Wing

    Jets lining up for one of the busiest airports on Earth, off your left wing. We stay north of LAX and never fly over it.

  8. Venice Beach seen over the wing of a small airplane, with the wide sand, the surf and the boardwalk, and the Westside stretching inland to the hills
    Venice Beach Over The Wing

    08You’re Flying

    Venice Beach

    Right Turn Up The Coast

    The boardwalk, the skate park and the sand, then a right turn up the coast with all of Santa Monica Bay opening up ahead of you.

  9. Santa Monica Pier and its Ferris wheel from the air at sunset, with the sun going down over the Pacific Ocean and waves breaking along the beach
    Santa Monica Pier From The Air

    09You’re Flying

    Santa Monica Pier

    The Pier And The Ferris Wheel

    The pier, the Ferris wheel and the beach, straight out of a thousand films.

  10. The Malibu coastline at sunset seen from a small airplane, the Santa Monica Mountains dropping into the Pacific Ocean with Pacific Coast Highway along the shore
    The Malibu Coast At Sunset

    10You’re Flying

    Malibu

    The Mountains Meet The Pacific

    Up the coast past the Palisades to Malibu, where the Santa Monica Mountains drop straight into the ocean.

  11. The wing of a small airplane over the San Fernando Valley on the way back to Van Nuys, with the city grid below and mountains under the clouds on the horizon
    Heading Back Across The San Fernando Valley

    11You’re Flying

    Warner Center

    Over The Hills To Warner Center

    North over the Santa Monica Mountains to Warner Center in Woodland Hills, then east across the San Fernando Valley with Van Nuys straight ahead.

  12. 12Instructor Landing

    Back At Van Nuys

    Your Instructor Lands, Then A Quick Debrief

    Have your own pilot logbook? Bring it and your instructor will be happy to sign it. Enroll within 24 hours of landing and 100% of what you paid is credited toward your training.

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Typical route. Weather and air traffic control set the final path on the day.

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Calabasas Sits On The Wrong Side Of A Ridge, Usefully

Calabasas is tucked into the gap where the Santa Monica Mountains meet the western end of the Valley, which is why the town feels enclosed at ground level and looks completely different from a thousand feet. Drive down Las Virgenes and you see hillsides. Fly the same ground and you see how narrow the corridor really is, how the canyons all drain south toward Malibu, and how close the ocean sits behind a single ridge. That change of perspective is most of what a first flight sells.

This is a hands-on flight, not a scenic ride with someone else steering. You start at the table with a briefing on what the controls do, walk out to the aircraft and take part in the inspection, then sit in the left seat with dual controls in front of you. Once the airport is behind us the instructor gives you the airplane, and you fly it: turns, climbs, descents, holding a heading while the ground moves underneath. Takeoffs and landings stay with the instructor.

Length matters more here than in most places, because of where Calabasas is. Sixty minutes at $229 gives you the western Valley, the ridgeline and a good look at your own neighborhood. Ninety minutes at $299 gets you over Malibu Canyon and out to the coast with time to linger. Two hours at $399 buys the coastline properly, from Point Dume back up toward Zuma with the mountains on one side and open water on the other.

The hour is written into a logbook with your name on it and signed by your instructor, so it counts toward the forty hours the FAA requires for a private certificate whenever you decide to start, whether that is next month or in six years. Enroll in training within twenty-four hours of landing and everything you paid for the flight comes off the program price. Nobody will lean on you while you are still taking your headset off.

A training aircraft on a flight over the San Fernando Valley
Training Packages

What You Can Book, And What It Costs

Prices are per flight, not per person, and you choose the aircraft.

Solo Certificate

$5,500

Train to your first solo, sport or private track.

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Sport Pilot License

$8,400

The fastest route to flying legally as pilot in command.

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Standard Private Pilot

$10,900

The full FAA Private Pilot Certificate. Where most students start.

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Comprehensive Private Pilot

$15,900

More simulator and ground time built into the package.

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Premium Private Pilot

$22,500

The widest margin of hours for students who want no surprises.

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Instrument Rating

$11,700

The rating that makes a license useful in Southern California weather.

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Multi-Engine Rating

$5,100

A short add-on rating flown in the Piper Seminole.

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Airline Pilot Program

$89,000

Zero time to airline-ready, financing available.

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Teen Flight Training

$4,200

Ages 10 to 15, built around the school calendar.

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Every course above is a package, not an hourly rate — the price covers the aircraft, your instructor, ground school and the simulator time in that package. Financing is available through Stratus Financial and through in-house payment plans, and a discovery flight is credited in full against any package if you enroll within 24 hours. All training is flown from Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A.
Discovery Flights

Try It First — A Discovery Flight From Van Nuys

You fly the aircraft from the left seat with an instructor beside you. The time is loggable and counts toward a certificate.

Discovery Flight For One

$229/ 60 min

You fly it. 90 min $299, 120 min $399.

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Discovery Flight For Two

$299/ 60 min

Bring a passenger. 90 min $399, 120 min $499.

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Luxury Cirrus For Two

$499/ 60 min

The SR22 Turbo, glass cockpit. 90 min $699, 120 min $949.

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Multi-Engine Discovery

$499/ 60 min

The Piper Seminole twin. 90 min $699, 120 min $899.

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Redbird Simulator Session

$189/ 1 hr

FAA-approved full-motion MCX, on the field at Van Nuys.

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Getting Here

Calabasas To 7900 Balboa Blvd

Join the 101 at Las Virgenes Road or Parkway Calabasas and head east. You climb past Lost Hills, drop through the gap at Valley Circle where the mountains finally let go, then run along the south edge of Woodland Hills past Topanga Canyon, De Soto and Reseda. Come off at Balboa Boulevard, turn north, and hold that road for five miles through Victory, Vanowen and Sherman Way. The airport perimeter appears on your right at Saticoy.

Fourteen miles, and about twenty minutes if you are not traveling at eight in the morning or six in the evening, when the eastbound 101 through the Calabasas grade slows to a crawl. The alternative worth knowing is Calabasas Road into Ventura Boulevard, which shadows the freeway the whole way and never fully stops. If you have time and want the drive to be part of the day, Mulholland Drive along the ridge is slower and much better looking.

The address is 7900 Balboa Boulevard, Suite 108A, on the western boundary of Van Nuys Airport. There is a free car park immediately outside our door with nothing to pay and nobody to pay it to. Several unrelated aviation companies work out of the same complex, so look for the suite number rather than the street number when you pull in. We are here nine to nine, every day, on (818) 290-8249. Ring first if you want a specific aircraft held for you.

The entrance to LA Flight School at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A
Why Van Nuys

Why The Hour Is Worth Booking

1

The Controls Are Genuinely Yours

There are two sets of controls and yours works. From shortly after departure until we turn back toward the field you are the person flying the airplane, with an instructor beside you who can take over instantly and mostly does not need to. Watching Los Angeles from a passenger seat is a nice afternoon; flying it answers a different question.

2

The Coast Is Fifteen Minutes Away

This is the part Calabasas people underestimate. Cross the ridge above Malibu Canyon and the Pacific fills the windscreen within fifteen minutes of leaving the ground. The ninety and 120-minute flights exist because that trip is worth doing properly rather than turning round the moment the water appears.

3

It Counts, And It Comes Back

The flight is logged in your name and counts toward the forty hours a private certificate requires. Enroll within twenty-four hours and the entire cost is credited against your program, so the introduction effectively costs nothing if you continue. That offer is explained before you fly rather than produced afterwards as a sales close.

4

You Pick The Airplane

Light trainer, four-seat Piper, turbocharged Cirrus with a parachute, twin-engine Seminole, or the full-motion simulator if the weather has other ideas. Everything lives on one ramp, so changing your mind before the day is a phone call and not a problem. Most schools simply put you in whatever is free.

The Fleet

What You Might Be Flying

First flights usually happen in the Cessna 162 Skycatcher, the Diamond DA20 or the Piper Warrior. They are light and slow enough that nothing gets ahead of you, which is what makes sixty minutes on the controls feel achievable rather than overwhelming. The DA20's canopy wraps around you and gives the clearest view of the ground of anything we operate, so if the point of your flight is to look at the canyons around Calabasas rather than to concentrate on the instruments, ask for that one when you book.

At the other end, the Cirrus SR22 Turbo is a fast, air-conditioned, glass-panel single with a whole-airframe parachute, and it changes the character of the trip completely; the same ninety minutes covers far more coastline. The Piper Seminole gives you a twin, which sounds and behaves differently from the first push of the throttles. And the Redbird MCX full-motion simulator sits indoors for young children, cautious beginners and mornings when the marine layer refuses to lift off the coast. All three are booked through the same desk, and swapping before the day is easy.

Training aircraft and the Redbird MCX simulator at LA Flight School
From The Air

What You Will Pick Out Over Calabasas

Heading southwest from the field, these arrive in roughly this order.

🐎

Hidden Hills

The neighborhood next door has no pavements and a bridle path along every street, so from above it reads as a grid drawn in white rail fencing and dirt rather than concrete. It is the most obviously different ground in the west Valley.

🌲

Calabasas Peak And The Ridge Road

The spine above town carries a dirt fire road that snakes along the crest between the Valley and the ocean side. Once you have seen how thin that ridge actually is, the fact that Malibu sits directly behind your house stops being an abstraction.

🌊

Malibu Canyon Cutting South

Las Virgenes Road disappears into the mountains and comes out at the sea, and from altitude you follow the whole cut in one glance, with Pepperdine's lawns and the surf at the far end. It is the most satisfying thing to look at on a flight from here.

🌳

The Oaks Along Calabasas Road

Old Town keeps a line of very large valley oaks that show up from the air as a dark green seam beside the road, with the old adobe and its paddock at one end. Everything around it is newer and lighter, so the seam stands out clearly.

FAQ

Common Questions

Fourteen miles and about twenty minutes on the 101 east to the Balboa exit, then north to Saticoy. Outside the morning and evening peaks it is an easy run. Calabasas Road into Ventura Boulevard is the reliable surface alternative when the freeway is stacked through the grade.

Yes, for the majority of the time in the air. The instructor handles the takeoff and landing and narrates both, and everything between is yours: turns, climbs, descents, holding altitude and heading. There are dual controls, so nothing you do is unrecoverable.

From Calabasas the longer flights genuinely buy you something. Sixty minutes covers the Valley and the ridgeline. Ninety minutes at $299 gets you across Malibu Canyon to the coast with time to look at it. Two hours at $399 lets you run the shoreline toward Point Dume and back at a civilised pace.

A large share of what we fly is bought by somebody else. Discovery Flight For One is $229, For Two is $299, the Cirrus For Two is $499 and the twin is $499. We can arrange it so the recipient picks their own date rather than being handed one.

Nine years old for the aircraft, and there is no upper limit. Younger children can fly the Redbird MCX simulator at $189 for a sixty-minute session, which moves properly and can be stopped at any moment. A teenager who takes to it can fly solo at sixteen and hold a private certificate at seventeen.

We reschedule rather than fly you in conditions that spoil the point of the exercise, and there is no charge for moving a weather booking. Around here the usual cause is the marine layer sitting on the coast in late spring, which often means an afternoon slot the same day works.

Photo identification, sunglasses and closed shoes. Headsets are provided. Wear something you can add a layer to, because the cockpit is warm on the ground and cooler at altitude. Arrive fifteen minutes early so the paperwork does not eat into the flying.

No. There is no airfield in Calabasas, Agoura or the Conejo Valley, and Camarillo is over the grade with a coastal marine layer of its own. We fly from Van Nuys Airport, fourteen miles away, and Calabasas is simply where our students drive in from. Van Nuys has two runways, a full-time tower and a fleet that runs from a two-seat trainer to a twin.

Talk To Us

One Ridge, Then The Ocean

Pick a length, pick an airplane, and we will put you in the left seat with the Santa Monica Mountains ahead of you. Call (818) 290-8249 or come and look around first; neither commits you to anything.

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Over 100 Reviews. 5.0 Stars.

Every review below is real and shown verbatim, in the reviewer’s own words — written by the people who learned to fly here, not by us.

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The Downtown Los Angeles skyline under an overcast sky, seen from a small airplane on a flight with LA Flight School, from the Google review by Marc Bolanos SAFETY FIRST
Marc BolanosJAN 2026 Google
★★★★★
Very safety and detail oriented. Pre-flight briefing explained everything there was. To my knowledge, this flight school is exceptional in their ability.
The view from the pilot seat of a small training airplane, with the instrument panel beside the window and Los Angeles below, from the Google review by Diego Gutierrez DISCOVERY FLIGHT
Diego GutierrezOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
I recently had the chance to take my first-ever discovery flight, and it was nothing short of amazing! From the moment I stepped into the cockpit, the...
The sun setting over the hills past the wing of a small airplane on a sunset flight from Van Nuys, from the Google review by Ethan Pilon SUNSET CIRRUS
Ethan PilonOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
It was a great flight! I did a sunset flight and Alex let us fly an awesome. Website was easy to book, and the plane itself was really fun to fly...
A yellow and white Piper training airplane, registration N6312C, parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport under a clear blue sky, from the Google review by Mia Bompat FLYING LESSON
Mia BompatJUN 2026 Google
★★★★★
We had a great flying lesson with Ralph and came away with a much better understanding of both the aircraft and the principles of flight. Ralph is a...
Sunset over the Santa Monica Mountains and the Malibu coastline, seen from a small airplane above Santa Monica Bay, from the Google review by Sanaz Diba KIDS LUXURY FLIGHT
Sanaz DibaAUG 2024 Google
★★★★★
I got 2 luxury discovery flights for my kids. I wanted them to have the experience of flying. Our instructor Alex was amazing he made sure they feel...
Pink and orange sunset clouds over the ridgelines of the Santa Monica Mountains, photographed from a small airplane, from the Google review by Rakkad Alhouqani HONEYMOON SURPRISE
Rakkad AlhouqaniJUL 2024 Google
★★★★★
Last minute booking to surprise my wife on our honeymoon. She had no experience with flying and was scared of flying, but Alex was very easygoing and knew...
A row of yellow and white LA Flight School training airplanes parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport at dusk, from the Google review by Niyousha Aslejafari FULL-MOTION SIM
Niyousha AslejafariNOV 2025 Google
★★★★★
Amazing flight school in van nuys airport. I have been a student here for the past few months and i could not be happier. I started doing a lot of...
A student and an instructor in headsets in the front seats of a small airplane, flying toward the sunset over the Pacific, from the Google review by Bruce Guido DISCOVERY FOR TWO
Bruce GuidoNOV 2024 Google
★★★★★
I booked a Discovery Flight for Two for my girlfriend's birthday and it was the perfect gift for her. She couldn't have been more excited to get to...
A smiling LA Flight School student standing in front of a white training airplane outside the hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by George Attallah SIMULATORS
George AttallahAPR 2024 Google
★★★★★
Very professional and great airplanes. I love the flight simulators. The pricing is very fair compared to any other flight school
A student pilot in a headset sitting in a Cirrus with the door raised, parked outside a hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by Tania Anders TEEN FIRST LESSON
Tania AndersJUN 2025 Google
★★★★★
We gifted our teenage son his first flying lesson. He was so excited! Alex greeted us and gave a reassuring brief that made us all feel comfortable and at...
A white Cirrus being moved out of its hangar at Van Nuys Airport before a flight, from the Google review by Meghan Klien FIRST-TIME FLYER
Meghan KlienOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
Flying is my husband's hobby and I was incredibly anxious and apprehensive about the discovery flight. However, I felt completely safe and at ease once we...
The Downtown Los Angeles skyline under an overcast sky, seen from a small airplane on a flight with LA Flight School, from the Google review by Marc Bolanos SAFETY FIRST
Marc BolanosJAN 2026 Google
★★★★★
Very safety and detail oriented. Pre-flight briefing explained everything there was. To my knowledge, this flight school is exceptional in their ability.
The view from the pilot seat of a small training airplane, with the instrument panel beside the window and Los Angeles below, from the Google review by Diego Gutierrez DISCOVERY FLIGHT
Diego GutierrezOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
I recently had the chance to take my first-ever discovery flight, and it was nothing short of amazing! From the moment I stepped into the cockpit, the...
The sun setting over the hills past the wing of a small airplane on a sunset flight from Van Nuys, from the Google review by Ethan Pilon SUNSET CIRRUS
Ethan PilonOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
It was a great flight! I did a sunset flight and Alex let us fly an awesome. Website was easy to book, and the plane itself was really fun to fly...
A yellow and white Piper training airplane, registration N6312C, parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport under a clear blue sky, from the Google review by Mia Bompat FLYING LESSON
Mia BompatJUN 2026 Google
★★★★★
We had a great flying lesson with Ralph and came away with a much better understanding of both the aircraft and the principles of flight. Ralph is a...
Sunset over the Santa Monica Mountains and the Malibu coastline, seen from a small airplane above Santa Monica Bay, from the Google review by Sanaz Diba KIDS LUXURY FLIGHT
Sanaz DibaAUG 2024 Google
★★★★★
I got 2 luxury discovery flights for my kids. I wanted them to have the experience of flying. Our instructor Alex was amazing he made sure they feel...
Pink and orange sunset clouds over the ridgelines of the Santa Monica Mountains, photographed from a small airplane, from the Google review by Rakkad Alhouqani HONEYMOON SURPRISE
Rakkad AlhouqaniJUL 2024 Google
★★★★★
Last minute booking to surprise my wife on our honeymoon. She had no experience with flying and was scared of flying, but Alex was very easygoing and knew...
A row of yellow and white LA Flight School training airplanes parked on the ramp at Van Nuys Airport at dusk, from the Google review by Niyousha Aslejafari FULL-MOTION SIM
Niyousha AslejafariNOV 2025 Google
★★★★★
Amazing flight school in van nuys airport. I have been a student here for the past few months and i could not be happier. I started doing a lot of...
A student and an instructor in headsets in the front seats of a small airplane, flying toward the sunset over the Pacific, from the Google review by Bruce Guido DISCOVERY FOR TWO
Bruce GuidoNOV 2024 Google
★★★★★
I booked a Discovery Flight for Two for my girlfriend's birthday and it was the perfect gift for her. She couldn't have been more excited to get to...
A smiling LA Flight School student standing in front of a white training airplane outside the hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by George Attallah SIMULATORS
George AttallahAPR 2024 Google
★★★★★
Very professional and great airplanes. I love the flight simulators. The pricing is very fair compared to any other flight school
A student pilot in a headset sitting in a Cirrus with the door raised, parked outside a hangar at Van Nuys Airport, from the Google review by Tania Anders TEEN FIRST LESSON
Tania AndersJUN 2025 Google
★★★★★
We gifted our teenage son his first flying lesson. He was so excited! Alex greeted us and gave a reassuring brief that made us all feel comfortable and at...
A white Cirrus being moved out of its hangar at Van Nuys Airport before a flight, from the Google review by Meghan Klien FIRST-TIME FLYER
Meghan KlienOCT 2024 Google
★★★★★
Flying is my husband's hobby and I was incredibly anxious and apprehensive about the discovery flight. However, I felt completely safe and at ease once we...
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