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FAA Multi-Engine Add-On · Beverly Hills
Multi-Engine Rating Near Beverly Hills
A short, concentrated add-on flown in the Piper Seminole for pilots who already hold a certificate, based at Van Nuys, fifteen miles over the hill from Beverly Hills.
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Multi-Engine Rating · Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County
The Twin Rating, Done In A Run Of Consecutive Days
You already know what this is, so the short version: $5,100, flown in a Piper Seminole out of Van Nuys, and nearly all of it is asymmetric thrust. Identify the failed engine, kill the yaw, understand properly why Vmc moves with weight, altitude, bank angle and configuration, and be honest with yourself about what a light twin will actually climb at on one engine on a warm afternoon.
Fifteen miles and one ridge from Beverly Hills is the practical argument for doing the rating here. It rewards consecutive days more than any other course we run, and sleeping in your own bed is what makes four days in a row sustainable. We fly 9 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, so a run of early mornings or a long weekend block both work. Book the aircraft and the examiner in the same conversation.
The local terrain makes the performance discussion concrete rather than notional. Single-engine work goes on over the open ground northwest of the field with the Santa Susanas on the horizon, and the Valley in August supplies a density altitude lesson that no textbook chapter matches. Seminole time is $649 an hour once you hold the rating, and it is the same airframe used for the Multi-Engine Discovery Flight from $499.
How It Works
The Syllabus, In The Order It Is Flown — Start To Certificate
Five blocks of work, the last of which is the checkride.
1
Systems And Performance Ground
Seminole systems, counter-rotating propellers and why they remove the classic critical engine, and the fuel and electrical architecture. Then performance: accelerate-stop and accelerate-go distances, single-engine service ceiling, and the working distinction between Vmc, Vsse and blue line rather than the definitions.
2
Two-Engine Handling
Taxi, run-up, takeoff briefing and callouts, climb, cruise, descent and landings. Unremarkable for an experienced pilot, and front-loaded on purpose so there is a settled baseline to disturb once the failures start arriving without warning.
3
Engine-Out Work
The substance of the rating. Failures at altitude and in the pattern, identify, verify, feather, drag reduction, zero-thrust settings, Vmc demonstrations and single-engine go-arounds treated with the seriousness they warrant. Flown northwest of the field with open ground underneath rather than rooftops.
4
Instrument Work, If You Hold The Rating
Single-engine approaches, holds and partial panel, much of it set up in the Redbird MCX full-motion simulator first, where a drill can be run twenty times in an hour for a great deal less money. Without an instrument rating that time goes into additional asymmetric flying instead.
5
Checkride
An oral and a flight test with an FAA examiner, preceded by a mock checkride so the standard is known rather than inferred. The add-on is $5,100 and the outcome is multi-engine land privileges added to the certificate you already hold.
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Multi-Engine Rating Pricing For Beverly Hills Students
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Add-On Rating
Multi-Engine Rating
Add multi-engine privileges to your existing private or commercial certificate, in our twin-engine Piper Seminole.
$5,100complete
- ✓Piper Seminole twin-engine trainer
- ✓Engine-out procedures & Vmc demos
- ✓Ground instruction included
- ✓Checkride preparation
- ✓Typically finished in 2–3 weeks
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Aircraft are available to qualified pilots who have checked out with us — call for availability.
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- ✓Piper Seminole, wet
- ✓Checkout with one of our instructors required
- ✓Available 9AM–9PM daily
Fly The Twin First
Not rated yet? Take a Multi-Engine Discovery Flight and fly the Seminole hands-on.
$49960 min
- ✓Hands-on in the Seminole
- ✓Real multi-engine fundamentals
- ✓90 min $699 · 120 min $899
The multi-engine rating is the cheapest serious step in aviation — at $5,100 it is roughly half the cost of the private pilot certificate and it is the rating that unlocks the professional path. If you already hold a private or commercial certificate, this is the highest-return two weeks you can spend.
Getting Here From Beverly Hills
30 Minutes And 15 Miles From Beverly Hills
The 405 north through the Sepulveda Pass, off at Roscoe Boulevard, west two miles to Balboa, and 7900 Balboa Boulevard is on your right just short of the corner. Fifteen miles from most of Beverly Hills and about thirty minutes, with the Getty on the ridge to your left on the way up as a preview of the ground you will be working over later.
If you are booking morning blocks, and you should, leaving by half past seven keeps the northbound pass clear. Coming home at five is the part that wants planning, and Coldwater Canyon or Beverly Glen back over Mulholland usually beats the freeway at that hour. Parking at 7900 Balboa is free and directly in front of the building, which counts for something when you are carrying a flight bag, a headset and a Seminole handbook. Check in at Suite 108A.
Book A Discovery Flight
Book Your Discovery Flight From Beverly Hills
Pick your aircraft, pick a date and time, and you are on the schedule. You fly the airplane yourself with an FAA-certified instructor beside you — and every flight is 100% credited toward training if you enroll within 24 hours.
No Weather Cancellations
Redbird Simulator
$189
1 hour
Full-motion simulator with an instructor. No weight limit, no medical needed.
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Discovery Flight For One
$229
60 minutes
You in the pilot's seat over Los Angeles, hands on the controls the whole way.
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Discovery Flight For Two
$299
60 minutes
One of you flies hands-on, the other takes in the skyline. Share the story.
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The Showstopper
Luxury Discovery Flight
$499
60 minutes
Premium Cirrus SR22 glass cockpit and extended air time over the LA basin.
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The Pro Move
Multi-Engine Discovery
$499
60 minutes
Twin-engine Piper Seminole and a genuine look at the professional path.
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The Aircraft You'll Fly
The Seminole, And The Rest Of The Ramp
The rating is flown in the Piper Seminole, a PA-44 with counter-rotating propellers, which is why it is the standard multi-engine trainer and why the engine-out handling is symmetric rather than lopsided. It rents at $649 an hour once you hold the rating and are current with us, and it is on the field rather than shared in from somewhere else.
If you are stacking ratings or building time, the Cirrus SR22 Turbo is also $649 an hour and gives you high-performance glass cockpit experience, and the Piper Arrow II at $349 covers complex single-engine work. The Redbird MCX full-motion simulator takes the repetitive procedural load off the airframe, which is exactly where you want to be running the same failure drill over and over.
What You'll See From The Air
What Is Underneath The Drills
The ground below the practice area, and the features you reorient on when a drill has had your attention.
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Mulholland And The Benedict Canyon Ridge
The spine of the Santa Monica Mountains directly above Beverly Hills, with Benedict Canyon climbing to it and stopping there. Seen from the north side it is the cleanest boundary between the Valley and everything you think of as home.
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Stone Canyon Reservoir
A long dark finger of water in the hills above Bel Air, immediately east of the 405. It sits in a bowl with no flat ground anywhere near it, which is worth having registered before you think hard about single-engine performance.
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Santa Monica Airport
A single runway on the bluff above the bay, inside Class D airspace you will already know if you fly the Westside at all. Useful to keep in the picture when you are planning where a light twin could actually go.
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The Marine Layer Edge
On a summer morning the cloud stops in a near-straight line somewhere over the Westside while the Valley sits clear and hot. It is the most visible demonstration of density altitude you will ever get, and it bears directly on single-engine climb.
Questions From Beverly Hills
Multi-Engine Rating FAQ
A private or commercial certificate. There is no written exam for the add-on; it is an oral and a flight test. If you hold an instrument rating, flying the checkride to instrument standards keeps a VFR-only limitation off your multi-engine privileges, which is worth the extra hour. If you do not hold one, that time goes into further asymmetric work instead.
It is $5,100 as an add-on. Most pilots finish inside two weeks and a fair number inside one, provided the days are consecutive. The commonest reason a rating stretches into two months is a week off in the middle: the drills decay quickly and you end up paying to relearn them. Seminole rental afterwards is $649 an hour.
It is the nearest field with a twin trainer, a full-motion simulator and traffic worth learning in. Santa Monica is closer but single-runway and constrained. Van Nuys has parallel runways, a tower, Burbank's Class C alongside and practice areas a few minutes from departure, so more of your billed time goes on drills and less on transit.
Northwest of the field over open ground toward the Santa Susanas, with density altitude watched carefully through the summer months. Nothing critical is done low over the built-up Valley floor. A Van Nuys departure puts you in position within a few minutes, which keeps the Hobbs meter honest and the drills where the value is.
Yes. The Multi-Engine Discovery Flight puts you at the controls of the same aircraft from $499 for an hour, $699 for 90 minutes and $899 for two. It is also a reasonable way to show a non-flying partner what a light twin genuinely feels like before you spend the $5,100 and a week of mornings on it.
Book It Or Gift It
Fly It Yourself, Or Give The Flight To Someone Else
Every discovery flight below can be booked for yourself in the next few minutes, or bought as a gift certificate that is emailed within minutes and never expires. Same flight, same price, either way.
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Two Seats
The Nice One
Twin Engine
Discovery Flight For One
One person, one instructor, and no audience. Hands on the controls from the left seat, briefed before you go and debriefed after you land.
Hands-On Stick TimePre-Flight BriefingLoggable Flight Time
Flight Length
$229Book It Or Gift It
Same Price Either Way
Discovery Flight For Two
The same flight with a passenger in the back seat, briefed and on the intercom. Couples book it; so do parents who would rather watch than hear about it.
One Passenger SeatPiper Warrior Or ArcherHeadsets For Both
Flight Length
$299Book It Or Gift It
Same Price Either Way
Luxury Discovery Flight
The nicest airplane we put a first-time flyer in. Glass cockpit, air conditioning, leather seats, and a parachute built into the airframe rather than strapped to the person.
Turbocharged Cirrus SR22Air ConditioningWhole-Airframe Parachute
Flight Length
Bring A PassengerInstructor + 2 is our maximum+$100
$499Book It Or Gift It
Same Price Either Way
Multi-Engine Seminole
Two engines, and the airplane instrument-rated pilots move into when they start thinking about a career. Flown from the left seat with a multi-engine instructor.
Piper Seminole TwinMulti-Engine DepartureCareer-Track Instructor
Flight Length
$499Book It Or Gift It
Same Price Either Way
Gift It issues a real gift certificate, emailed within minutes, which never expires and credits in full toward training. Flights are limited to 180 lb per person, 370 lb combined. Questions: (818) 290-8249, 9 AM–9 PM, seven days.
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Course prices are packages, not hourly rates - the aircraft, your instructor, ground school and simulator time are all in the figure. Van Nuys Airport, KVNY. Financing Available Through Stratus & In-House Plans.
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Discovery Flight
The First Hour At The Controls. Credited Toward Your Training If You Enroll Within 24 Hours Of Landing.
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Discovery Flight
The first hour at the controls; credits toward training if you enroll within 24 hours of landing.
From$229
02
Teen Flight Training Ages 10–15
Starting before it is legal to solo.
$4,200
03
Solo Certificate
Enough training to take an aircraft around the pattern alone.
$5,500
04
Sport Pilot
A real certificate, fewer hours, narrower privileges.
$8,400
05
Private Pilot Most Enrolled
The one most people mean by “learn to fly.”
$10,900
06
Instrument Rating
Turns a fair-weather pilot into a useful one.
$11,700
07
Comprehensive Private Pilot
Private with flight time, ground instruction and materials bundled.
$15,900
08
Premium Private Pilot
The most flight time before your checkride - 80 logged hours.
$22,500
09
Airline Pilot Program
Zero experience to airline-hireable qualifications.
$89,000
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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...
SAFETY FIRST
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Very safety and detail oriented. Pre-flight briefing explained everything there was. To my knowledge, this flight school is exceptional in their ability.
DISCOVERY FLIGHT
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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...
SUNSET CIRRUS
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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...
FLYING LESSON
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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...
KIDS LUXURY FLIGHT
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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...
HONEYMOON SURPRISE
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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...
FULL-MOTION SIM
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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...
DISCOVERY FOR TWO
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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...
SIMULATORS
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Very professional and great airplanes. I love the flight simulators. The pricing is very fair compared to any other flight school
TEEN FIRST LESSON
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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...
FIRST-TIME FLYER
★★★★★
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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Add Your Multi-Engine Rating, 30 Minutes From Beverly Hills
If you already fly and want the twin on your certificate without losing a fortnight to it, this is a thirty-minute drive and a run of consecutive mornings. Call (818) 290-8249 or come to Suite 108A at 7900 Balboa Boulevard and we will block out the aircraft, the instructor and the examiner in one conversation.
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