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FAA Multi-Engine Add-On · Santa Clarita
Multi-Engine Rating For Santa Clarita Pilots
If you already hold a private or commercial certificate, the Seminole add-on is a short, intense course at $5,100, and most pilots finish it inside two weeks.
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Multi-Engine Rating · Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County
A Short Course For Pilots Who Already Hold A Certificate
This is a short course for people who already hold a certificate, so we do not start at the beginning. You arrive knowing what Vmc means, and the hours go on the things that actually hurt pilots in light twins: asymmetric thrust, the drag of a windmilling propeller, and the discipline behind identify, verify, feather. The add-on is $5,100.
Pilots come down from Santa Clarita for this because the Seminole is on the ramp at Van Nuys and the course runs as a compressed block rather than dragging over months. Some are building toward a commercial job. Some have bought into a larger airplane and need the paperwork to catch up with the ambition. A few simply want a second engine turning before they take the family up to Mammoth or across to Catalina.
One local point worth making. Van Nuys sits at 802 feet, but the ground you are heading for does not. Santa Clarita is around 1,200 feet, the hills behind it go higher, and on a summer afternoon when Valencia is reading 105 the density altitude out there is comfortably past 4,500. That is precisely the condition in which a light twin's single-engine climb performance becomes a number on paper rather than something you have. Better to meet it with an instructor than on a hot departure with full tanks.
How It Works
How The Course Runs — Start To Certificate
Ground plus four flying stages, typically five to eight flight hours across one to two weeks.
1
Systems And Ground
Seminole systems, performance charts, weight and balance, and the aerodynamics under Vmc: critical engine, P-factor, accelerated slipstream, the lot. The shortest part of the course, and the part that decides how well the flying goes.
2
Normal Twin Operations
Starts, taxiing on differential power, takeoff and landing profiles, cruise management, and the habit of running two of everything. Getting genuinely comfortable with the airplane before we start taking things away from you.
3
Engine-Out Work
The core of the rating. Vmc demonstrations, failures on takeoff and in the cruise, drift-down performance, and feathering, including a real shutdown and restart at altitude in the practice area up toward the Santa Susanas.
4
Single-Engine Approaches And Landings
If you hold an instrument rating, approaches flown on one engine, plus circling and the go-around. A single-engine go-around in a light twin deserves respect, and you will fly several of them before anyone signs anything.
5
Checkride Preparation
An oral run-through and a single polish flight measured against the ACS standards. The multi-engine add-on is $5,100. If you are not instrument rated the rating carries a VFR-only limitation, which is better planned around now than discovered later.
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Multi-Engine Rating Pricing For Santa Clarita 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 Santa Clarita
30 Minutes And 22 Miles From Santa Clarita
Twenty-two miles: the 5 south from Valencia or the 14 south from Canyon Country, through the Newhall Pass, then either the 118 east to Balboa Blvd and five miles south, or the 405 south and west on Roscoe Blvd. About thirty minutes when it is clear. Because this course runs as a block you will be driving it daily for a week or two, so take a mid-morning or early-afternoon slot and the pass will leave you alone.
The address is 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108A, and there is free parking on the property. If you already fly and would rather bring an airplane down than drive it, transient parking at Van Nuys is straightforward, and it is a short hop in from Agua Dulce, Whiteman, Camarillo or Santa Paula. Call (818) 290-8249 first and we will sort the details out before you launch.
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Book Your Discovery Flight From Santa Clarita
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.
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Full-motion simulator with an instructor. No weight limit, no medical needed.
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$229
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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
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One of you flies hands-on, the other takes in the skyline. Share the story.
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$499
60 minutes
Premium Cirrus SR22 glass cockpit and extended air time over the LA basin.
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$499
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Twin-engine Piper Seminole and a genuine look at the professional path.
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The Aircraft You'll Fly
The Seminole, And What Else Is Here
You fly the rating in the Piper Seminole. Counter-rotating engines, so no critical engine in the traditional sense, and honest, predictable manners with one shut down. Outside the course it goes out at $649 an hour. It is the standard twin trainer for a good reason: it teaches the concepts properly without punishing you while you are learning them.
The Redbird MCX full-motion simulator takes a real share of the engine-out and instrument work, which holds the cost down and lets a failure be repeated until your hands move without being asked. If you want to stay current afterwards, the Seminole and the Cirrus SR22 Turbo are $649 an hour, the Piper Arrow II is $349, the Diamond DA20 is $329, and the Cessna 162 and Piper Warrior are $269.
What You'll See From The Air
The Airwork Area North Of The Field
The hills between Van Nuys and Santa Clarita give you altitude, space and a clean horizon to work against.
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The Santa Susana Mountains
The ridge between the Valley and Santa Clarita, and where most of the engine-out work gets done. High ground, little traffic, and room to give up a thousand feet on one engine without inconveniencing anybody.
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The Newhall Pass Interchange
A useful fix when a simulated failure has just taken all of your attention. Find the stacked ramps of the 5 and the 14 and you know exactly where you are and which way home is.
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Castaic Lake
Blue water against dry hills north of the city. It reads clearly from altitude and makes an easy thing to re-orient on after a feathering drill has kept you heads-down.
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Vasquez Rocks
The tilted sandstone slabs east of Canyon Country off the 14. Worth knowing where the terrain rises out that way when you are thinking honestly about single-engine service ceiling on a hot day.
Questions From Santa Clarita
Multi-Engine Rating FAQ
A private or commercial pilot certificate. The FAA sets no minimum hour requirement for the add-on, just the training and a practical test. If you are not instrument rated, your multi-engine privileges carry a VFR-only limitation until you add the instrument rating, which is $11,700 on its own.
The multi-engine add-on is $5,100. Five to eight flight hours plus the ground work is typical, run across one to two weeks. Flying it as a compressed block usually works out cheaper than spreading it out, because far less time gets spent re-learning what you did last month.
Twenty-two miles and about thirty minutes: the 5 or the 14 south through the Newhall Pass, then the 118 east to Balboa Blvd or the 405 south to Roscoe. Peak times through the pass add twenty-five minutes or so. Parking is free and on the property, which adds up when you are driving in every day for two weeks straight.
Yes. It happens at a safe altitude out in the practice area, and you feather it and restart it yourself. The low-altitude work uses zero thrust instead, because an actual shutdown down there would be reckless. Both are in the syllabus, and the difference between them is covered on the ground first.
Yes, at $649 an hour. We will set out the checkout requirements and currency expectations before you take it away on your own. A fair number of pilots do this rating specifically so they can fly the family somewhere with two engines turning and an insurance policy that agrees with them.
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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
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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
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Bring A PassengerInstructor + 2 is our maximum+$100
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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
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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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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.
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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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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...
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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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If you already fly and you live in Valencia, Saugus, Newhall or Canyon Country, this is a two-week project thirty minutes down the 5. Call (818) 290-8249 and we will find where the Seminole has room and pick your start date.
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