{"title":"Discovery Flights","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA First Lesson, Priced And Bookable\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen bookings sit in this collection and they differ on three axes only: how long you are in the air, how many seats are filled, and which airframe you sit in. The range starts at \u003cstrong\u003e$229\u003c\/strong\u003e for an hour in a single-engine trainer and ends at \u003cstrong\u003e$899\u003c\/strong\u003e, which buys two hours of twin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does not vary is the substance. You occupy the left seat, an instructor holds legal command from the right, and the time goes into a logbook under your own name, entered as dual instruction received. It counts toward the forty-hour floor in 14 CFR 61.109 whether or not you ever come back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhich One To Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixty minutes settles the only question a first flight needs to settle: whether you want more of it. Ninety gets you out to a practice area with time to repeat a maneuver. Two hours holds a full airwork block plus a navigation leg, and is the only length that behaves like a syllabus lesson rather than an introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnroll in any program within 24 hours of flying and the price of the flight is deducted from the program in full.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"discovery-flight-for-one","title":"Discovery Flight For One","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOne Hour, Left Seat, Written Into A Logbook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eThe first hour of a private pilot syllabus, sold by itself, at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e. The airplane is flown by you. Beside you sits an instructor holding legal command of it, who writes down afterward what they observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA single-engine trainer from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYou, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, in your name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounts toward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe 40 hours of flight time in 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnrollment credit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e if you enroll within 24 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow The Hour Is Spent\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou walk the aircraft with your instructor first and are shown what a preflight inspection is actually checking for. Then a briefing on the ground: what you will do, in what order, and what the instructor will handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis field sits in Class D airspace pressed up against the bottom of the Class B that wraps Los Angeles International, so the radio matters from the moment the engine catches. Takeoff and landing are flown by your instructor, since those are the two phases with the thinnest margin at a tower-controlled field sharing its pattern with jets. Everything between them is yours: the climb, the level-off, medium-bank turns, slow flight, and the feel of an airplane that answers a control input a half-second after you make it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hour finishes with a debrief. Not congratulations. A short, specific account of which parts went well and which would need work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy We Call This An Assessment And Not An Experience\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo people are being evaluated in this hour and only one of them is you. You are finding out whether the physical job of flying an airplane is something you want eighteen more months of. Your instructor is forming a judgment about your workload capacity, your reaction to being corrected, and how quickly you build a picture of where the airplane is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat judgment is worth having before you spend anything. A candidate who is told honestly at hour one that they will need more time than the brochure suggests is better served than one who is told nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Hour Is Worth Once It Is Over\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is loggable. Your instructor signs the entry with their certificate number, and the time sits against the 40-hour minimum that 14 CFR 61.109 sets for a private pilot certificate. Nobody has to repeat it later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSign up for a program inside 24 hours and the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e is deducted from the program price entirely. Leave it later and it is not. That window is deliberately narrow, because it is meant to force a decision rather than to act as a discount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne hour is enough to tell you whether this is realistic. It is not enough to tell you whether you will finish.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Sits Behind The Hour\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix airframes sit on this ramp and the school owns all six outright. Nothing is brokered in, nothing is on leaseback, and the shop that services them is ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven on the instructing roster. All of them fly on a commercial certificate or an ATP, all of them teach on a CFI, and none of them instruct on an expired medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcedure work happens in the Redbird MCX rather than in an airplane, because it is cheaper and because it can be stopped and rewound. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e a session standalone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe counted the weather rather than guessing at it: 355 days here cleared 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the year to 1 August 2026, from NOAA ASOS records, and the method is published with its limitations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished pricing, all of it, with no spreads. A program costs one number and that number is on its page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457318205,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-warrior-nose-quarter-trainer-2000_9df31be9-6467-476b-99c2-81caa11b0055.webp?v=1788495433"},{"product_id":"discovery-flight-for-one-120-minutes","title":"Discovery Flight For One — 120 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Hours Is A Syllabus Lesson, Not An Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eAt \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e this is the longest single-engine assessment flight we sell, and it is long enough to cover ground that a first lesson normally leaves for the third or fourth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA single-engine trainer from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYou, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, in your name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounts toward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe 40 hours of flight time in 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnrollment credit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e if you enroll within 24 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Two Hours Makes Room For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA departure, a full airwork block, a short leg away from the field with a real navigation problem attached to it, and a return to the pattern with time left to fly the approach yourself under instruction. That is four lesson objectives, and a two-hour booking is the shortest slot that holds all four without rushing any of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also exposes something a shorter flight hides. Flying is tiring in a way that surprises most people, and the quality of your control inputs at minute one hundred is not the quality of your inputs at minute twenty. Knowing how you fly tired is more useful information than knowing how you fly fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho This Is The Right Booking For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone treating this as the first paid hour of a career change rather than as a gift or an afternoon out. If you are budgeting a full private pilot program, two logged hours at the front of it is not an indulgence — it is two hours you do not buy again later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Honest Limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo hours does not make you a pilot and it does not shorten the certificate. The minimum in 14 CFR 61.109 is 40 hours, and what most people actually need is more than the minimum. This flight moves the counter by two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy this one for the training value, not for the view.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCheckable Facts About This Operation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery type in the fleet is school property, serviced on site. Instruction for hire triggers the 100-hour interval written into 14 CFR 91.409(b), and we would rather carry that cost than argue about it with an owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven instructors, matched to students one at a time and changeable if the pairing is wrong. Each holds a CFI alongside a commercial certificate or an ATP.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Redbird MCX lives on the field. It is enclosed, it sits on a motion base, it holds FAA approval, and a standalone booking is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe flyable-days figure for this field is 355, counted from NOAA ASOS records over the year to 1 August 2026 rather than estimated from a brochure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixed prices, published in full. The figure you agree at the start is the figure at the end, which is the point of buying a program rather than hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457580349,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-warrior-low-angle-over-the-wing-2000_cc748a49-3e08-47b5-bf9b-bf99374fc157.webp?v=1788495440"},{"product_id":"discovery-flight-for-one-90-minutes","title":"Discovery Flight For One — 90 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNinety Minutes Buys You The Practice Area\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eThe extra half hour is not more sightseeing. It is the difference between staying near the field and getting out to a practice area with time to repeat a maneuver until it stops being random. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA single-engine trainer from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYou, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, in your name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounts toward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe 40 hours of flight time in 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnrollment credit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e if you enroll within 24 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Additional Thirty Minutes Actually Buys\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn hour at a towered Class D field spends a real share of itself on the ground and in the departure sequence. Taxi, run-up, hold short, clearance, climb out from under the Class B shelf. By the time the airplane is level and clear of the corridor, a sixty-minute booking has begun counting down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNinety minutes gets you past that. There is room for a climb, a set of clearing turns, medium and steeper banks, slow flight taken to the edge of the buffet with an instructor talking you through it, and then the same sequence again with your own hands correcting your own errors. Repetition is what turns a maneuver from an accident into a skill, and the second attempt is the one that teaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich Booking Is Right\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake the sixty-minute flight if you want a decision. Take this one if you have already decided and want a first lesson that carries its weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e is credited against any program you enroll in within 24 hours, on the same terms as the shorter flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Word About The Weather Here\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVan Nuys produced 355 days that met a 3,000 ft and 5 sm over the year ending 1 August 2026, from NOAA ASOS records, with four qualifying daytime hours required for a day to count. Mornings are the exception rather than the rule — the marine layer sits over this basin into the late morning in May and June, and a 9am booking in early summer is the one most likely to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeather almost never stops training here. Your own calendar does.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Operation Underneath\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe bought the airplanes rather than renting them from private owners, so the maintenance decisions are made here. 14 CFR 91.409(b) puts an airplane that gives instruction for hire on a 100-hour inspection interval, and that bill lands on us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere are eleven instructors, which is enough that a full schedule does not stall on one person's diary. Every one meets the same standard: CFI, commercial certificate or ATP, current medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enclosed, motion-based Redbird MCX, FAA-approved, is part of the operation rather than an add-on to it. Priced at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e when booked by itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 training days a year, taken from NOAA ASOS records at this field and judged against a stated minimum of 3,000 ft and 5 sm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo quote to request and no range to interpret. Program prices are fixed, published, and the same for everyone who walks in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457613117,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-warrior-side-profile-blue-sky-2000_b9ea0bfd-609a-47ef-a073-bc29b86be48a.webp?v=1788495441"},{"product_id":"discovery-flight-for-two","title":"Discovery Flight For Two","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo People Aboard. One Logbook Entry.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eThe same opening lesson as the single booking, with a seat for somebody else. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e. Be clear on one point before you book: one of you is flying and the other is along for the ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA four-seat single from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of you, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for the person flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounts toward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe 40 hours of flight time in 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnrollment credit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$299\u003c\/span\u003e if that person enrolls within 24 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e360 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow The Seats Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn airplane has one set of controls in front of the left seat and one in front of the right, and the right seat belongs to the instructor. That puts your companion behind you. They can see, hear the radio calls on a headset, and talk to you both, and they cannot fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecide before you arrive which of you is the student. Switching mid-flight is not a thing that happens; it costs the landing and takeoff sequence that the swap would require, and it halves both people's lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy The Second Seat Is Worth Paying For Anyway\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe person funding a flight training program is frequently not the person flying it. Partners and parents who have been in the airplane ask better questions afterward and worry about different things than the ones they worried about before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the flight to book when the decision is a household decision rather than an individual one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Flying Half Covers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreflight walkaround, ground briefing, taxi and radio inside Class D airspace that sits directly below the Los Angeles Class B, then climb, level-off, turns and slow flight with your hands on the controls. Takeoff and landing are flown by your instructor. The debrief afterward is written, short and specific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook this one when two people need convincing and only one of them will be flying.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat We Can Prove On Day One\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix types, all owned here, all maintained here. When an airplane is due for the 100-hour inspection that 14 CFR 91.409(b) demands of a trainer, it comes off the line and gets one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructing staff: eleven. Credentials, without exception: a flight instructor certificate, a commercial certificate or an ATP behind it, and a medical in date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne simulator, and it is a good one: an FAA-approved Redbird MCX, enclosed cockpit, motion base. Booked on its own it costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather costs a full-time student roughly ten days a year here. NOAA ASOS records put 355 days above 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the twelve months ending 1 August 2026.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery program price is printed on this store. There are no ranges, no block-rate discounts and no number you have to ask for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457645885,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/hills-and-city-at-golden-hour-aloft-2000_9832620a-030b-4541-a207-09c54d66f6ec.webp?v=1788495442"},{"product_id":"discovery-flight-for-two-120-minutes","title":"Discovery Flight For Two — 120 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Hours, Three People, One Lesson\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e. The longest two-person booking we sell, and the one with room for a genuine navigation leg rather than a circuit of the practice area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA four-seat single from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of you, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for the person flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounts toward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe 40 hours of flight time in 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnrollment credit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e if that person enrolls within 24 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e360 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat A Two-Hour Slot Covers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeparture, airwork, a leg away from the field with a heading and a landmark to find, and a return with enough time left that you fly the approach rather than watch it. Four objectives in one booking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person in the back it is also the version that answers the question they actually have, which is not whether flying is fun. It is whether the pilot in the left seat looks like someone who can be trusted with this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Cost Conversation This Flight Starts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo hours logged is two hours you never buy again. Set against the forty-hour floor written into 14 CFR 61.109, that is five percent, and against what a real student actually flies it is a smaller share than that. It moves the number. It does not move it much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e is credited against any program if enrollment happens within 24 hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFuel, Weight And The Summer Air\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA four-seat single with three people and full tanks is a heavier airplane than the one in the brochure photograph, and Van Nuys sits at 802 ft with density altitude that behaves like roughly 4,100 ft on a 100°F September afternoon. The published limits are \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person and \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e360 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined, and 14 CFR 91.103 makes the performance calculation a legal duty rather than a courtesy. Morning slots outperform afternoon ones in late summer, and we will say so when you book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn September, take the early slot. The airplane climbs better and so does your instructor's mood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVerifiable, On The First Day Of Trading\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fleet is bought, not borrowed. Six types, one owner, one maintenance program, and an inspection interval set by 14 CFR 91.409(b) because these airplanes teach for hire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instructing staff numbers eleven. Three credentials are required of every one of them: a flight instructor certificate, an ATP or a commercial certificate behind it, and a medical that has not lapsed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is an FAA-approved Redbird MCX on site, on a motion base and closed in. A session on its own is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e, and no session has ever been lost to weather.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOAA ASOS records for this field give 355 training days in the year ending 1 August 2026, tested against 3,000 ft and 5 sm with four qualifying daytime hours needed before a day counts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you enroll at is what is published. We do not run block rates and we do not negotiate, which is what makes a fixed price mean anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457678653,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/los-angeles-basin-wide-aerial-2000_034dd28a-9afa-4088-83e7-29be929f8e6c.webp?v=1788495443"},{"product_id":"discovery-flight-for-two-90-minutes","title":"Discovery Flight For Two — 90 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNinety Minutes With A Passenger In The Back\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e for the extended version of the two-person booking. The additional thirty minutes go to the person flying, not to the view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA four-seat single from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of you, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for the person flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounts toward\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe 40 hours of flight time in 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnrollment credit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe full \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e if that person enrolls within 24 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e180 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e360 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere The Extra Time Goes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOut of the pattern and into a practice area, where a maneuver can be flown, corrected and flown again. The second attempt at slow flight is the one that teaches something; the first is mostly a demonstration you happened to be holding the controls for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA ninety-minute slot also absorbs a delay. A departure sequence behind two business jets does not eat the whole lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSomething To Settle Before You Arrive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear seat is a real seat, and it is a warm one in August with the canopy closed on the ramp. If your companion is prone to motion sickness, ninety minutes is the wrong booking for them and the sixty-minute flight is the right one. We would rather say that now than have you find out over the Santa Susanas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAfterwards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flying pilot leaves with a signed logbook entry and a written debrief. The passenger leaves with a much more accurate idea of what the next eighteen months of somebody else's life is going to look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMotion sickness is the most common reason a longer first flight goes badly. Plan for it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Standards This School Runs To\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457711421,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/downtown-skyline-from-the-training-flight-2000_f3eff399-bd3b-47cd-9738-f371eb80e445.webp?v=1788495444"},{"product_id":"luxury-discovery-flight-add-a-guest-120-minutes","title":"Luxury Discovery Flight, Add A Guest — 120 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Hours, Three Seats, And Somewhere To Go\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$899\u003c\/span\u003e. The longest booking on the SR22 Turbo, and the one where the airplane is asked to do the job it was designed for with a full cabin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$899\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeople aboard\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree, plus the instructor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne person, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for that person\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person; combined limit confirmed at booking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Two Hours Changes The Argument\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA turbocharged single carrying three people somewhere is a transport aircraft. Flown for an hour around a practice area it is an expensive trainer. This booking is the one that shows you the first version, and that is the version worth deciding on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect the workload to arrive on the way home rather than on the way out. Descent, arrival and a busy Class D pattern with a fast airplane and a tired pilot is where the demands land, and having an instructor beside you the first time that happens is the whole value of doing it under instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Honest Cost Comparison\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the most expensive discovery booking we sell. If the reason for it is the occasion rather than the airplane, the two-hour single-engine flight at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e gives the person flying the same logged time for less money. Say so and we will book that instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the reason is that you are seriously considering the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e Premium program, this is the correct expenditure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePlanning Around The Heat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVan Nuys is 802 ft and performs like roughly 4,100 ft on a hot September afternoon. Three adults, full fuel and a summer afternoon is the combination that most reduces climb performance, and 14 CFR 91.103 puts that calculation on the pilot in command before the flight, not after it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you want the occasion, book the single. If you want the airplane, book this.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStandards, Stated So You Can Check Them\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix airframes sit on this ramp and the school owns all six outright. Nothing is brokered in, nothing is on leaseback, and the shop that services them is ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven on the instructing roster. All of them fly on a commercial certificate or an ATP, all of them teach on a CFI, and none of them instruct on an expired medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcedure work happens in the Redbird MCX rather than in an airplane, because it is cheaper and because it can be stopped and rewound. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e a session standalone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe counted the weather rather than guessing at it: 355 days here cleared 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the year to 1 August 2026, from NOAA ASOS records, and the method is published with its limitations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished pricing, all of it, with no spreads. A program costs one number and that number is on its page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458071869,"sku":null,"price":899.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/sun-setting-over-the-los-angeles-basin-2000_da8a1c7c-9a88-4332-bdc3-a62412e72694.webp?v=1788495453"},{"product_id":"luxury-discovery-flight-add-a-guest-60-minutes","title":"Luxury Discovery Flight, Add A Guest — 60 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Same Hour In The SR22, With A Third Seat Filled\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e. This is the Cirrus booking for a group of three rather than two — one person flying from the left seat, two behind on headsets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeople aboard\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree, plus the instructor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne person, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for that person\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person; combined limit confirmed at booking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy The Third Seat Costs What It Costs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight. Every pound aboard is a pound of performance, and on a warm day at a field that behaves like 4,100 ft, three adults plus fuel is a different airplane from two. The price difference reflects the fuel load and the scheduling, not the number of headsets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe confirm the combined figure against the actual people on the booking rather than publishing one number and hoping. The per-person published limit is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Two People Not Flying Get Out Of It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe radio, the view forward over a glass panel, and a much better sense of what the person in the left seat is being asked to do. If they are funding a program, that hour is the most useful sixty minutes they will spend on the decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Limit Worth Knowing Before You Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne logbook entry comes out of this flight, and it belongs to the person in the left seat. Three people cannot each log an hour of dual from one flight, and any school telling you otherwise is describing something the regulations do not allow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree aboard is a weight-and-balance problem before it is anything else.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCheckable Operating Standards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458104637,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/panel-and-shoreline-evening-flight-2000_56c11864-d485-4b24-b493-dff01399e15a.webp?v=1788495454"},{"product_id":"luxury-discovery-flight-add-a-guest-90-minutes","title":"Luxury Discovery Flight, Add A Guest — 90 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNinety Minutes, Three Aboard, One Pilot Flying\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$699\u003c\/span\u003e for the extended three-seat Cirrus booking. The extra half hour goes to the person in the left seat; the other two get a longer ride out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$699\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeople aboard\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree, plus the instructor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne person, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for that person\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person; combined limit confirmed at booking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Ninety Minutes Adds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoom to fly a route rather than a circuit. The flight deck gets set up for a leg, the leg gets flown, and the person at the controls does the navigating instead of watching it happen. That is the part of a high-performance single that justifies the airplane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also gives the instructor time to hand over more. A sixty-minute flight with three aboard is a busy sixty minutes; ninety leaves margin for a second attempt at something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLoad And Temperature\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree adults and fuel in warm air is a real performance question, not a formality. Van Nuys is 802 ft above sea level and flies like roughly 4,100 ft when September hits 100°F, and 14 CFR 91.103 makes the runway and climb calculation a duty of the pilot in command. Early slots climb better. We will offer you one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat This Booking Does Not Do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt does not produce three logbook entries, and it is not three lessons sold at a discount. One person is the student. The other two are passengers with a good view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf all three of you want to learn, buy three separate lessons. This is not that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Is Verifiable Here\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fleet is bought, not borrowed. Six types, one owner, one maintenance program, and an inspection interval set by 14 CFR 91.409(b) because these airplanes teach for hire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instructing staff numbers eleven. Three credentials are required of every one of them: a flight instructor certificate, an ATP or a commercial certificate behind it, and a medical that has not lapsed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is an FAA-approved Redbird MCX on site, on a motion base and closed in. A session on its own is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e, and no session has ever been lost to weather.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOAA ASOS records for this field give 355 training days in the year ending 1 August 2026, tested against 3,000 ft and 5 sm with four qualifying daytime hours needed before a day counts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you enroll at is what is published. We do not run block rates and we do not negotiate, which is what makes a fixed price mean anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458137405,"sku":null,"price":699.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/instrument-panel-and-coastline-at-dusk-2000_3bd92783-b600-4611-9c1f-55b85d40080c.webp?v=1788495455"},{"product_id":"luxury-discovery-flight-for-two","title":"Luxury Discovery Flight For Two","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAn Hour In The Airplane The Premium Program Is Built Around\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eOur Premium Private Pilot program costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e, and every one of its hours happens in the turbocharged Cirrus. This booking is how you sit in one before committing to that. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e for the hour, with a companion seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$399\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of you, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for the person flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone published for this airframe. It is priced inside the Premium program.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e400 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Is Different About Flying This One\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe panel is glass, so the information you need arrives already assembled instead of being read off six separate instruments and put together in your head. That sounds like an advantage and at hour one it partly is. It is also the reason we do not recommend starting a certificate in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe airframe carries a ballistic parachute for the whole aircraft, which is a genuine difference in the emergency options available to the pilot and not a marketing feature. It is turbocharged, which matters more on a hot Van Nuys afternoon at a density altitude behaving like 4,100 ft than it does on a cool morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur Position On Learning In This Airplane\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people should not do their first forty hours here. A glass panel does some of the interpreting for you, and the habits that build in a simpler airplane — looking outside, holding an attitude, knowing where you are without being told — build faster when nothing is doing the work for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Premium program at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e exists because some people have a specific reason to train in this airframe: they already own one, they intend to, or the type is what their next step requires. That is a good reason. Wanting the nicer airplane is not, and we will tell you so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat This Booking Is Genuinely Good For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeciding between the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e Comprehensive program and the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e Premium one. Sixty minutes in the airframe settles that question in a way no amount of reading will, and it is a cheap way to answer an expensive question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFly it before you buy the program built around it. That is the entire point of this booking.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Stands Behind The Price\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe bought the airplanes rather than renting them from private owners, so the maintenance decisions are made here. 14 CFR 91.409(b) puts an airplane that gives instruction for hire on a 100-hour inspection interval, and that bill lands on us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere are eleven instructors, which is enough that a full schedule does not stall on one person's diary. Every one meets the same standard: CFI, commercial certificate or ATP, current medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enclosed, motion-based Redbird MCX, FAA-approved, is part of the operation rather than an add-on to it. Priced at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e when booked by itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 training days a year, taken from NOAA ASOS records at this field and judged against a stated minimum of 3,000 ft and 5 sm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo quote to request and no range to interpret. Program prices are fixed, published, and the same for everyone who walks in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458170173,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/glass-cockpit-primary-flight-display-2000_1089c5d9-8c5f-4473-8ebb-7f7e7dd87359.webp?v=1788495456"},{"product_id":"luxury-discovery-flight-for-two-120-minutes","title":"Luxury Discovery Flight For Two — 120 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Hours Is Enough To Leave The Basin And Come Back\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$699\u003c\/span\u003e, and the Cirrus booking with enough endurance for a proper leg out and a leg home rather than a lap of the practice area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$699\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of you, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for the person flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot published for this airframe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e400 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Two Hours In This Airframe Demonstrates\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case for a turbocharged, fast single is a cross-country case. It is not visible in a circuit and it is barely visible in ninety minutes. Give it two hours and a destination and the airplane starts making an argument for itself: it holds altitude in warm air, it covers ground, and the flight deck keeps the navigation problem tidy while you fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will also see the other half. A faster airplane compresses your decision time, and the workload in the descent and arrival is where a low-time pilot in a high-performance single gets behind. Two hours is long enough for that to happen at least once, under instruction, which is exactly where it should happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere This Sits Against The Programs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the pre-purchase flight for the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e Premium Private Pilot program. If you finish it convinced, the program is a defensible decision. If you finish it thinking the airplane was doing more of the work than you were, the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e Comprehensive program is the better one and you have saved \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$6,600\u003c\/span\u003e by finding out in an afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWeight, Heat And Honest Planning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished limits are \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person and \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e400 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined. Van Nuys sits at 802 ft and performs like roughly 4,100 ft on a hot September afternoon, and 14 CFR 91.103 puts the performance calculation on the pilot in command before every flight. Turbocharging helps here more than it helps anywhere else in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fast airplane does not give you more time. It gives you less.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Standards Behind This Booking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix types, all owned here, all maintained here. When an airplane is due for the 100-hour inspection that 14 CFR 91.409(b) demands of a trainer, it comes off the line and gets one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructing staff: eleven. Credentials, without exception: a flight instructor certificate, a commercial certificate or an ATP behind it, and a medical in date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne simulator, and it is a good one: an FAA-approved Redbird MCX, enclosed cockpit, motion base. Booked on its own it costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather costs a full-time student roughly ten days a year here. NOAA ASOS records put 355 days above 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the twelve months ending 1 August 2026.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery program price is printed on this store. There are no ranges, no block-rate discounts and no number you have to ask for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458202941,"sku":null,"price":699.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/pacific-sunset-from-the-training-aircraft-2000_302624a7-73a6-4416-acd2-0aa419502839.webp?v=1788495457"},{"product_id":"luxury-discovery-flight-for-two-90-minutes","title":"Luxury Discovery Flight For Two — 90 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNinety Minutes Is Where The Avionics Start To Matter\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$549\u003c\/span\u003e. An hour in a glass-panel airplane is mostly spent being shown the panel. Ninety minutes is long enough to make it do something under your own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$549\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of you, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, for the person flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot published for this airframe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e200 lb\u003c\/span\u003e per person, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e400 lb\u003c\/span\u003e combined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Extra Half Hour Is Spent On\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSetting up a leg on the flight deck and then flying it. Loading a destination, reading a moving map against what is actually outside the window, watching the engine page while a turbocharged engine is asked to climb. None of that fits in a sixty-minute slot once the departure sequence at a Class D field has taken its share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also enough time to be shown, rather than told, why the automation is not the same thing as skill. An autopilot flying a heading is not a pilot flying a heading, and the difference shows up the moment the picture stops matching the plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho Books The Ninety Over The Sixty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople weighing the Premium program at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e against the Comprehensive at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e, and people who already fly and want type familiarity rather than an introduction. If neither describes you, the sixty-minute booking is the better value and we would rather sell you that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Downside, Stated Plainly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlass makes an early student slower to build a scan, not faster. The instrument scan you develop when the information is pre-digested is a weaker one, and it has to be rebuilt later. That is a real cost and it is not on the invoice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAutomation is a tool for a pilot who already has the skill. It is not a substitute for acquiring it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFacts You Can Check\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery type in the fleet is school property, serviced on site. Instruction for hire triggers the 100-hour interval written into 14 CFR 91.409(b), and we would rather carry that cost than argue about it with an owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven instructors, matched to students one at a time and changeable if the pairing is wrong. Each holds a CFI alongside a commercial certificate or an ATP.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Redbird MCX lives on the field. It is enclosed, it sits on a motion base, it holds FAA approval, and a standalone booking is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe flyable-days figure for this field is 355, counted from NOAA ASOS records over the year to 1 August 2026 rather than estimated from a brochure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixed prices, published in full. The figure you agree at the start is the figure at the end, which is the point of buying a program rather than hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458235709,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/cockpit-view-over-the-bay-at-sunset-2000_673da198-6c9a-4d83-90bb-3dd67aadb86f.webp?v=1788495458"},{"product_id":"multi-engine-discovery-flight-120-minutes","title":"Multi-Engine Discovery Flight — 120 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Hours In A Light Twin, With Somewhere To Go\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$899\u003c\/span\u003e and the longest multi-engine booking we sell. It is the one with room for a route, and a twin flown without a route is a twin doing nothing it is good at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$899\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiper Seminole — twin engine, counter-rotating propellers, retractable gear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYou, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, in your name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot published. Sold as a rating, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e for the add-on.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e600 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Second Hour Is For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanning and flying a leg away from Van Nuys with the airplane configured properly for cruise, then bringing it back and setting it up for an arrival. Gear, power, propellers and speed managed in a sequence that has to happen in order, while somebody on a radio asks you to do something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the actual work of flying a twin, and it does not appear inside an hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere It Fits In A Career Sequence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA multi-engine rating is a phase, not a purchase. It sits after the instrument rating for most people, because a twin flown in the system is worth more than a twin flown in good weather, and 14 CFR 61.129 governs the commercial aeronautical experience that the sequence is ultimately built toward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe add-on is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e. This flight is how you decide whether to spend it now or later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Cost Warning We Will Give You Unprompted\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo hours in a twin is the most expensive single booking on this store. If what you want is airplane time, you will get more of it, and learn more from it, in a single-engine trainer. If what you want is a decision about the multi-engine phase, this is the right purchase and the single is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a decision-making flight with a large price tag. Buy it for the decision.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat We Publish And Can Show\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458301245,"sku":null,"price":899.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-seminole-wingtip-view-multi-engine-2000_29a304a9-80ad-4a23-950c-6198cbcb40b9.webp?v=1788495460"},{"product_id":"multi-engine-discovery-flight-90-minutes","title":"Multi-Engine Discovery Flight — 90 Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNinety Minutes Of Twin Time, Logged\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$699\u003c\/span\u003e. A sixty-minute booking in a complex twin spends most of itself on checklists. Ninety minutes leaves something over for flying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$699\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiper Seminole — twin engine, counter-rotating propellers, retractable gear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYou, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, in your name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot published. The rating costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e and that is how twin hours are sold here.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e600 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere The Time Goes In A Twin\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of everything means the flows take longer, and they take longer for a good reason. Start, run-up, gear, propeller checks and a departure briefing consume a real share of any booking in this airplane before the wheels leave the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNinety minutes puts a full airwork block on the other side of that: climb, cruise, turns, a descent planned rather than improvised, and a gear-and-flap sequence into the pattern that you configure yourself while the instructor watches you do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho Books This Rather Than The Hour\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate pilots deciding whether to add the multi-engine rating, and career-track students working out where the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e add-on sits in their sequence. Ninety minutes gives you enough of the workload picture to make that call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have never flown a light aircraft at all, this is the wrong first flight. Start with the single at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e and come back to the twin later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Honest Read On Multi-Engine Time\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwin time is expensive per hour and there is no way around that. What makes it worth buying is the rating attached to it, not the hours themselves. General experience is cheaper to build, and better built, in a single: \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e the hour, wet, for anyone enrolled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy twin time for the rating. Do not buy it to build hours.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVerifiable Standards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix types, all owned here, all maintained here. When an airplane is due for the 100-hour inspection that 14 CFR 91.409(b) demands of a trainer, it comes off the line and gets one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructing staff: eleven. Credentials, without exception: a flight instructor certificate, a commercial certificate or an ATP behind it, and a medical in date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne simulator, and it is a good one: an FAA-approved Redbird MCX, enclosed cockpit, motion base. Booked on its own it costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather costs a full-time student roughly ten days a year here. NOAA ASOS records put 355 days above 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the twelve months ending 1 August 2026.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery program price is printed on this store. There are no ranges, no block-rate discounts and no number you have to ask for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458334013,"sku":null,"price":699.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-seminole-front-quarter-both-engines-2000_c0dda635-e611-4e83-b3b3-f86897845ad5.webp?v=1788495461"},{"product_id":"multi-engine-discovery-flight-over-los-angeles","title":"Multi-Engine Discovery Flight","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAn Hour In The Twin, From The Left Seat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e for sixty minutes in the Piper Seminole — the airplane a multi-engine rating is earned in, flown by you rather than demonstrated at you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$499\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime booked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiper Seminole — twin engine, counter-rotating propellers, retractable gear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is flying\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYou, from the left seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat is logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction received, in your name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone published for this airframe. The twin is sold as a rating, and \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e is what that rating costs.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublished weight limit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e600 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat A Second Engine Actually Changes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot the flying. Straight and level in a Seminole feels much like straight and level in anything else. What changes is how much has to be managed, and what happens when it is managed out of order: two throttles, two propeller controls, two mixtures, gear that retracts and must be lowered again, and memory items that exist because this airplane punishes hesitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Seminole has counter-rotating propellers, which removes the asymmetry that makes some twins much harder to handle on one engine. That is a design decision made specifically to make the airplane a better trainer, and it is the reason it is the type most people earn the rating in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho This Hour Is For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomebody on a professional track who wants to see what the multi-engine phase involves before committing to the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e add-on. Also pilots who already hold a certificate and want twin time under instruction without buying a rating first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a poor first flight for a complete beginner. A first lesson should have one engine and few systems, and it costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat It Does Not Include\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngine-out work. Single-engine handling in a light twin is training, not a demonstration flight, and it belongs inside a rating course with a syllabus behind it. Anyone offering it to you in an introductory hour is selling something they should not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo engines double the systems and roughly double the ways to get it wrong. That is the lesson.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Sits Behind This Flight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery type in the fleet is school property, serviced on site. Instruction for hire triggers the 100-hour interval written into 14 CFR 91.409(b), and we would rather carry that cost than argue about it with an owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven instructors, matched to students one at a time and changeable if the pairing is wrong. Each holds a CFI alongside a commercial certificate or an ATP.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Redbird MCX lives on the field. It is enclosed, it sits on a motion base, it holds FAA approval, and a standalone booking is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe flyable-days figure for this field is 355, counted from NOAA ASOS records over the year to 1 August 2026 rather than estimated from a brochure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixed prices, published in full. The figure you agree at the start is the figure at the end, which is the point of buying a program rather than hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458399549,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-seminole-golden-hour-side-quarter-2000_abe933b0-d65f-4016-b96e-0e2aa326d90d.webp?v=1788495462"}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/collections\/discovery-flights-over-los-angeles.oembed","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}