{"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}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/discovery-flight-for-one-120-minutes","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}