Discovery Flight From Los Angeles To Camarillo For A Lunch Event For Two Gift Certificate
The Camarillo round trip, bought in advance
A $699 certificate covering the Van Nuys to Camarillo flight for two, redeemed by the recipient on a date that suits them and the weather.
| Value | $699 |
| Covers | The round trip to Camarillo (KCMA) and back for two people |
| Route | Van Nuys (KVNY) to Camarillo and return |
| Who flies | Whichever of them takes the left side; the time is logged as dual instruction |
| Lunch | Not included and not marked up |
| Scheduling | The recipient picks a date; we confirm it, weather permitting |
| Published weight limit | 180 lb per person, 360 lb combined |
What you are actually buying for somebody
A cross-country flight with a landing at a second towered airport, which is a considerably better present for a person who is interested in flying than a lap of the local practice area. They plan a route, work a destination weather report, and fly two legs with an instructor beside them.
It is also the version of this that survives a diary. Nobody has to be free on a particular Saturday when you buy it.
How redemption works
The certificate is issued against this purchase and the recipient contacts the school to schedule. Dates are confirmed rather than promised in advance, because a marginal route over terrain is one we move instead of flying. Cancellations are rare here, with 355 days clearing 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the year to 1 August 2026, but this particular trip is among the ones that occasionally slips.
Buy the certificate rather than the date. The weather does not consult calendars.
The operation behind the certificate
- Every 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.
- Eleven 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.
- A Redbird MCX lives on the field. It is enclosed, it sits on a motion base, it holds FAA approval, and a standalone booking is $189.
- The 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.
- Fixed 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.