Flight Test Prep Academy is the place you wanna go for your flight training. Coming from another…read moreflight school at LGB Airport, I´m truly satisfied with what they currently have going on. It is evident the commitment that they have for forming professional pilots. The staff, CFI´s and the owner are very helpful and friendly. Their program includes simulator time, real flight time as-well as ground school.

Currently working towards PPL and shopping around flight schools. Vista Air is probably one of the…read moremost recommended in the LA area and I can understand why. They keep of with their aircraft have a plentiful fleet and the facility is ran pretty smoothly. You combine the general accessibility of their team n planes it's hard to beat. Best part? Their rates are pretty great too. Most affordable in LA I've seen. CFI's seem plentiful too. Went on a discovery flight recently and have no complaints. Plus Whiteman airport is a good training ground.

Planes are very well maintained and some instructors are very thorough with their instruction…read more Decently priced rental.

I am 10 hours into my flight training and Max has been a great instructor, mentor and friend. He…read moreis able to make me feel at ease while teaching me to become the best pilot that I can be. He also tailors the instruction style to the individual student so that the pace and intensity of learning is the most efficient and long lasting. Would definitely recommend Max if you wish to get your private pilot's license.

I'm fortunate to have found CalAir when researching flight schools. CalAir's team (Jonathan and…read moreKimberly) and flight instructors (special shoutout to Eran & Dana) are the best of the best. The selection of aircraft is excellent, rigorously maintained to highest standards, all modern generation Cirrus Aircraft with Perspective+ avionics. If you're learning to fly, CalAir utilizes Cirrus' excellent "Cirrus Approach" learning platform which provides a modern, entertaining, structured, syllabus driven learning environment -- it covers Ground School and Flight. You also have access to CalAir's FAA certified AATD simulator, helping your learn new lessons in a safe environment as well as lets you practice and keep your skills sharp. CalAir operates out of the wonderful, pilot friendly Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR), with services provided by the Jet Center Los Angeles FBO -- their crew is equally excellent. The team, instructors, Cirrus aircraft, FBO and airport truly make CalAir Los Angeles' premier flight school & Cirrus Center. Whether you're a seasoned pilot or pursuing your life long dream to fly, CalAir is where to be!

Best flight school in Southern California! Aircraft are well-maintained, instructors are top-notch,…read moreand the staff is world-class. If you're looking to learn to fly, sharpen your skills, or upgrade your flying experience then this is the place! Several schedule friendly SR-20s, SR-22s, and SR-22Ts to choose from. Did my Cirrus transition and IFR training here. My daughter also did her PPL, IFR, and is working on her commercial rating now. They even have free candy!

Great flight instructor. Good experience. Had a fun demonstration flight. Very fun and educationalread more

Ground school at Proteus has been amazing. This is where my journey begun and I'm happy and blessed…read moreto be part of the arrow club. Special thanks to Jack for giving me the initial tour and showing me how much aviation could be beneficial to my life.

Great flight instructors and programs to learn how to fly. Each instructor supports you and teaches…read moreyou.

The LBFC is a travesty of a business. After their planes flew too low over our homes, I flipped…read morethem off hoping to get them to stop flying so low, However, not only did they not stop flying low.., they began diving on our houses at high speeds and gun their engines to get a response. Their licenses should be pulled after a thorough investigation of their illegal and abusive practices. There activity is recorded on Flightradar24.com where they turn their transponders off so they cannot be identified. Crap management as well as crap pilots.

I was a member of the Long Beach Flying Club briefly in the past, but ended up canceling my…read moremembership rather quickly after joining because I decided I didn't want to fly their very "vintage" planes (more on that below). That said, I was recommending them to numerous friends up until my first-time interaction with their management today. Today, I brought by a fellow pilot friend who's working on his cross country requirements for his Instrument Rating. I suggested to him that Long Beach Flying Club would be a good place to complete these requirements doing dual instruction because he'd get the benefit of completing the requirement while getting some experience with a fleet of very "vintage" aircraft. I actually consider the age and lack of any modernization in their aircraft fleet to be something that pilots should experience, so I didn't consider this a downside. I don't know that I'd want to do all of my training in their fleet of aircraft, but it's worth getting a block of experience flying older planes. So, why the incredibly low rating? Unfortunately, I ran into Susan Baker. She has to be one of the rudest and least professional individuals I've interacted with in the aviation industry since I started flying in 2005. Sadly, she appears to be in charge of the place, so there's no one to escalate the issue to. What this means is even if you have a great instructor, and they do have some good ones, you'll eventually end up having to deal with Susan and she will not be someone who puts you first as the customer. Basically, she told us she was not interested in our business because she was too busy with her "Korean students". Sadly, this denied her instructors the opportunity to pick up an easy 15 hours of cross country instruction. She could have politely explained they didn't have the availability to take on new customers at the moment, but she made it a point to rudely declare, "I am not interested in your business", and then she literally walked away. As management, that sets the tone and culture for the Long Beach Flying club, so I'd guess there are systemic issues there. Unfortunately these sorts of flying schools tend to prey on foreign students because they have less recourse when the school doesn't address their needs, so their focus on this population of students makes sense. I feel bad for any of them that signed up thinking Long Beach Flying Club represents the otherwise great schools available throughout the Southern California area. After this off-putting experience, I reached out to several pilot friends who are part of the Long Beach airport community - it turns out Susan has a pretty bad reputation as no one was surprised by what I shared. So, would I recommend Long Beach Flying Club? I guess there are multiple angles on this. Would I recommend them as a "Flying Club"? Absolutely not - they're flat out rejecting applicants in the rudest possible way. Would I recommend them as a student? Again, no - inevitably you'll have to deal with their management in some way and if Susan is the person you'll end up dealing with, you're going to regret your choices in life. Would I recommend them to instructors looking for a place to teach? No - again, you'll have to deal with Susan and she'll have no issue trashing your potential customers, making it that much more difficult for you to build your flight training business. How about their planes? This one's also a hard no. Long Beach Flying Club has a reputation for having worn out planes with no modernization. They basically do the minimum work they need to do to keep the planes legal to fly (hopefully?). So, my prior recommendation to friends was Long Beach Flying Club is worth considering in spite of their aircraft. So what's left? Not much unfortunately. I'm actually a bit sad to write this review. I know some of the instructors there, and they're good people. But you need to think of your overall future experience as a customer. The instructor is just part of that equation. During this same outing, I took my friend to several flight schools at the airport: Aces High, Angel City Flyers, The Pilot Shop, and Pacific Air. Every single one of those locations had friendly professional service. They each have their advantages, but the unifying theme with each of them is that they seem genuinely customer focused with a well maintained fleet of aircraft. Also, I've done demo flights with both ATP and Sling Academy at Long Beach airport. Both of those academies were professional and friendly if you're looking for an "accelerated" program (I ended up going to one of them, but that's not the point of this review so I won't mention where I ended up). Long Beach Airport is an amazing community of pilots and flight schools. Stay away from Long Beach Flying Club, but please don't take their substandard approach to be at all representative of the rest of the great schools in this larger community!

Rogue Aviation Flight School has effectively demonstrated to lead in precision, safety,…read moreprofessionalism and elite training. A few months ago, my husband was offered a career advancement opportunity which prompted him to consider and accept the hefty financial investment of becoming a helicopter pilot. Full transparency, he had initially began his flight training with a nearby competitor of Rogue which was an absolutely unpleasant and horrible experience. At the time, we did not know about Rogue's Long Beach location, so we were THRILLED when we learned about their secondary location to their Newport Beach location. From the moment we hopped on the call with Carrie, their angelic manager and coordinator, we knew we made the best decision to make the switch to Rogue Aviation early on. Rogue's values, standards, and commitment to excellence has been monumental to my husband's success. Every single member of the team, from Chief Pilot James Baker to CFI pilot James Cockrell; each have proven to be passionate, invested, and committed to their students success. The helicopter space is a relatively small community, and after intensive research on our part, it has revealed some intense truths--such as: ineffectively ran helicopter schools are notorious for offering poor quality instruction causing delays, financial strain, and even closing down mid licensing. Enrolling at Rogue has eliminated these concerns for us. I consider them the Ivy League of the helicopter training space. If you or a loved one is considering aviation as a career path, look no further. Rogue Aviation is bound to exceed your expectations.

I've recently began my flight training in rotary wing aircraft (helicopter) and began with a…read moreone-hour discovery flight in an R22 with CFI Tom Schneider out of Long Beach Airport. Being allowed to take controls for various stages of flight (straight and level, attempting turns, etc.) and even trying my hand at hovering, was a VERY humbling experience, to say the least. It really puts things in perspective, to not only respect the aircraft, but also how skilled helicopter pilots truly are at multi-tasking, understanding complex aerodynamics and applying them to various stages of flight. I was very confident in CFI Tom Schneider's flying ability; and felt safe at all given segments of his flight/coaching. He had the patience of a saint, especially when coaching me on hovering! Additionally, CFI Tom (Schneider) is from Germany, accruing many of his flight hours (in both fixed wing and helicopter) in Europe, which brings an added benefit of his unique training/experience(s) from across the world to the aviation community here in the United States. Truly awesome