While LA has a lot less airports now than it did a generation ago,
there are still quite a few.

AFAIK, none of the ones convenient to the center of the city offers
any sort of exotic flight options. I only patronize a couple of San
Fernando Valley ones, which have little advantage other than being
convenient for me.

There is a school at Santa Paula that does aerobatic training. They
have a Decathlon, a Super Decathlon and a Citabria. Check
them out at www.cpaviation.com Santa Paula is not even suburban
LA. You'd need a vehicle to get there. It's a nice ride through the
citrus groves and a little mountain spur to get there. I recommend
renting a motorcycle for that trip, if that suits your style and you
have a bike license with suitable experience.



On Jan 6, 6:54 am, OzPilot wrote:
Hello everybody.

I am travelling to Las Vegas (from Australia) in March for a work
conference but have three full days in Los Angeles. I thought that I
would use the opportunity to do some flying and maybe even take
advantage of some unusual types that you wouldn't and couldn't find in
my part of the world. I considered some Aerobatic training (with an
instructor just for fun) and maybe a helicopter trial flight just to see
the city from the air. I've had a look at the web but it's hard to get a
feel for your industry when it's so different and so far away. It would
be great if anybody could give me personal recommendations for
schools/instructor to have a fly with. If I'm going to do a touristy
flight does anybody have any specific route recommendations?

This will be my first time to the USA so I'm looking forward to it
immensely.

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OzPilot
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