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Advantage Aviation INC

Flying club in Palo Alto, California, where the main public airport is Palo Alto Airport (PAO). The FAA register lists 5 aircraft under this name, mostly Beech F33A.

Website: advantage-aviation.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

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How many aircraft does Advantage Aviation INC have?

5 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.

What does Advantage Aviation INC fly?

Mostly the Beechcraft F33A, along with the Cessna 152 and the Cessna 172N.

How old are Advantage Aviation INC's aircraft?

Built between 1972 and 1990; half were built in 1984 or earlier, so the typical one is about 42 years old.

Has Advantage Aviation INC had any accidents?

The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.

Where is Advantage Aviation INC?

In Palo Alto, California; the main public airport there is Palo Alto Airport (PAO).

Are there FAA examiners near Advantage Aviation INC?

10 pilot examiners and 23 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name

About Advantage Aviation INC from its own website, read October 21, 2026

Advantage Aviation is a flying club based in Palo Alto, California that offers flight training from private pilot through commercial and multi-engine ratings, discovery flights, aircraft rental, and maintenance services. The club operates a fleet of over 50 aircraft including Cessna 172s, Piper Cherokees, Diamond aircraft, and Garmin G1000-equipped planes, with FAA-approved flight simulator training available.

Calls itself
Advantage Aviation
What it is
Flying club
Bases
Palo Alto, CA
Aircraft it names
Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Piper Cherokee, Diamond DA-40, Cessna 182T, Cessna 206H, Cirrus SR22
Services
flight training, discovery flights, aircraft rental, maintenance, flight simulator training, aircraft management
Hours
24/7 member access
Address
Palo Alto, CA
Elsewhere
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Written by the site from the pages of advantage-aviation.com on October 21, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

1 pilot examiner gives this school as a place to work from, on the FAA's list:

  • R Rohlfing private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Advantage Aviation · Palo Alto, CA · (408) 234-8423 · [email protected] pilot examiner

10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 9 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 23 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.

All 46 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB

5 aircraft are registered to Advantage Aviation INC today, mostly Beechcraft F33A. Built between 1972 and 1990; half of them in 1984 or earlier, so the typical one is about 42 years old. 1 is a twin-engine aeroplane.

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Beechcraft F33A 1Cessna 152 1Cessna 172N 1Cessna T303 1Piper PA-28R-200 1
All 5 aircraft, each with its own page
Tail numberAircraftBuiltNTSB records, last 10 years
N536WGBeechcraft F33A1990
N95646Cessna 1521985
N4660GCessna 172N1979
N303CMCessna T3031984
N5472TPiper PA-28R-2001972

The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.

Only the aircraft registered to Advantage Aviation INC today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in California.

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