Flight Academy LLC
Flight school in Van Nuys, California, where the main public airport is Van Nuys Airport (VNY). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172N.
Website: theflightacademycali.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Flight Academy LLC from its own website, read October 10, 2026
The Flight Academy is a Part 61 flight school located at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, California. It offers pilot training from private pilot through certified flight instructor ratings, including instrument, commercial, multi-engine, and aerobatic training, as well as endorsements for complex and high-performance aircraft.
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Van Nuys, CA VNY
- Aircraft it names
- Piper Seneca III
- Services
- flight training, private pilot license, instrument rating, commercial pilot license, multi-engine training, certified flight instructor, complex aircraft endorsement, high-performance endorsement, aerobatic training, discovery flights
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 61
- Telephone
- 1-818-516-8010
- Elsewhere
- Facebook Instagram YouTube
Written by the site from the pages of theflightacademycali.com on October 10, 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 Out of date or wrong?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
32 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 31 for private pilot, 27 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 19 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 26 for airplanes, 16 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 40 aviation medical examiners, 11 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 28 engineering representatives, 37 training center evaluators, 5 training center examiners.
- Bryan Estiveira de Ataide Ferrell private pilot; airplanes · Van Nuys, CA (0 nm) · (818) 205-8873 · ferrellaviation@gmail.com
- Jonathan Orourke private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hot Shot Aviation · Van Nuys, CA (0 nm) · (818) 860-1074 · jpo.dpe@gmail.com
- Mark Boss private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Van Nuys, CA (0 nm) · (818) 389-4918 · mbdpe@aol.com
- Mark Thomas Hulsey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Van Nuys, CA (0 nm) · (928) 486-4334 · hulseymt@yahoo.com
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vista Air Inc. · Pacoima, CA (4 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · dpe@rotaiva.com
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Atlantic Aviation (KBUR) · Burbank, CA (7 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · brianpetschauer@hotmail.com
- Stephen Lawrence Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Santa Monica, CA (12 nm) · (503) 233-3949 · slhiggins@mac.com
- Dixon Howard instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Business Center · El Segundo, CA (18 nm) · (562) 760-1461 · dbh4436@gmail.com
All 176 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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Van Nuys, CA · where it registers its aircraft
- Van Nuys Airport · VNY
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
- 3 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172N
This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): the FAA publishes no list of flight schools, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.