Can I become a pilot? Can my husband become a pilot? Can my wife become a pilot? Can my son become a pilot? Can my daughter become a pilot? Can my boyfriend become a pilot? Can my girlfriend become a pilot?

—ALL YES— Everybody has a chance to become an AIRPLANE or HELICOPTER PILOT!

Flight Training in El Monte, California 91731
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Part 141 and Part 61 Flight School
Universal Air Academy (Los Angeles California USA)
4233 Santa Anita Ave. Unit#13
El Monte, CA 91731 USA

In your website you say “0(zero) to COM.” What do you mean by “0(zero).” Does it mean “from nothing?”

—YES— This is another way of saying, “I have no prior flying experience but I’d like to start taking lessons and work my way towards up to a Commercial Pilot Certificate.”

I got my flight training elsewhere but the flight school did not let me rent the helicopter solo or with a passenger? Can I go fly with a passenger at Universal Air Academy?

—YES— As long as you have a Private Pilot Certificate and have completed the Robinson Helicopter Company Safety Course, you are eligible to rent a helicopter.  Please schedule a flight over the phone or live chat for an aircraft “check out.”

I am a private pilot certificate holder and I am thinking of building up flight time towards my commercial rating. Can I rent a helicopter?

—YES— If you have not enrolled in our training program, you will be required to have an aircraft check out. Usually, the check out will consist of a minimum of 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight.

How is the weather and winds at El Monte? Will I be able to practice in calm wind when I start my flight training?

—YES— For initial training El Monte is the BEST airport. You can check the weather for all the airports in the LA Basin in the morning. The winds are nice and calm and the sky conditions are usually great or fair for training. In the afternoon the winds will pick up gradually just enough to enhance the training. Elsewhere, you would always have to be blown around by the wind and not understand if it you or the wind that’s flying the aircraft.

I don’t know anything about airplanes/helicopters. Can I still dream of becoming a pilot?

—YES— That’s why we are here to guide you! Everybody has different reasons to start taking flight lessons. For some people it was a childhood dream to fly. But for others, not so. It might have been a surprise birthday present(gift certificate) from a friend or a family member that got him/her into aviation. Or just a helicopter flying over your house one day. It might have been a friend that shared his/her experience of being pilot. Or it might be a Hollywood movie that you saw on TV. Lessons are structured so that anybody can become a pilot one day. You do not need any aviation background to start.