{"product_id":"flight-simulator-experience-los-angeles","title":"Full-Motion Flight Simulator Experience (60 Minutes)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything but the altitude.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sixty minutes in an FAA-approved Redbird full-motion simulator: a fully enclosed cockpit with real switches, a wraparound view of Los Angeles, and a motion platform that banks and pitches with you. An instructor sits beside you the whole time. You'll take off, fly turns, climbs and descents, and land, and then do the things no real first flight allows: an engine failure over the Valley, a night approach, a crosswind landing at LAX.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe nervous.\u003c\/strong\u003e If the idea of a small airplane makes you tense, an hour in the sim first turns the real flight into a repeat rather than a leap. Many people book this, then the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/discovery-flight-los-angeles\"\u003ediscovery flight\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKids and teens.\u003c\/strong\u003e No weight or height limit, no weather, and the ability to pause and explain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnyone heavier than our aircraft limits.\u003c\/strong\u003e The simulator has no weight limit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA rainy day.\u003c\/strong\u003e The sim is what we offer when the weather grounds a flight; you can also book it on purpose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGamers.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you fly at home, this is what the real controls, real procedures and a real instructor feel like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat happens in the hour\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBriefing (10 minutes).\u003c\/strong\u003e How the controls, instruments and radios work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStartup and takeoff from Van Nuys\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the real airport and skyline outside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe fundamentals:\u003c\/strong\u003e straight-and-level, climbs, descents, turns over the Hollywood Sign and downtown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYour choice:\u003c\/strong\u003e a landing at LAX, an approach in weather, an engine-out, a night flight over the city.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanding back at Van Nuys and a debrief.\u003c\/strong\u003e Plan on 75 minutes at the airport.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the simulator\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Redbird is an FAA-approved Advanced Aviation Training Device, the same equipment flight schools use to train private and airline pilots. It has a fully enclosed cockpit, a 200-degree wraparound display, an electric motion platform and a full worldwide terrain and airport database, so we can fly you anywhere. Time in it with an instructor is loggable toward FAA pilot certificates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60 minutes in the full-motion simulator with an instructor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBriefing and debrief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA signed logbook entry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRequirements\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNone. No age, weight or experience limits; no medical, no ID needed for the simulator.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotos and video welcome.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDoes it feel real?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe motion, the controls and the procedures are real; the view is a very good screen. Most people forget the difference within ten minutes, and some feel the same butterflies on takeoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCan I do the simulator and the real flight on the same day?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes, and it's a good combination: an hour in the sim, a short break, then the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/discovery-flight-los-angeles\"\u003e60-minute discovery flight\u003c\/a\u003e. Book both and mention it in the order notes so we schedule them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIs it a good gift?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the safest gift on the site: no weather, no weight limit, no nerves. Use a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gift-card\"\u003egift card\u003c\/a\u003e and let them choose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"You Fly LA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44161886388298,"sku":"YFLA-SIM-60","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/6351\/4698\/files\/flight-instruments-cockpit-panel-los-angeles_a65e241b-d108-44e0-a880-3186d014122d.jpg?v=1788667374","url":"https:\/\/encoreflight.com\/products\/flight-simulator-experience-los-angeles","provider":"You Fly LA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}