IMSAFE Checklist: are you ready to fly today?
IMSAFE Checklist: are you ready to fly today?

You can eliminate risks to a flight by first asking if you are physically prepared to fly. The FAA’s IMSAFE checklist helps pilots determine appropriate well-being before flying. Incorporating this checklist into your flight routine will limit risks and improve your safety and comfort while flying.

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PFA Fleet Grows: Meet the Piper Arrow III
PFA Fleet Grows: Meet the Piper Arrow III

Pacific Flight Aviation is excited to announce the newest addition to our expanding aircraft: the Piper Arrow III.

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Airspace
Airspace

Here at Pacific Flight Aviation, we offer two pilot certifications, private and commercial certificates, as well as the instrument rating. These high-level certificates allow pilots to fly with fewer restrictions than sports or recreation licenses with expanded airspace.

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Welcome New Student Patrick!
Welcome New Student Patrick!

We are pleased to welcome Patrick as one of Pacific Flight Aviation’s newest students. Longtime aviation lover, Patrick decided to transition his passion for flying from a hobby to a career! He is currently working towards a commercial pilot’s license for a single-engine land aircraft.

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Flight before Wright
Flight before Wright

Although many credit Wilbur and Orville Wright with “inventing the airplane,” the human desire to fly has existed for centuries, long before the pair finally flew in 1903. The Federal Aviation Administration introduces its Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge with the creation of aviation: before the Wright Brothers.

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