Flight Ventures Aviation Academy - Murrieta, California

Anorvia James

The aircraft, instructors, and owner of this flight school provide an exceptional experience that truly makes me feel well taken care of. The scheduling process is efficient, and my instructor, Mark, has been instrumental in boosting my confidence, particularly with landings and overall flight maneuvers. If you're searching for a top-notch place to learn how to fly, this school is the perfect choice. I'm incredibly grateful to have found it!

kyler Cairns

Flight ventures is in my opinion the best School French valley has to offer. They made getting my private pilot license a breeze. They always keep their planes meticulously maintained. The instructors/employees are absolutely phenomenal and are focused on helping YOU reach YOUR goals. Big thanks to Scott Dringman for being an amazing instructor and taking so much time out of his life to get me ready to pass my checkride! I will forever be grateful for FVAA

Raymond Kinjo

I’m very disappointed in the professionalism and customer service with flight ventures.

First a couple pros:
- great instructors
- easy to schedule times with instructors and very flexible

Now, on onto why I would give zero stars if I could:

- they charge a 3% credit card fee that was never disclosed (I’m a forgiving person so I’m actually okay with that). But I paid cash and they continued to charge my card. They have not corrected this error after countless emails and at least 3 voicemails.
- because of the credit card fee I decided to pay in cash and to pay a couple lessons up front as it was easier than cutting checks or carrying around cash. Due to medical issues I had to temporarily stop my training. Chris, the owner, who I believed to be a genuinely nice man, will not communicate with me and will not cut me a check for the balance in my account. He comes off as an honest man, but my experience says otherwise.

Today, I’m out several thousand dollars when he specifically told me that whatever i didn’t use would “come right back to me”.

What kind of company ignores their customers emails and calls? The answer is businesses that are strapped for cash and lies to their customers.

I do not recommend this flight school and there are plenty out there to choose from.

I’ve emailed them that if they need time to pay me back, I can work with them. But still no answer. I don’t think they will be around much longer.

The good news is they have good instructors. Just a very poor management team that refuses to communicate with their customers. If you want to avoid time and money at small claims court, please avoid this company.

The owner Chris runs another company and those yelp reviews are just like mine: won’t communicate and dishonest. The poor track record with this guy should make you run.

Tyler Abbott

After so long of trying to find the right flight school, I had finally done so here at FVAA. The experience is one of a kind top of the line from the staff, the cfi’s, and even the other students. My CFI Scott had been amazing in helping pick me up where I left off when I was thrown around from CFI to CFI at my other flight schools and as of recently he had helped me achieve my goal of attaining my Private Pilots License. Would 10/10 recommend any new student that wants to learn to fly in top of the line new aircraft to really look into flying here. Now on to the next ratings!

Jeff Zaret

When I was trying to decide where to go to get my pilots license, I looked at several flight schools and finally decided on Flight Ventures Aviation. I couldn’t have made a better choice not only are they professional, but their airplanes are state of the art. All of the instructors at Flight ventures are fantastic. I did a majority of my training with Scott Dringman. Scott is not only professional, but easy to learn from and very patient. All of the instructors at Flight ventures are great. I just really clicked with Scott. Whether you are new to aviation, or trying to brush up On your flying, I highly recommend the team at Flight Ventures Aviation.

Meena

The best pilot school in all of Murrieta! A great selection of aircraft, with also some of the nicest people I've ever met. They know a lot and are definitely knowledgeable. Great way to start your aviation career. Highly recommend!

Peter Griffiths