Cross-Country Discovery Flight - Atop the City

By simple definition, a cross-country flight is any flight that takes off in one location, and lands at another. At CFI, our Cross-Country Discovery flights go further by meeting the FAA Cross Country requirements toward a Private Pilot's license which requires that the flight be at least 50 straight line nautical miles from the point of departure.  Your lesson begins with a ground session with your certified flight instructor focused on cross country fight planning skills and knowledge specific to your chosen destination, a weather briefing, weight and balance calculations, followed by a pre-flight of the aircraft with your inflight time focused on safe operation of the aircraft including effective radio communication with ATC / Flight Following services all while beginning to learn the basics of the electronic navigation system features of our G1000 glass cockpit Cessna. That's a lot!    Atop the City: Los Angeles Class B - LGB Airport Take off and head south toward one of the most s