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About · La Verne

White glove, start to finish.

Our clients will receive the absolute best experience flying our aircraft and with our instructors.

Benjamin Lipson
Founder · CSIP
Cirrus SR20 with its doors up at golden hour on the ramp. On the ramp · instructor and student
“The absolute best experience flying our aircraft and with our instructors.”
The line we fly by
Our story

Our story

Our founder, Benjamin Lipson, started at 17 as an amateur pilot and aircraft fueler, and worked his way up to the airlines.

He flew for SkyWest Airlines for more than four years. His zeal for general aviation led him to found Lipson Aviation, where he can help others meet their aviation goals.

Today the flight training center is a Cirrus Authorized Cirrus Training Center at Brackett Field in La Verne. We take a white glove, red carpet approach: brand new aircraft, air conditioning, and one-on-one instruction.

Our airplanes are arguably the safest on the market, and we teach to match. We provide a product that is a step above most other flight schools.

Operating principles La Verne, CA

Why train here

  • The parachute is standard.

    Every Cirrus ever built carries CAPS, a parachute for the whole airplane. One handle, and the airplane comes down under canopy with everyone in it. That is the first thing a spouse asks about, and the first thing we answer.

  • Built around a working life.

    Lessons are one-on-one and scheduled around your business, not ours. Flight operations run 7 AM to 8 PM, seven days a week.

  • A founder who still teaches.

    Benjamin Lipson flew for SkyWest Airlines for more than four years and is a Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot. Students know him by his first name.

  • White glove, start to finish.

    Brand new aircraft, air conditioning, a clean briefing room and a comfortable lounge. A red carpet approach to flight training, a step above most flight schools.

First light

The smoothest air of the day is at dawn.

Calm, stable, and empty of traffic. It is why the first lesson on the schedule is so often the one students remember.

Blue and white Cirrus SR20 G7 on the ramp at Brackett Field, in front of a row of hangars. N460LA · Cirrus SR20 G7+
Tools that match the standard

Every Cirrus on the line carries CAPS.

Brand new aircraft and air conditioning make the lesson comfortable. Southern California weather does the rest.

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Where we fly

White glove flight training in the Cirrus.

Lipson Aviation Flight Training Center is based in La Verne, California (Greater Los Angeles). Serving the Inland Empire, Orange County, Pasadena and east

N460LA · over the San Gabriel foothills
About · Brackett Field

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