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Probably one of the best flight schools in the LA/SoCal area!
I’ve been around Aviation for over 16 years and after my original flight school in Long Beach closed, I never really found a good replacement until last year when I found Top Flight in Corona KAJO.
It’s a very friendly environment. Everyone there is an aviation enthusiast. They have great classrooms overlooking the airport, a state-of-the-art simulator for instrument training, and most importantly a fantastic fleet of airplanes with excellent maintenance records and nicely upgraded avionics (Garmin G5s and 650s). I personally like their C172S models very much and their naturally aspirated C182 with G1000.
Whenever you bring any squawks to them they make sure to take care of them promptly. Their airplanes are cleaned regularly and have nice interiors with everything you’d need for a cross country flight onboard.
They have headsets, ADSB receivers and a digital lock for their offices and for the airplane keys, which makes renting an aircraft after-hours, or any time really, so easy and convenient. Probably the easiest rental pickup I’ve ever experienced.
I honestly have nothing bad to say about the place and am happy to have found Top Flight and somewhat became a family member there as well. I completed my CFI and my CFII checkrides in their aircrafts and am also renting from them quite a bit.
I do also offer some flight instruction in their airplanes but I’m not an employee or associated with the company. I am just comfortable with offering my students their facilities and fleet of airplanes.

Corona generally is a great airport for learning how to fly due to the little air traffic compared to busier airports like Chino or John Wayne etc. The flight club is also super cool with great people and airline pilots too, but I’m just too busy with my professional aviation career to be a member at this time and their fleet is a little bit older (still well maintained though) but they do have Twins for your multi add-on.

Last summer I finally took the first step in making a career change and pursue becoming an airline pilot. I did extensive research in multiple flight schools around me in orange county, long beach and the IE. After meeting with the Topflight staff and taking a discovery flight I was hooked. The staff are professional, treat you like family, and take extreme care in the maintenance towards their planes.

The investment towards becoming an airline pilot today can be steep. Topflight makes it extremely fair and competitive when it comes to pricing. The quality in the lessons are efficient, so you’re not wasting any money paying for time in the plane on the ground. Topflight also has multiple examiners dedicated to the school. Which has helped me accomplish getting my private and instrument licenses quickly. I am currently now working towards my commercial and CFI licenses with Topflight.

I recently moved to Corona and was looking for a place to begin my flight training. So I began looking for flight schools and Top Flight was the first and last one I called. Right off the bat, Pardis was beyond helpful and patient answering all my questions and explaining the whole process. I began my training with Veronika and she was a great instructor and could not have made learning any easier or more fun. The owner David was extremely helpful as well and helped guide me along the way. I completed my PPL and am currently working on my instrument training and plan on taking it the whole way with Top Flight. I’m extremely grateful to have come across them and recommend to everyone.