Introductory flying · Discovery flight
Discovery Flight
Victoria Flying Club · Sidney base, Sidney · Canada
This is an introductory experience
At a glance
- Training category
- Introductory flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- No qualification (experience or skills course)
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Authority
- Transport Canada
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Sidney base
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Flexible
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Introductory flight in a Cessna 172S with a Transport Canada qualified instructor, with orientation and pre-flight briefing.
- Completion provides
- An introductory flight experience; no licence credit stated.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Up to 60 minutes of flight (as little as 30), about 2 hours at the club
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
CAD 330Discovery-flight priceprice date 16 October 2026
One short introductory flight. Not comparable with course prices.
Per hour plus tax; flight is limited to one passenger and the instructor. Currency symbol shown as $ without a currency label on the page; school is in Canada, so CAD assumed.
- Aircraft:
- Cessna 172S
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not included
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Deposit: 100
Source: flyvfc.com/discovery-flight
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- A $100 deposit confirms the booking and is applied to the flight cost.
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolBC Private Training Institutions Regulatory Unit (PTIRU)Other frameworkRegistration
Scope: Provincial regulation of the club as a private training institution (as stated); not a Transport Canada approval statement.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.