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Flight Simulator Gift Certificates in NYC With an Airline Pilot-Led Team

Give the adult or kid who keeps talking about flying a real lesson in our FAA-approved G1000 simulator this holiday season, with an airline pilot-led team. For pure fun, a 60-minute VR flight needs no training commitment.

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Good to know

Gift certificates are good for the full session for 12 months. After that, the amount you paid stays yours to use toward any booking. Bought in November or December? The 12 months start on January 1.

Training bundles keep their full hours for 90 days from purchase (from January 1 for a November or December purchase); after that, the amount you paid stays yours toward any booking.

What kind of gift?

A simulator lesson

A VR flight

VR gifts are booked online with the certificate code.

A lesson package

If prices increase, we will honor the duration for any gift certificate.

How a Gift Certificate Works

  1. Pay online

    Pay for your gift online by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

  2. Print it or forward it

    The certificate lands in your inbox; print it or forward it.

  3. They book online

    The recipient books online with the code, which works for every gift, the training bundle included.

G1000 simulator

What Is the FAA-Certified G1000 Simulator?

The G1000 simulator is an FAA-approved Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). Flown with an instructor, the time counts toward the instrument rating, instrument currency, the private pilot certificate, and the commercial certificate. It flies the trainers most pilots learn in: Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft models.

G1000 simulator station with a seat, flight controls, two instrument screens, and a large display above.

Inside the studio

See the station for simulator training in our Midtown Manhattan studio.

A person at the G1000 simulator with a runway and mountains on the screen ahead.

Taking off

Watch a takeoff from a real-world runway in the simulator.

G1000 screens showing flight instruments on the left and a navigation map on the right.

Planning the flight

See how a flight is planned on the G1000 screens.

More about the G1000 simulator

VR simulator

What Is the VR Simulator?

The launch lineup includes general aviation airplanes in X-Plane 12 (a Cessna 172, a Cirrus SR22 and a Piper PA-18 Super Cub), plus recreational F/A-18 Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and A-10 Thunderbolt II missions. A VR session is 60 minutes with an operator or a flight instructor.

Studio footage of general aviation flying in the VR simulator

Cessna 172 Skyhawk, Cirrus SR22, and Piper PA-18 Super Cub in X-Plane 12

Training flights in X-Plane 12 with a flight instructor beside you: choose a general aviation airplane (Cessna 172, Cirrus SR22 or Piper PA-18 Super Cub), take off, fly takeoffs and landings, traffic patterns, or the Hudson River corridor through its gates.

Studio footage of a guided combat flight in the VR simulator

Fighters at Launch

Recreational missions in the jets: guided combat scenarios, gates over Dubai, and carrier operations, with an operator running the scenario.

More about the VR simulators

Your first lesson

What Happens in the Lesson?

Every lesson is structured, and our instructors include active airline pilots and airline pilot-mentored CFIs.

2-Hour Complete Experience · Adults and kids, ages 8 and up · $430

2 Hours Total

Pre-flight briefing 15 minutes, Simulator session 95 minutes, Post-flight debrief 10 minutes

Pre-flight briefing 15 min

  • Meet your instructor and the simulator
  • Where private pilot training leads
  • Engine, avionics and controls
  • Today's route: departure, maneuvers, approach
  • Safety and emergency basics

Simulator session 95 min

  1. Start cold and dark with the checklist
  2. Power, radios, engine and flaps
  3. Taxi with pedals and brakes
  1. Take off and climb on heading
  2. Turns, climbs, descents, slow flight
  3. Engine failure and diversion
  4. Navigate with the G1000
  5. Fly the pattern and approach

Post-flight debrief 10 min

  • Review your flying
  • Log the time (it counts toward a license)
  • Your training roadmap
  • Medical certificate basics
Choose a GiftSee the full Private Pilot curriculum →

Kids from age 8 fly the same lesson with Young Aviators pacing.

Julian Alarcon, ATP-rated Flight Instructor and Boeing 777 Pilot at Aviator.NYC
JulianAirline Pilot and Flight Instructor

Airline Pilot-Led Lessons

Aviator.NYC instructors include airline captains and first officers who fly professionally and teach between trips. They shape each lesson around the recipient, from a first time at the controls to instrument work.

Meet Our Instructors

Gift Certificate FAQs

Lessons, VR sessions, prices, delivery, validity and the duration promise.

Common Questions From Gift Buyers

What the recipient gets, how delivery works, and how long a certificate lasts.

Yes. Adults and kids can try a G1000 lesson or a VR session with no experience needed.

  • G1000 simulator lessons are open to ages 8 and up
  • VR sessions start at age 8 with a flight instructor and age 10 with an operator
About the VR simulators →

G1000 simulator lessons with a flight instructor start at $215; VR sessions cost $95 with an operator and $195 with a flight instructor.

  • Training bundles: 6 hours for $1,080 (save $210) and 10 hours for $1,750 (save $400).
  • If prices increase, we will honor the duration for any gift certificate.
  • Gift certificates are sold only on this website.
See all simulator training prices →

A VR simulator session is 60 minutes with an operator or a flight instructor to guide the flight. VR gifts are booked online with the certificate code.

  • The certificate is not a booked date or a time slot
  • No experience is needed for a session with an operator
About the VR simulators →

A G1000 simulator lesson has three parts, with a flight instructor beside the recipient.

  • Brief: meet the instructor, go over the controls and plan the flight.
  • Flight: take the controls for simulator training matched to their experience.
  • In the debrief, review the flight together and talk through what to try next.

You receive the certificate. It is emailed to you the moment payment clears and downloads as a JPG, so you can print it or forward it on the day you choose.

  • Choose birthday or classic certificate art, plus seasonal art during the holidays
  • Add a personal message of up to 450 characters
  • The recipient books a time online with the certificate code

If prices increase, we will honor the duration for any gift certificate.

  • You bought time with an instructor, not a dollar value, so a price change does not touch the gift.
  • Bundles cover the hours they were sold with.

Gift certificates are good for the full session for 12 months. After that, the amount you paid stays yours to use toward any booking.

  • Bought in November or December? The 12 months start on January 1.
  • Training bundles keep their full hours for 90 days from purchase (from January 1 for a November or December purchase); after that, the amount you paid stays yours toward any booking.

Yes, flight simulator birthday parties have their own page, where you can plan and book a party.

Flight simulator birthday party →

Questions About a Gift?

Not sure which gift fits? Send us a question and a flight instructor will respond within 24 hours.

The more detail you provide, the better we can help. (min 20 characters)

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See a Gift Session in Action

Watch a guest take a turn around the Statue of Liberty in the VR simulator.

What a gift session looks like
What a gift session looks like