"It's so easy a kid can fly it!" Eby family on vacation with one of the club's Cirrus SR22s - photo by Dave and Tara Eby.

Plus One Flyers is a superb FAR Part 91 non-profit flying club with rental fleets at four airports in San Diego County. We offer our members a great selection of dozens of airplanes at fantastic rates, access to over 90 FAA-certificated flight instructors, safety awareness meetings, aircraft check-outs, and more! Learn to Fly Now! If you are a pilot or want to be a pilot, take a look at our fleet or read more about us. Then stop by one of our orientation meetings, sign up, and head for the skies!

Plus One Flyers News

IMPORTANT!!!! Skydiving operations are now taking place at Oceanside Airport. Please read the attached presentation for more information.

Tsunami Skydivers / Oceanside

• JUNE 19, 2012 - ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION AND WEB BALLOT - The ballot is now open! Members may vote immediately here until 12PM June 28, or vote in person at the 28 June General Membership Meeting where nominated candidates will speak to the members and the final ballots counted. Nominations to the Board of Directors of Plus One Flyers will be accepted up until that that meeting!
  
  Your Board of Directors is comprised of ten aircraft owners and five non-owners and, this year, seven owner positions and one non-owner position will be open for election. Directors serve a two-year term with approximately half the Board positions open for election each year. Attending Board of Directors meetings at least four times per year, directors represent the membership and chart the course of the Club. In addition, they have the opportunity to serve on a variety of committees tasked with special projects, as necessary.
  
  Nominations may continue to be accepted up to and including at the 28 June General Membership Meeting when the final candidate presentations, ballots and votes are tallied, however early nomination is recommended to maximize your opportunity to participate in the electronic web ballot.
  

• May 3rd, 2012

  Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting

  The Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting will be held starting at 5:30PM at the Spear Hangar Complex at 5:30. Signs will be posted and there is parking.

  2043 N Marshall Ave
  El Cajon, Ca, 92020
  

  This meeting is an encore from the famous Sept 8th "San Diego Blackout" meeting we had scheduled. Mr. Robert Gannon will be our returning guest speaker and if you ever wanted to fly around the world in a Cessna 182 three times, his presentation is not to be missed. Mr. Gannon is a fantastic speaker. The stories he shares about countries, people, and government experiences he sees along his journey could be made into a movie.

  Also on display will be the Sperry Firefly, this WWII era warbird is a amazingly restored normal category (meaning all the original equipment works) is one of only 2 flying in the world. Owner Capt. Eddie will be at present to talk about his Firefly and his time as a NASA test pilot.

  Dinner will be a spring BBQ catered event with pulled pork and chicken sandwiches, mini burgers and all the sides to boot.

  This should be a big event so come early, party starts at 5:30 and enjoy the evening with up folks at Plus One Flyers.

• March 30th, 2012

  As of March 2012 the 5th Saturday New Member Brief has been discontinued at Montgomery Field. Montgomery Field will host New Member briefs on the 1st and 3rd Saturday's at 9am. Palomar Airport will host the New Member brief on the 2nd and 4th Saturday's at 9 am. Ramona, and Gillespie Fields are by appointment only (for now).

  Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting

  January 26th, 2012

  The Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting will be held at 6:00PM at the Four Points Sheraton on Aero Drive next to Montgomery Field.

  The General Membership Meeting this January 26th (6 days away!) is going to be special for two reasons:

  First, we'll have a safety panel consisting of:

  • Steve Nelson from San Diego FSDO
  • Bill Jacobs from SOCAL TRACON
  • Mark Conley from Burbank
  • Kreg Kearley from MYF tower
  • Our very own Plus One Flyers Safety Officer BOB AGRESTO! (He'll be signing autographs! No body parts, please.)

  Second, it's TACO NIGHT! No more floppy pizzas for us.

  The meeting is at the Four Points Sheraton starting at 6pm.

• Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting

  September 8th, 2011

  The Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting was held at Gillespie Field on September 8th at 6:30PM. Bob Gannon gave a presentation on his trip around the world. Also on display will be a restored World War II Firefly aircraft. All this, despite the power failure! It actually made things more fun and interesting as everyone came together to help out and deal with the unusual situation.

  The meeting place is in a hangar nearby the Plus One Flyers club office at 1985 N Marhslall Ave #107. Here is a link to a flyer with directions.

• Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting and Board of Directors Election

  June 23, 2011

  The Plus One Flyers General Membership Meeting featuring the annual Board of Directors Election and Membership Survey results presentation was held 6pm Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at the Four Points Sheraton at 8110 Aero Drive, San Diego CA 92123, with the usual pre-meeting pilot's social pizza and soft drinks.
  
  Congratulations to the following elected directors: Jim Cunning, Glenn Daly, Dave Eby, Scott Kurowski, Larry Massaro, John Sanders and Steve Wright.

• Outstanding Spring General Membership meeting featuring AOPA President Craig Fuller!

  April 18, 2011

  Plus One Flyers was among the AOPA e-Pilot top stories for April 22, 2011.  The Plus One Flyers General Membership meeting featuring AOPA President Craig Fuller's exclusive presentation was perhaps the club's best meeting ever, with great food and pilot networking, fun and entertainment for everyone.  AOPA President Fuller did not disappoint with his lively and informative presentation and Q&A session on current issues and AOPA progress in General Aviation, and he blogged about the club the following day.

  About 300 members attended the meeting at the Crownair hangar, leaving standing room only.  Three club airplanes representing a state-of-the-art G1000 C172S trainer, N372TA, an Aspen-equipped C182RG, N133BW, and a Technically-Advanced-Avionics cross-country SR22 airplane, N8148F, were on display and generated great discussions about avionics, checkouts, and trips to be taken.  Flight training luminaries John and Martha King attended and hobnobbed with Plus One Flyers members.  The catered buffet was well received and completely cleaned out by the end of the evening.  Thanks to Crownair for hosting our meeting, and to everyone who attended and made this event possible!

   

• Winter General Membership Meeting

  January 13, 2011

  Plus One Flyers held their quarterly meeting at the Four Points Sheraton on Aero Drive at 6pm. Featured guest speaker was Mark Easton of Angel Flights. Plus One Flyers President, Scott Kurowski, gave a presentation on the state of the club. There were $100 flight review/training coupons raffled off as door prizes for four lucky member pilots!

• Fall 2010 General Membership Meeting

  November 4, 2010

  Plus One Flyers held their quarterly meeting with speakers from Plus One's CRQ fleet describing club operations at the new airport plus a nice presentation from Palomar Tower describing the do's and don'ts of operating on and around CRQ. There was a very nice turnout with 62 people attending to enjoy the food, drink, and comeraderie. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation from the meeting is available here.
  

  

• Plus One Flyers Board of Directors Meeting

  Thursday July 15, 2010

  All Plus One Flyers members are invited to attend this regular meeting of the management of Plus One Flyers at the MYF Terminal building conference room at 6:30pm.

• ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION

  July 22, 2010

  Members may vote electronically and immediately here [polls have closed] until 12PM July 22, or vote in person at the 22 July General Membership Meeting where nominated candidates will speak to the members and the final ballots counted. Nominations to the Board of Directors of Plus One Flyers will be accepted up until that that meeting!

• Plus One Flyers at McClellan-Palomar (CRQ) Open for Members!

  Plus One Flyers members may now fly club airplanes from CRQ!

  About 30 members attended the First Engine Start Event at CRQ. Now with five great member-owned airplanes available - check out Plus One Flyers CRQ, with the members' office in suite 200 of the Premier Jet FBO on the south side of the runway!
  Club members at the May 2010 Plus One Flyers CRQ First Engine Start Event

• EXCELLENT Spring 2010 General Membership Meeting 05/13

  One of our most informative meetings ever - everything you ever wanted to know about owning and operating an airplane in Plus One Flyers! This meeting featured presentations by our member airplane owners Tom Reid, Larry Massaro and John Barta, showing actual P&Ls, an example club monthly airplane activity accounting statement, cost-rental-pricing analysis spreadsheets for various airplanes, and the kinds of decision factors that owners must consider in their choice of airplane to balance the owner's needs with those of the club's pilot marketplace. Thanks especially to Tom, Larry and John, and thanks also to the members that attended the meeting! Also, congratulations to the winners of the $100 club Flight Review / Training time coupons and subscriptions to Aviation Safety magazine!
  

• OUTSTANDING Winter 2010 General Membership Meeting

  02/18 Thanks to the 137 members and guests who attended our winter membership meeting and our fourth annual guest FAA Safety Panel, featuring SOCAL ATC controller Bill Jacobs, MYF tower chief Tom Dray, San Diego Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) Operations Ty Parks, former FSDO FAASTeam leader Fred Christlieb and moderator Plus One Flyers Safety Officer Bob Agresto. After the club officer reports, club Vice President Bill Nellisenwas introduced, having been appointed by the Board of Directors on 02/11, and Plus One Flyers CRQ was announced to open in (updated date:) May 2010 with the introduction of CRQ Operations officer Kevin White. Congratulations also to the lucky 8 door prize winners including the four $100 club FR/training flight time certificates, four $25 certificates for Marv Golden's pilot shop, and the winner of the cash raffle! Don't miss the 2011 guest FAA Safety Panel!

  

  137 Plus One Flyers members packed the meeting to standing-room only!

  

  FAA Safety Panelists fielded a variety of questions, and had everyone laughing and taking notes!

• Plus One Flyers at McClellan-Palomar (CRQ) to Open in May 2010!

  Starting this May, Plus One Flyers members residing in north San Diego County will have the opportunity to fly club airplanes from CRQ! This long-awaited fulfillment of one of the club's Board of Directors' strategic objectives finally becomes a reality under the leadership of CRQ Operations officer Kevin White, who is now recruiting additional high-quality airplanes to the nucleated fleet he has already assembled. The club's CRQ tie-downs and office space will be located at Premier Jet, just west of the airport entrance and terminal. Check back for updates soon!

• MANDATORY CFI SAFETY MEETINGS

  All Plus One Flyers FAA-Certificated Flight Instructor members giving instruction, flight reviews or checkouts in club airplanes are required to attend at least one safety meeting within the previous six months. See the Safety Officer's Safety Page for meeting times and location details. All club members are invited to attend CFI safety meetings.

• Get the Word Out: We Need Airplanes!

  With club airplane demand at an all-time high, particularly for good Piper and Cessna trainers, this might perhaps be the best possible time to lease an airplane to the club at CRQ, SEE, RNM and MYF. To help, we've prepared a kit including a club brochure and example business model spreadsheets, available upon request to qualified prospective airplane owners. In addition to facilitating ownership cost offsets, the club may pay between 80% and 100% of extra wear or damage repairs not already covered by insurance, plus limited downtime revenue losses, through our exclusive Insurance Deductible Plan (IDP); the responsible member reimburses the club for up to 20%, with a maximum of $100 for insurance claims. Contact a club officer for the kit details.

• PLUS ONE FLYERS GOES MORE GREEN

  Our entire airplane fleet is being equipped with new GATS fuel sampling jars. The GATS jars allow multiple sample collections to be returned to the fuel tank and if used properly also strain out water and contaminants. Help protect our environment by using the GATS fuel sample jars, and be sure to keep them in the airplane!

• Plus One Flyers at Gillespie Field (SEE) ready for members!

  Unless he's out flying with a student as an FAA Gold Seal and Master CFI/CFII, SEE Operations Officer Dave Simpson will greet you at our new Gillespie club office, now open for your membership flying pleasure or training use with two computers, three ground school tables, a whiteboard, and more! You can unlock the door using your membership key. Dave is busy working to bring an IFR flight training device, additional airplanes, more CFIs and more member pilots to fly at Plus One Flyers SEE. Check it out and visit Dave! (858) 254-7504 or SEEops@plusoneflyers.org , or stop by the office at 1985 N Marshall Ave, Suite 107, El Cajon, CA 92020 below the Control Tower.

• Plus One Flyers club shirts available!

  We are pleased to offer these beautiful shirts and hats (a choice of one free to each new club member) for $15-$18 from the club Operations office at your airfield. Men's polo or ladies classic golf tee shirts available in white, navy blue, yellow, dark green, maroon, black, pink and gray colors and all sizes. Adjustable ball caps in light blue or tan. Both shirts and caps are available in high-wing airplane or low-wing airplane Plus One Flyers logos. Let your friends know you are in an elite group, a member of the best flying club in southern California!

• Plus One Flyers Safety Record Nets 46% Insurance Reduction

  A whopping 46% reduction in aircraft insurance premiums paid by the club relative to 2006 rates highlights the success of the club's Safety Program and the collective excellent flying judgment, skills and habits of club members, and helps offset rising fuel costs! Keep up the great work and best flying practices, everyone!