About Skyrider Ultralights
Southern California's Ultralight Capitol
Welcome to the official website of Skyrider Ultralights, Southern California's Ultralight Capital! Located at the Camarillo Airport Ultralight Field, Hangar #1, on Aviation Drive. We're at the Skyrider Aviation Flight Center, just west of the Control Tower, next to SunAir (look for our sign).
We offer Ultralight and Light Sport Aircraft Flight Training, Ultralight Discovery Lessons, Gift Certificates, Ground School & Flight Training in preparation for your LSA Check Ride! Join us for the time of your life!
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Our History
Over 30 years ago, a rag tag group of Barnstorming Aviators founded Skyrider Ultralights. They were tired of flying in little claustrophobic cockpits, thousands of feet in the air, with little or no connection to the ground. This was the time of the rise in popularity of Ultralight Flying Machines.
One day, in the mid '80s, a young man was sleeping in the back seat of his car as his friend drove. "Look, Look", his friend yelled. In the distance could be seen what appeared to be a strange looking model aircraft. Still half asleep, the young man said, "What? What? Follow that thing!"
After a few minutes, what appeared to be a tiny model, revealed itself to be an Ultralight, coming in for a landing in an airstrip at the west end of the Camarillo Airport. The young man ran in and begged to be taken aloft. The kindly old-timers took him up for the ride of his life.
He was so taken by the grace and excitement of these little flying machines, that he bought one! A week later, he bought another one. Learning how to fly everyday, within a month, he bought the whole company! Today, that young man has over 15,000 hrs flight time and is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor in Ultralights and Light Sport Aircraft.
He has introduced hundreds of people to the wonders of these little flying machines, and trained many more as pilots. The young man is Mike Chicco, President/CEO of Skyrider Ultralights.
Our Mission
Our mission at Skyrider Ultralights is to promote, introduce, inform and teach Ultralight and Light Sport Aviation to the general public, in our Local Communities and Nationwide! For those who want to fly, we are your Ambassadors of Aviation!
Many people don't even know what an Ultralight is. And, if they did; they would jump at the chance to go aloft, flying 'low and slow'. Thousands of fans and would-be pilots have desired to 'take-to-the-skies' in a safe and economical way.
Flying like the birds, with the wind in your face, has been the desire of mankind since the very beginning of time. Even Daedelus and Icarus sought to touch the Sun. Today, our aviation pioneers have suffered the worst and designed the best of every possible flying machine imaginable.
From the Curtiss Pusher to the FA-18 Super Hornet, Man is the only species without wings that has learned to fly. We salute the 'Early Birds', the pioneering pilots of our Armed Forces, Commercial Aviation and General Aviation. We honor you every time we take to the skies in an Ultralight!
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