- Over 21 years ago, Mark Oberman along with wife Janie and
Partner Tom Driscoll, pioneered the opening of the Camarillo
Airport (formerly the Oxnard Air Force Base) by opening Channel
Islands Aviation, Inc. (CIA) a full service Fixed Base
Operation.CIA's facility includes a 38,000' hangar (13,000
squaremeters) with additional 6,000' of offices (2,000
squaremeters), lobby, school classroom and flight planning room
with computerized weather briefing and direct lines to flight
service.
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- About 20 years CIA has been providing a variety of services
which include aircraft and helicopter flight training, fuel sales,
ramp services and hangar storage, aircraft sales, charter, parts and
complete engine and airframe maintenance. CIA is also a Cessna
Aircraft Service Center and has Cessna and Robinson factory trained
mechanics on staff. Additionally, CIA provides daily routine
transportation and air medivac support to a number of the California
Channel Islands located just off the coast from Ventura and Santa
Barbara Counties.
CIA has been training foreign students since 1980 and is approved by
the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services to issue
M-1 Visa. CIA is also approved by the State of California as a post
secondary educational facility.
CIA operates a fleet of well equipped charter, flight school, rental
aircraft and helicopters including the Cessna 152, 172, 172RG 182,
T210, 337, 414A, 441 Conquest II with 10 place conversion, and
Seneca 1, Britten Norman Islander and Robinson R-22 Helicopter.
Transition courses are available in the Cessna 402C and
Britten-Norman Islander.
CIA has enjoyed a fine reputation with its commitment to excellence
while providing highly qualified flight instructors and support
staff. It is our commitment to professionalism and safety, with high
standards for training, that has allowed our school to prosper while
producing superior pilots.
Graduates from Channel Islands Aviation, Inc. will have received a
well rounded instruction in aerodynamics, meteorology, airspace
utilization, FAA regulations, aircraft systems, aircraft
performance, navigation, and theuse of charts and flight computers.
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