Welcome to Pacific Crest Aviation!

The experienced staff at Pacific Crest Aviation is ready to help you enjoy your Big Bear flying experience. With many hours of local mountain flying experience and a professional and qualified staff, we are ready to provide you the best flight training, charter service or scenic ride possible. Brian and Jamie Gallagher are both pilots and mechanics and also have sister company Airmech Inc.

Mike Smith is our Chief Pilot and Dwight Leiss is our main flight instructor. They are very knowledgeable in the issues of disabled flight but regularly instruct able bodied pilots through to private and instrument licenses.

Dwight demonstrates loading his wheelchair into the airplane. Click play to see the video.

Dwight demonstrates flying airplane with hand controls. Click play to see the video.