The beach itself has an ocean park atmosphere. Driving on the hard-packed sand is allowed on miles of beach during daylight hours.

The beach is open and accessible year round. The average annual temperature is 70.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Winters are mild and short, while summers are warm, with a constant ocean breeze. On average, students are able to fly over 360 days a year.

Daytona Beach is most famous for automobile racing. One of the nation's finest racing facilities, the Daytona International Speedway, hosts the world-famous Daytona 500 each February. Major motorcycle races are staged in both March and October at the Speedway, and stock car racing returns in July. In fact, sports fans can almost always find something of interest in the area. The Ocean Center, the area's entertainment and convention complex, has played host to professional and collegiate basketball, karate championships, boxing and wrestling.

There are rooms to fit every taste and budget in the Daytona Beach Resort Area. The 436 area hotels and motels offer more than 16,000 rooms, suites and apartments, many directly on the ocean.

Condominium rentals are also available. And for the outdoorsman, campground and RV parks can be found all over the resort area.

To view some of the best attractions in the Daytona Beach area, please visit these local sites:

“I've had seriously good fun at Phoenix, and a great opportunity to train other pilots after getting the flight instructor ticket, all in a really nice and relaxed manner. After 5 months of instructing I got a job as a first officer on the Saab 340 for a regional airline in Europe. And what's most important, I think, I had absolutely no problems jumping from the Piper Cherokee into a 3 times faster, 10 times bigger aeroplane. This was the big test, I suppose, and one that made me think different about the training I got in Phoenix, changing 180 degrees my feelings towards those 'not so relaxed' instructors I had the privilege to fly with during my training.” Rares Dumitru

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