Lombok Institute of Flight Technology

Lombok Institute of Flight Technology, also known as LIFT, is an Indonesian higher learning institution specializing in theoretical and practical aeronautical science education.

Based on Lombok island (approx 60 miles east of Bali island), the institute received its educational accreditation as a flight academy from Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Indonesia in 2010.

The institute operates from Lombok International Airport, Bima Airport and Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport.

History
The Lombok Institute of Flight Technology was established in 2011, It received a pilot school certificate license number 141D-012 from the Ministry of Transportation, Director General of Civil Aviation.

Lombok Institute of Flight has enrolled more than 200 professional pilots internationally.

In 2018 LIFT earned its accreditation from the International Education Accreditation (IEDACC).

In 2020 the Lombok Institute of Flight Technology was acquired by Mr. Lalu Didiek Yuliadi, SE.

Facilities
LIFT's fight training campus is located in Senggigi resort area, on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tengara, Indonesia. LIFT maintains a satellite campus (academics only) in Serpong, Tangerang, in West Jakarta

LIFT maintains a fleet of six Liberty XL2 flight training aircraft from Liberty Aerospace Corporation. Produced in Melbourne, Florida, in 2010.

LIFT operated a flight simulation department which houses two full-motion flight simulators capable of semi-realistic reproduction of flight in Liberty XL2 aircraft.

Academics
The institute offers professional pilots courses in the following areas of aeronautical theory:
 * Basic Aerodynamics
 * Advanced Aerodynamics
 * General Navigation
 * Radio Navigation
 * Meteorology
 * Aircraft Systems
 * Instrumentation & Electronics
 * Radio Theory
 * Operational Procedures
 * Aircraft Weight & Balance

Faculty and staff
as of 2012, the Chief Flight Instructor is Russell Sherwood.