I began my flying career in 1981 out of Fort Collins, Colorado (Downtown Fort Collins, 3V5), with the offer “guaranteed to solo for $139.00”, from the local flight school. I hope this doesn’t date me! After one flight in a Piper Tomahawk, PA-38, I paid the $139.00 and I was hooked. I began flying once per week and soloed after 10.5 hours. I was scared silly during that first solo, but I knew they wanted me off the $139.00 deal ASAP. Continued below.
I'm located in St. Augustine, Florida
Certificates: Pilot, Flight Instructor and Ground Instructor.
Certificate Levels: Airline Transport Pilot.
Certificate Ratings: Advanced, Airplane Single Engine Land, Airplane Multiengine Land and Instrument Airplane.
Flight Instruction Rate: Florida Aviation Career training rates or $30/Hr. your A/C
Ground Instruction Rate: $15/ Hr.
Instruction Plane: C-152/C-172/PA28s/PA34/CAP-10
Airplane Rental Rate: Florida Aviation Career Training rates @ KSGJ
Instruction Material: Jeppesen, Gleim, Sportys, King and FAA.
Military Experience: None
Airline Experience: None
Other languages I speak: None
Associations: Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and Aircraft Owner and Pilot Association (AOPA).
Operate Airports: KSGJ, St. Augustine, FL
Awards of Merit: FAAst Team Representative / Assistant Chief FI pt. 141, former Chief FI
Special Offer: Will instruct in your A/C.
Flight/Flight Instruction Experience
After a year of training I earned my private pilot certificate in 1982 out of Loveland-Fort Collins (KFCL), and then flew recreationally until 1987. At that time, I moved to Jacksonville, Florida and enrolled in the flight training program at Florida Community College Jacksonville to pursue an instrument rating; then on to a commercial certificate. All flight training was conducted out of Craig Field (KCRG), in Jacksonville.
I continued flight training at a local flight school based out of Craig Field and earned a multi-engine rating and then an initial flight instructor certificate. The flight school (The Flying Club) offered me my first job as a Flight Instructor in 1992. Soon after The Flying Club closed it doors in 1996, I obtained a position at North Florida Flight Center as a Staff Flight Instructor. Once at North Florida, I earned a ground instructor certificate with advanced and instrument ratings. As always, I continued my training and added an instrument rating to my flight instructor certificate. After several years at North Florida, I applied for and was accepted as the Assistant Chief Flight Instructor for CFRs part 61 and 141 flight training programs. Within a year, I advanced to the Chief Flight Instructor position and remained there until my relocation to Florida Aviation Career Training (FACT), St. Augustine, Florida in 2004.
Once at FACT, I earned the multi-engine rating on my flight instructor certificate and then continued on to the airline transport certificate (ATP) with a multi-engine rating. I intend to add the single-engine rating to my ATP certificate during the summer/fall of 2007. Currently, I am one of two Assistant Chief Flight Instructors at FACT for part 61 and 141 training programs. Over the past years, I have accumulated over 4,000 hours of flight time with over 3,000 hours of dual given. In February, I purchased an Avions Mudry CAP-10B in which I am offering tail wheel, spin, aerobatic and upset training. Other than that, I am attempting to focus the rest of my instruction time on instrument and multi-engine training.
Educational Background
ATP certificate AMEL rating, July 2005
MEI, March 2004
CFII, May 1999
AGI & IGI, August 1998
CFI ASEL, initial August 1992
Commercial certificate, instrument, ASEL/MEL, February 1991
Instrument rating, ASEL, October 1990
Private certificate, ASEL, October 1982
Student certificate, August 1981
Formal ground schools for Instrument Rating and Commercial Certificate course work were completed at FCCJ, Kent Campus, Jacksonville, Florida
FAAst Team Representative FSDO-15, 2006
FAA Aviation Safety Counselor FSDO-15, 2005
Completed Initial DPE standardization training, Oklahoma City, OK, 2005.
Complete Flight Instructor Refresher Clinics and TSA currency training, annually.
B.A. in Geology from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, June 1979.
A.A. from North Florida Junior College, Madison, Florida, December 1975.
Graduated Brandon High School, Brandon, Florida, June 1974.
Additional Comments
By the way, I believe that I failed to mention that I am a licensed professional geologist and have a full time position as a groundwater hydrologist for the St. Johns River Water Management District (State of Florida). I offer flight instruction after 4:00 PM weekdays and after 8:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday. Typically, I fly five to six days per week and post my schedule at the counter at FACT (KSGJ). The best way to contact me is at 904-448-7918 work, 904-826-1735 home, 904-314-8727 cell, or 904-824-9401 FACT. I look forward to working with you in advancing your piloting skills.
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