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wheelerd Last Visit: 05.13.2009

I started my flight training at age 14, when I would pedal my bike to the airport some four miles away at Prosser Washington and would cut the grass, paint the fence, or wash and polish airplanes for flight time. Great deal for the Flight School and I got some training in some great airplanes. Later after some military and college time I came back to Washington State to find that my father had purchased and learned to fly a 1956 Cessna 172. He offered me the plane if I would keep it full of gas, and gave me the name of an instructor to get me through my private ticket. I soloed in March of 1974, and got my Private Certificate in October the same year. My CFI career started in the same 172 that I learned in, when a friend said he wanted to learn to fly, and would I teach him? Sure – why not, so we flew. I found that it was more rewarding personally that fixing cars so why not take a look at teaching full time. I heard that a flight school in Everett was hiring instructors so I took a shot at the job. Strangely enough, I got the job and after a couple of years there, I became the chief flight instructor and eventually bought the flight school. That lasted until the mid 1980s when I sold the school. In 1999, I bought a Cherokee 140, started teaching a few students, and am now back to doing what I enjoy best, running the flight school, and teaching once in a while. Funny, I never set out to be a CFI, but here I am still at it 30 years later. More amazing – I still like it!

I'm located in Arlington, Washington
School Type:   Part 61.

Training Area:   Local.

Instruction Materials:    ASA and Custom.

Syllabus:   Custom.

Category:    Airplane (Fixed Wing).

Certificates:    Sport Pilot, Recreational, Private, ATP, CFI and CFII.

Ratings:    VFR, IFR, Commercial and CFI.

Class:   Single Engine Land.

Engines:   Single.

Endorsement:    Complex and Taildragger.

Recurrent Training:    Flight Review, Instrument Proficiency Check, Aircraft Checkouts and Insurance Checkouts.

Training Orientation:    Career (Carrier, Commercial, Military), Business (Private) and Recreation (all non-commercial flight).

Career Focus:    Corporate Flying, Flight Instruction and Regional Airlines.

Type of Curriculum:    Ground School, Career Oriented, structured, Acrobatic, Vintage and Mountain Flying.

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