Description
Piper PA46 Aircraft pilot instructor & aviation consultant: Pilot Training – Providing Excellent Training & Consulting Services Worldwide to Pilots and Instructors of the Piper PA46 Aircraft. A full-time pilot instructor and consultant working in the PA46 Matrix, Malibu, Mirage, Meridian, M350, M500, M600 and M700 aircraft. He trains 80 to 100 pilots per year throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia and South America specifically in PA46 aircraft. Provides instructor certification training, expert witness consulting, aircraft test flights and aircraft relocation. The National Association of Flight Instructors has designated him “Silver Legacy Master Instructor”.
Education
B.S. Clinical Psychology – Towson State University, 1975
M.A.S. Business – The Johns Hopkins University, 1983
A.S. Engineering – The Johns Hopkins University, 1984
Rating & Certificates
· Airline Transport Pilot AMEL – Commercial Privileges ASEL ASES
· Type Rating: CE-525S – Citation Jet – Single Pilot
· Flight Instructor ASEL, AMEL, Instrument Airplane, Gold Seal
· National Association of Flight Instructors: Silver Legacy Master CFI
· Ground Instructor – Advanced – Instrument Second Class Medical
Flight Hours (as of October 5, 2024)
Total: 14,260
PIC: 14,040
Instrument: 8,270
Turbine: 6,040
Cross Country: 12,910
As Flight Instructor: 12,150
PA46 Make/Model: 11,340
Night: 670
Military Service
U.S. Army Special Forces/MDANG: Aug 1970 – Aug 1976, Staff SGT E-6, Operational Detachment A Team – Radio Operator Supervisor MOS 05B4S – B Company 2nd BN 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) – Honorable Discharge
Other Education, Training & Leadership Experience
· Flight Safety International: Cessna Citation CE-525S
· Aviation Training Management: P46T recurrent
· Attitudes International: Piper PA46 Mirage
· Aviation Training Management: Pilatus PCXII Training
· Simcom: Piper PA46 Meridian
· Meggitt Avionics Factory Training
· Physiology Training: Langley AFB, VA
· Pratt Whitney Canada: PT6 Pilot Familiarization
· AOPA – Flight Instructor Recertification Training National Association of Flight Instructors: Silver Legacy Master CFI
· PADI: Open Water SCUBA Instructor
· PADI/EMP: First Aid/CPR Instructor
· DAN: Oxygen First Aid Instructor
· Malibu/Mirage Owners & Pilots Association Director Emeritus
· M/MOPA Safety & Training Foundation: Instructor Emeritus
· Maryland Driver License AM/TPX – Maryland DOT
· Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America Troop 35 Baltimore, MD
Training Doctrine
Excellent Training – Ten Things You Need To Know
Seven Habits of Highly Successful PA46 Pilots
PA46 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Training PA46 Pilots – A White Paper
Accident Review
Summer 2016 – Osh Kosh, WI
Spring 2016 – Spokane, WA
Winter 2016 – Spokane, WA
Fall 2015 – Lubbock, TX
Summer 2015 – Dubuque, IA
Spring 2015 – Erie, CO
Winter 2015 – Clayton, GA
Fall-2014 – Lehman, TX
Summer 2014 – White Plains, NY
Spring 2014 – Truckee, CA
Winter 2014 – Dawsonville, GA
Fall 2013 – Cat Cay, Bahamas
Summer 2013 – Bryce, UT
Spring 2013 – Paris, TX
Winter 2013 – Greensburg, IN
Fall 2012 – Cameron Park, CA
Summer 2012 – Palm Beach, FL
Spring 2012 – Rantoul, MI
Winter 2012 – Milaca, MN
Fall 2011 – Monroe, MI
PA46 News
Summer 2011
Spring 2011
Winter 2010
Fall 2010
Summer 2010
PA46 Related Short Subjects
Aerodynamic Braking
Alternate Air Door Issues
Back-up Charts
Fuel Additives
Full Flaps Landings
GPS/WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) Training
GPU (ground power unit) Recommendations
Halon Fire Extinguishers
ILS (Instrument Landing System) Assigned in VMC (Visual Meteorological Conditions)
King Autopilot Operational Issues
10 Things Avionics
Logging PIC (Pilot-in-Command) Time
Magic 1500 Autopilot Fuse Issue
MEL (Minimum Equipment List) Requirements
PA46 Meridian Return-to-Service/Pre-buy Inspection
PA46 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Short-Field Take-off Procedure
Summer Flying Tips
Take-off Call-outs
Take-off and Climb – Procedural Advice
Take-off Pitch-Power-Configuration
Trim in Motion Annunciator
Turbine Engine Starts
Turbine Engine Starting Parameter
Turbine Wash – A Reprint from Twin & Turbine Magazine
VFR (Visual Flight Rules) Take-off
Visual Approach vs The Contact Approach
Visual Approach – Finding The Runway
Winter Flying Tips
“In Flight” Video Training Library (638 qty on the following topics)
Using Onboard Color Weather Radar in the PA46 Aircraft – 70 Videos
Avoiding Rain Showers and Thunderstorms with Proper Equipment – 22 Videos
Limitations of the PA46 with Respect to Airframe Ice 31 Videos
Crossing the North Atlantic in A PA46 Aircraft – 28 Videos
Garmin G3000 and G1000: In Flight Operation in a PA46 Aircraft – 76 Videos
Weather Flying in the PA46 Aircraft – 292 Videos
Flying the M600/M700 PA46 Aircraft – 182 Videos
Flying the Meridian/M500 PA46 Aircraft – 237 Videos
Flying the Malibu/Mirage PA46 Aircraft – 198 Videos