• CFII since 1967, CFI-A since 1965
• -100% first time student pass rate since 1965
• -First NAFI Master CFI in the State of Iowa
• -FAA Gold Seal Instructor
• -Prior FAA Accident Prevention Counselor (DSM FSDO)
• -Approx 9000 total hours, 4000 dual given
• Specialty is concentrated instrument courses
• Flight instructor for 13 episode TV series “Learning to Fly” for Discovery Wings Channel
• Directed the production of FAA funded “Avoiding Spins” vide

 ..distributed to all FSDO’s for use at safety and wings programs

• Flew the EAA Spirit of St. Louis replica for the National Geographic video “The Lone Eagle”
• Won 1998 EAA President’s award for:

“..Outstanding and dedicated service to Sport Aviation and the EAA” 

• Honored with EAA Major Achievement Award—AirVenture 2003
• Pilot for EAA Aviation Foundation
• EAA Flight Advisor:            Flew the first test flight on 9 different Experimental aircraft
• Past Member of EAA’s Flight Operations Standards Panel

-Safety oversight for EAA aircraft from powered parachute to B-17

• Standardization CFI for EAA Academy CFI’s-----Wrote training manual
• Builder of three aircraft
• 1996 International Aerobatic Club Intermediate Aerobatic Champion
• Past Vice President of the International Aerobatic Club
• Past board member United States Aerobatic Foundation
• Past Chair Aerobatics Hall of Fame
• Degreed electrical engineer-University of Dayton
• Retired after 35 years in the Avionics business with Rockwell-Collins
• Owned and operated Flight Proficiency, Inc.--a flight training school specializing in aerobatic, unusual attitude and tailwheel training.
• Impeccable references