User:Flightinstructor

Flightinstructor

Ratings:


 * Commercial Pilot, Single and Multi-Engine Land
 * Flight Instructor, Instrument Airplane SEL and MEL

Education:


 * BSEECS, University of Santa Clara, 1977
 * Graduate studies in business and telecommunications technology

Appointments:


 * FAA-Appointed Aviation Safety Counselor
 * FAA-Appointed Remedial Instruction Program Instructor

Associations:


 * National Association of Flight Instructors
 * Aircraft Owners and Pilots' Association
 * Experimental Aircraft Association
 * Aircraft Electronics Association

Awards:


 * NAFI Master Instructor, June 2004

Flight Experience:


 * Total time: 10,000+ hours
 * Dual instruction given: 9000+ hours

Pulished Books:


 * "Instrument Flying Made Easy," Shadow Ridge Press. Available online at Gene's website

Published Articles:


 * "Surviving Spatial Disorientation," Plane and Pilot Magazine, May 2003
 * "The Truth About Straight-And-Level Flight," Plane and Pilot Magazine, Janary 2003
 * "The Wrong Stuff," Plane and Pilot Magazine, December 2002
 * "The Ultimate Touch," Plane and Pilot Magazine, October 2002

Aircraft Flown:


 * Cessna 150/152/172/172RG/172XP/177/182/182RG/T182RG/206/210/T210/P210/310/414/421/Citation 500
 * Piper Cherokee 140/150/180; Tomahawk; Warrior/Archer/Dakota; Arrow/Turbo Arrow; Comanche 250; Cherokee Six 260; Lance/Saratoga/Turbo Saratoga; Apache; Seminole; Seneca/Turbo Seneca; Navaho; Aerostar 601
 * Grumman AA1A/AA1B/AA1C; AA5/AA5A/AA5B
 * Mooney M20, 201, 231, 252, and Porsche Mooney
 * Beechcraft Musketeer, Debonair, Bonanza S35/V35/V35B/A36/B36TC; Duchess; Baron A55/C55/B58; King Air A90/B90
 * Bellanca Citabria
 * Cirrus VK30 and SR22

Simulators Flown:


 * ATC710, ATC810
 * Frasca 131, Frasca 142
 * MD85, MD90, MD95, B717, B737, B747, DC10, MD11

Lectures:


 * "Flying in the Soup Without Going Nuts;" EAA Airventure, Oshkosh, WI, July 2004, and AOPA, Long Beach, CA, October 2004