Work as a tow pilot, glider ride pilot, and glider flight instructor.
America: Commercial Single Engine Land, Flight Instructor Glider, Tow Pilot, Cross Country Soaring.
New Zealand: Private Single Engine Land, Glider.
Tach Clock Total Hours: 2045 2269 SEL Hours: 620 844 Tailwheel Hours: 448 672 Towing Hours: 341 480 Pawnee Hours: 278 417 Total Tows: 1571 Glider Hours: 1401
Soar Truckee
Truckee, CA
(Summers 2002 - Present)
- Worked as a ride pilot giving scenic flights in Schweizer 2-32's and Schweizer 2-33's.
- Worked as a flight instructor in Schweizer 2-33's and 2-32's.
- Worked as a tow pilot using Piper Pawnee's.
- Soar Truckee is a very busy airport with lots of general aviation and private jet traffic.
- Other duties included included building and grounds maintenance and minor aircraft maintenance.
Soar Hollister
Hollister, CA
(July 2000 - May 2003)
- Worked part time as a ride pilot giving scenic flights in Schweizer 2-33's and aerobatic flights in ASK-21's.
- Worked as a tow pilot using Piper Cherokee 235's and sometimes a Citabria.
- Taught cross country soaring in the Sierra Nevada mountains using Soar Hollister's Duo Discus. The students were licensed glider pilots who wanted to learn to fly cross country. Flights were usually thermal flights with some wave flights.
Have also flown many other models of sailplanes not mentioned above, and flown at glider ports not mentioned above.
United States Citizen, United Kingdom Citizen, New Zealand Residence/Work Permit.
References available on request.
Other work experience.