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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