Certified Flight Instructors – Gyroplane
This list is provided as a convenience and does not constitute an endorsement of the instructor, aircraft, syllabus or training enterprise by PRA.
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The following Instructors will travel to your location.
Brandon Winters (801) 231-1441
Spanish Fork, UT (U77)
Email: flightinstructor4life@gmail.com
Website: www.airgyro.com
Training Aircraft: Autogyro Cavalon, MTO Sport, Calidus
Home base is Spanish Fork, UT. Willing to travel to your location.
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Craig McPherson (817) 517-3283
468 FM 3049
Blum, TX 76627
Email: craigmcph@hotmail.com
Website: blueskies.flights
Will travel to train. Trains in MTO Sport
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Desmon Butts
Website: www.texasautogyro.com
Email: texasautogyro@yahoo.com
68 Longhorn Loop, New Waverly, TX 77358
(907) 841-2409
The original traveling CFI and I will travel to almost any location to train as well.
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Chad Carda
Email: OaheGyro@gmail.com
Pierre, SD (Daily flights from Denver)
Phone: (605) 222-6092
KPIR (2 hard surface runways with minimal traffic)
Train in Magni M24 and M24 Plus
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David M. Klein (973) 879-5740
Antioch, IL 60002
Email: captdmk@comcast.net
Website: www.midwesternhelicopter.com
Trains out of Kenosha, WI but will travel
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Jon Shadduck
Hangars: Potosi and Camdenton, MO
Instructors listed by State
Alabama
Corey Kirkwood (Foley 5R4)
Magni, ELA, Nano
Gold Seal Gyro CFI
CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI
Phone (251-597-5101)
Email: coreymitchellkirkwood@gmail.com
Website: http://www.flyinggyroplanes.com
Shannon Estes (Foley 5R4)
Magni M24, Students M16, 24, 26
(CFI – Gyro, Commercial – Helicopter, Private – Airplane)
Email: shannon@magnigyroflight.com
Phone: 251-256-2204
Website: https://www.
Mark Sprigg (Gulfshore)
Gyroplane CFI and DPE
Phone: (573) 837-5461
Email: magniflight@yahoo.com
Arkansas
Ron Menzie (Searcy)
(RAF w/Sparrowhawk mod, Autogyro MTO Sport)
CFI and Designated Pilot Examiner
Phone: (501) 766-6456
Email: ronsgyros@gmail.com
Website: www.ronsgyros.com
Arizona
California
David Bacon (San Diego)
Gyroplane
Train in Tercel, Javelin, your Gyro
(760) 518-3266
Jeremy Beck (Chino)
Gyroplane
Phone: (310) 570-9390
Website: https://adventureairla.com
Henry Boger (Chino)
Trike and Gyroplane
Phone: (310) 570-9390
Website: https://adventureairla.com
Pete Schutte
ATP, Commercial, CFI
Phone: (714) 929-6481
Website: https://adventureairla.com
Douglas Smith (Los Angeles)
Trike and Gyroplane
Phone: (310) 570-9390
(Works with Henry Boger)
Peter Kalev (Pacoima)
Gyroplane
Phone: (323) 630-4901
Email: peter@lagyro.com
George M. Woods
Anchorage, AK 99515
(flies out of Woodland, CA)
Phone: (530) 414-1679
Email: gmwoods@alaska.net
Michael Burton & Marc B. Campbell (Petaluma)
Phone: (559) 494-4999
Magni M16
Paul Hollingworth (Petaluma O69)
Trains in Magni M16 or students Magni
(CFI – Gyro)
Email: paul@bayareagyro.com
Phone: (408)-802-9242
Websites: https://www.bayareagyro.com/
https://www.magnigyroflight.com/california-petaluma
Florida
Melvin E Anderman (Greenville)
113 E 2nd court
Phone: (C) (850) 556-6366, (H) (850) 997-0473
Email: andyanderman@netzero.com
Instructional Aircraft ELA-07
Abid Farooqui (Zephyrhills)
Trike, Gyroplane and Airplane (Sport). CFI.
Phone: (813) 786-8290
Email: abid.farooqui2019@gmail.com
David Lyon (Zephyrhills)
Airplane and Gyroplane CFI.
Phone: (407) 607-6622
Email: flyinlyon1@gmail.com
Richard Lanning (Sebastian)
Airplane. Gyroplane CFI.
Phone: (610) 888-5017
Email: richlanning@planearllc.com
Raul Salazar (Valkaria)
Gyroplane CFI
Phone: (954) 214-1885
Email: raul@bladesoverme.com
Michael Bullock (Valkaria)
Airplane, Trike and Gyroplane CFI
Works with Blades Over Me (Raul)
Gregory Spicola (Tampa)
Gyroplane CFI
Phone: (813) 505-0881
Email: gyro.greg@yahoo.com
Jason Wilkinson (Sebring KSEF)
Trains in Magni M24 or student Magni
(CFI – Gyro, ATP, Gold Seal CFI, CFII, MEI)
Email: sunstatemagni@gmail.com
Phone: (501)-707-8097
Website: https://www.magnigyroflight.com/florida-sebring
Georgia
Steve McGowan (Macon)
2725 Herbert Small Airport Rd
Phone: (478) 461-1451
Email: stemcgwn@aol.com
(SparrowHawk, Parsons)
Idaho
Cammie Patch
3653 Rickenbacker St. #202
Boise, Idaho 8370
Phone: (208) 869 7450
Email: Cammie@GlassCockpitAviation.com
Website: www.GlassCockpitAviation.com
Training in Calidus with turbo Rotax
CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP, A&P, Rotax Heavy Tech
Illinois
Foxtrot Aero, LLC (Libertyville)
15121 W. Clover Ln.
Phone: (847) 691-3618
Website: http://www.foxtrotaero.com
Indiana
Brent Drake (Shelbyville)
1231 Hickory Dr.
Phone: (317) 364-0289
Email: brentdrake@hotmail.com
Website: http://gyroplanetraining.com
Trains in a Xenon
Jeff Flora
1I9 (Delphi)
Phone: (317) 560-8922
Email: pai@privategarden.org
Trains in an Argon
Indiana Rotorcraft Association (PRA Chapter 34)
PGC, Greencastle (Putnam County Airport)
(765) 630-2001
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Rick Niles (Laurel)
9314 HILLTOP CT
Phone: (240) 601-8514
Email: nilesaviation@gmail.com
Website: http://www.rickniles.com
Trains at Tipton Airport (KFME) in an RAF 2000 GTX.
Is also an airplane CFI and CFI-I.
Frank Noe (Frederick)
Email: frankcanfly@yahoo.com
Website: GyroMojo.com
Robert Snyder (Stevensville)
114 Indian Trace
Phone: (410) 215-4223
Email: cfibob@atlanticbb.net
MTO Sport, Calidus, Cavalon
Commercial, CFI
Massachusetts
Tabor Coates (Boston)
Airplane, Trike and Gyroplane CFI and AR-1 dealer and service center near
Phone: (978) 273-7460
Email: tabor@easternborder.com
Michigan
Bob Keller (Caledonia)
Phone: (616) 291-0993
Email: bkeller1942@ameritech.net
(Calidus)
Minnesota
Hangars: Potosi and Camdenton, MO
Based out of Potosi, Missouri (8WC)
Phone: 217-827-3114
Trains in Magni M16 or in student’s Magni M16, M24 or M26.
Will travel to other airports to train.
Email:
Nevada
Leo Fitzgerald (Las Vegas)
Trike and Gyroplane CFI
Phone: (509) 280-0163
Email: introflights@gmail.com
New York
New Hampshire
Stephen Bacon
Email: hiwas01e@comcast.net
Website: www.newenglandgyro.com
Phone: (603) 502-1357
North Carolina
Ohio
Tim O’Connor (Batavia)
4230 Barton Drive
Phone: (513) 477-4488
Email: bmwcyclist@yahoo.com
Jeff Fitch (Elyira)
Elyria Airport(1G1)
10865 Middle Ave
Phone: (330) 329-3256
Alan Ford (Worthington)
5094 Beechview Dr East
Phone: (614) 560-6980
Email: alanrford@gmail.com
Oklahoma
Carl Potter
CFII, Gyroplane CFI
Haskell, OK
Phone: (503) 543-7000
Email: flightschooltulsa.com
Email: carl@flightschooltulsa.com
Oregon
Jim Vanek
34012 Skyway Dr.
Scappoose, OR
Phone: (503) 543-7000
Email: information@sportcopter.com
Website: www.sportcopter.com
Trains in Sportcopter
Wolf Emonds (Cave Junction)
(CFI – Gyro, Sport Pilot DPE)
Trains in Magni M16
Email: oregonsportpilot@gmail.com
Phone: (541) 415-0600
Websites: https://oregonsportpilot.com/
https://www.magnigyroflight.com/oregon-cave-junction
Pennsylvania
Philip Polstra (Bloomsburg)
Flying out of N13 and MPO
Phone: (570) 392-6557
Email: ppolstra@gmail.com
AutoGyro Cavalon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Chad Carda
Pierre, SD (Daily flights from Denver)
KPIR (2 hard surface runways with minimal traffic)
Phone: (605) 222-6092
Email: OaheGyro@gmail.com
https://www.magnigyroflight.com/south-dakota-pierre
Train in Magni M24 and M24 Plus
Will travel
Tennessee
Bobby Tishaw
Phone: (615) 293-0594
Nashville TN Area, M54 (Lebanon, TN
Train in MagniGyro M24 Plus
CFI Sport Gyroplane
Email: musiccityrotors@outlook.com
Texas
Matt Stouffer (Houston)
Phone: (832) 309-7021
2330 Floral Ridge Dr.
Spring, TX. 77388
I’m an FAA “Gold Seal” Instructor and do my training out of KDWH.
I train in an Autogyro MTO Sport.
Email: matt@haseaviation.com
Website: https://haseaviation.com
Craig McPherson (Blum)
468 FM 3049
Phone: (817) 517-3283
Email: craigmcph@hotmail.com
Website: blueskies.flights
Will travel to train. Trains in MTO Sport
Dayton Dabbs
Lone Star Magni Gyro
Taylor (T74)
Phone: (800) 241-0924
Website: https://www.lonestarmagnigyro.com/
Desmon Butts (Tomball)
8303 Hayden Cove
Phone: (907) 841-2409
Email: texasautogyro@yahoo.com
Website: www.texasautogyro.com
I train at New Waverly (XS09). We use a AutoGyro MTO Sport N488FB and
are a TAG Titanium Autogyro distributor. We also train in Calidus, Sparrow Hawk, RAF, Air Command, And Golden Butterfly. We assist in helping transition into pilots own machines. The original traveling CFI and I will travel to almost any location to train as well.
We can take people to all gyro levels and train at night, in class D, C, and B.
Antony Thomas (Houston)
Gyroplane CFI
Phone: (281) 799-5115
Utah
Michael Burton (Nephi)
Gyro CFI
Pegasus Aviation Group
1915 Airport Road
Phone: (801) 836-1608, (801) 482-2626
Email: Mike@PegasusAG.com
(Cavalons)
Wisconsin
David M. Klein
Antioch, IL 60002
Phone: (973) 879-5740
Email: captdmk@comcast.net
Trains out of Kenosha, WI but will travel
Nathan Wagner (Sauk Prairie 91C)
(CFI – Gyro)
Train in Magni M16,M24,M26 or students Magni
Email: nathan@magnigyroflight.com
Phone: (608) 630-2725
Website: https://www.magnigyroflight.com/wisconsin-sauk-prairie
Outside The USA
Guido Scheidt
The Gyros I use in Costa Rica are Auto Gyro MTO Sport
UL TI 063 and UL TI 058
My interest is to teach US citizens during vacations in Costa Rica
but I am willing as well to teach everywhere in the US on
MTO Sport
Email: info@autogyroamerica.com
Website http://www.autogyroamerica.com
Website: http://www.autogyrousa.com
Phone: Costa Rica +506 88278858
Phone: US 1 347 394 6490
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