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: www.blueskiesppc.com
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: dakotakiote@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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Gregory Clare
Huntsville, AL 35756
Commercial Gyroplane CFI
Phone: (281) 757-6463
Email: emeraldspecialtyservices.llc@gmail.com
Training provided for Sport, Recreational, Private or Commercial gyro rating
Will travel (TN, AL, GA, MS)
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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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Vance Breese (805) 680-9523
Email: vance@counterman.net
May travel as far north as Sacramento or as far south as San Diego with a five day commitment.
Instructors listed by State
Alabama
Dofin Fritts
Brewton Municipal Airport AL 12J
Pensacola, FL
Phone: (850) 587-2504
Email: gyrocfi@aol.com
(RAF 2000) or customer’s gyroplane. We assist in transitioning into pilot’s own machines. In-house add-on to Rotorcraft Gyroplane Sport Pilot/Sport Pilot Instructor Add-on to Rotorcraft Gyroplane Commercial/Instructor 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 C, D and B airspace. We use a grass strip just 8 mile away for rough field training.
Gregory Clare (Huntsville)
Commercial Gyroplane CFI
Phone: (281) 757-6463
Email: emeraldspecialtyservices.llc@gmail.com
Training provided for Sport, Recreational, Private or Commercial gyro rating
Will travel (TN, AL, GA, MS)
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Corey Kirkwood
510 N Airport Dr, Foley AL 36535
(5R4) Foley Municipal
Phone (251-597-5101)
Email: coreymitchellkirkwood@gmail.com
Website: http://www.flyinggyroplanes.com
Magni, ELA, Nano
Gold Seal Gyro CFI
CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI
Mark Sprigg (Gulfshore)
Gyroplane CFI and DPE
Phone: (573) 837-5461
Email: magniflight@yahoo.com
Arkansas
Ron Menzie
2715 S. Main St.
Searcy, AR 72143
Phone: (501) 766-6456
Email: ronsgyros@gmail.com
Website: www.ronsgyros.com
(RAF w/Sparrowhawk mod, Autogyro MTO Sport)
CFI and Designated Pilot Examiner
Arizona
California
Vance Breese
Phone: (805) 680-9523
Email: vance@counterman.net
Website: www.breeseaircraft.com
Trains in The Predator, a near center line thrust two-place open tandem gyroplane powered by a Lycoming IO-320 or the customers aircraft after careful inspection. Based at the Santa Maria Public airport in Santa Maria, California, a towered airport on the coast of California 200 miles north of LA and 200 miles south of San Francisco on Highway 101. Primary training from Sport Pilot to Commercial gyroplane pilot. Experienced in Magni M-16, Cavalon, Calidus, MTO Sport, SparrowHawk and modified RAF.
I provide transition training into the customers’ aircraft for solo.
May travel as far north as Sacramento or as far south as San Diego with a five day commitment.
Call me with your questions.
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
Cierva Aero, Petaluma, Ca.
Phone: (559) 494-4999
Magni M16
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
Chris Burgess
15519 Honeybell DR
Winter Garden, FL 34787
Phone: (301) 639-9895 (Please leave a message, speaking slowly, give your number twice)
Email: gyrocfi.burgess@gmail.com
May instruct in your gyroplane.
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
Georgia
Steve McGowan
2725 Herbert Small Airport Rd
Macon, GA 31217
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
15121 W. Clover Ln.
Libertyville, IL 60048
Phone: (847) 691-3618
Website: http://www.foxtrotaero.com
Indiana
Brent Drake
1231 Hickory Dr.
Shelbyville, IN 46176-3201
Phone: (317) 364-0289
Email: brentdrake@hotmail.com
Website: http://gyroplanetraining.com
Trains in a Xenon
Iowa
Louisiana
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Maryland
Rick Niles
9314 HILLTOP CT
Laurel, MD 20708
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, MD 21701
Email: frankcanfly@yahoo.com
Website: GyroMojo.com
Robert Snyder
114 Indian Trace
Stevensville, MD 21666
Phone: (410) 215-4223
Email: cfibob@atlanticbb.net
MTO Sport, Calidus, Cavalon
Commercial, CFI
Massachusetts
Tabor Coates
Airplane, Trike and Gyroplane CFI and AR-1 dealer and service center near Boston, MA
Phone: (978) 273-7460
Email: tabor@easternborder.com
Michigan
Bob Keller
Caledonia, MI 49316
Phone: (616) 291-0993
Email: bkeller1942@ameritech.net
(Calidus)
Minnesota
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
4230 Barton Drive
Batavia, OH 45103
Phone: (513) 477-4488
Email: bmwcyclist@yahoo.com
Jeff Fitch
Based in Elyria (1G1)
Cleveland, OH 45103
Phone: (330) 329-3256
CFI Airplane, Helicopter, Gyroplane
Magni M24 and customer aircraft
Will travel NE Ohio area
Email: jeff.fitch@fitchaerospace.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
Jason Emonds (Wolf)
424 airport drive Cave Junction Oregon 97523
Illinois Valley Airport 3S4
Phone: (541) 415-0600
Captain Drake’s Family Aerial Adventures
Flight School specializing in Sport pilot Airplane/ gyroplane/ ultralight training
FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, Pilot Examiner, and pro-check services Available
Email captaindrakesfaa@gmail.com
Website: www.captaindrakesfaa.com
Pennsylvania
James Nadig
PO Box 724
Grove City, PA 16127
Phone: (724) 967-2745
Email: jamesenadig@gmail.com
(RAF)
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: dakotakiote@gmail.com
Train in Magni M24 and M24 Plus
Will travel
Tennessee
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
468 FM 3049
Blum, TX 76627
Phone: (817) 517-3283
Email: craigmcph@hotmail.com
Website: www.blueskiesppc.com
Will travel to train. Trains in MTO Sport
Chris Koob / Texas Gyroplane LLC
Home Airport T74, Taylor Texas, just north of Austin Tx.
Phone: (512) 785-4555
Email: chris.koob@gmail.com
The aircraft is a Magni M24. It’s a side by side enclosed.
Dayton Dabbs/Lone Star Magni Gyro
Home Airport T74, Taylor Texas, just north of Austin Tx.
Phone: (800) 241-0924
Website: https://www.lonestarmagnigyro.com/
Desmon Butts
8303 Hayden Cove Tomball Texas, 77375
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 Gyro CFI
Pegasus Aviation Group
1915 Airport road
Nephi Utah 84648
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
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