About
Askacfi.com was an idea that hit me (Paul) one day while driving home from work as flight instructor. I was juggling about 20 students at the time and all of them had a question (or two) that they wanted me to answer. I thought to myself, “There has got to be a better way!” If I answer a question for one student, I want that answer available to the rest of my students as well. Well, that was back in 2001 and I am proud to say that the site is still holding true to the same vision today! I don’t believe I can answer every question, but if I don’t know it, I’ll do my best to find you an answer or direct you to a source that can. One way or another, we will get your flight training or aviation related questions answered.
About Paul
Not much to say here, except to say that I really enjoy what I do for a living. I recognize that I am one but a handful of people who actually enjoy going to work each day. I am a full-time corporate pilot and flight instructor in Dayton, Ohio. I am currently flying a Premier 1 and I love it! I can’t imagine doing anything else for a living. Besides flying the company’s corporate aircraft I am also the company’s resident flight instructor. I have a little over 4500 hours of flight time and consider myself a student of aviation.
About Max
Max is a general aviation advocate and thought leader. He’s passionate about preserving and growing general aviation in the U.S. so that it remains available for future generations. He is the President of the SiliconValleyGA, which protects and promotes General Aviation in California’s Silicon Valley. He is the “2008 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year.”
He began learning to fly at age 15 and became a part-time flight instructor while working at HP. In 2004, he left HP to found Glass Cockpit Publishing, a publisher of aviation training materials such as the G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook. He actively teaches flying, is recognized as an expert in glass cockpit aircraft, and is one of 18 people in the world that concurrently holds both Master CFI and Master Ground Instructor designations.
About Eric
I’m the son of an instrument pilot, so it was only natural that I take up flying myself. I started logging time in 2000, picked up my private ticket in 2001, and then promptly went off to college. Five years and one transfer later, I graduated from the aviation program at the University of North Dakota. I’m now a flight instructor with just over 1,000 hours of total time, teaching at a flight school near Seattle. Most of my students are working on instrument ratings, but I also have passed several private pilots, transitioned quite a few pilots to glass cockpits, and I’m lucky enough to enjoy the occasional flight in a Cessna 400. Thanks to my students’ hard work I recently became a Gold Seal flight instructor, and I hope to pass on what I’ve learned from those students and what they’ve taught me.
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