Flight Training

Andrew started flight training in 1973 at age 10 in the family Maule M4-210C, which is a challenging tailwheel trainer with it's narrow gear and original
small round tail with tiny vertical fin. Andrew soloed in it, and then Andrew soloed Eric in it later at age 14. We still have it in the family 55 years
after Tim bought it in 1971. It's a great stepping stone to the Pitts, with it's 210hp TCM IO-360 and constant speed prop. At first, the only time the ball
is centered in the Maule is when it is rapidly moving from one side to the other. In a perfect world, all pilots would fly their first 10 hours (and solo)
in a taildragger. They would instinctively learn to control yaw from day one, a skill that stays with you forever - see FAA Primacy.

Andrew started flight instructing in Canada in 1992, giving dual for private, night, tailwheel, commercial, instrument, multi-engine, radial engine, warbird,
antique, homebuilt, jet, aerobatics, formation, formation aerobatics, and airshow low altitude aerobatics. This is the ambassor to Canada from Indonesia
getting tailwheel training which is interesting from a diplomatic immunity standpoint.

Here is Mikey McBryan going flying with Andrew in the Pitts, during a filming of an episode of Ice Pilots on the History Channel.

Andrew flew the much-maligned C421 commercially, and taught new pilots to fly it. A wonderful, incredibly capable pressurized airplane with it's powerful
375hp TCM GTSIO-520 engines which were extremely reliable when operated properly. For unclear reasons, the FAA put Andrew flying his favorite twin on
the cover of the FAA Instrument Procedures Handbook. Check the Documents/FAA tab of your Foreflight App - you have a copy.

Andrew got his Canadian ATPL back in 1996, one of the handful of pilots in Canada with Class 1 Aeroplane Instructor, Class 1 Aerobatic Instructor ratings
and an ICAS airshow pilot card for many vintage aircraft types, solo and formation.

One of Andrew's specialties is negative G (inverted) formation and low altitude vertical negative G formation airshow aerobatics. Curtis Pitts liked this.

This is Andrew flying inverted formation on a very slow C152. Check out the negative angle of attack of the Pitts at the slow speed! It's more obvious
if you rotate the picture 180 degrees. The passenger hair in the front seat is hilarious and reminiscent of Patty Wagstaff, back in the old days.

Andrew is typed on the East Bloc L39 and L29. He was a jet IP in Canada and issued type ratings on both. This is Andrew and Eric arriving for an airshow in Canada,
where Andrew flew back-to-back airshow displays in all of the L39, R-985 Stearman and Pitts on one day, which was interesting.

After nearly a quarter of a century of flight instruction in Canada and just under 3000 hours of dual given, Andrew and Eric moved to America to work
for the Large Fruit Company. iPhones, iPads, Watches and Macs. Code all day, on the phone to the factory in China all night. Life in the furnace.

Eric and Andrew flew formation aerobatics in the Pitts for 10 years in Northern California. See the videos tab for footage from GoPro and
Meta pre-production glasses which Eric worked on. Zuckerberg liked the Meta glasses video of the Pitts formation.

After retiring from the Large Fruit Company in California, Andrew finally got around to doing his FAA CFI. He especially enjoys giving tailwheel and aerobatic
training and BFR's in weird aircraft types. If you're interested in flight training from one of the most experienced flight instructors in North America, contact Andrew!