For Immediate Release

 

March 19, 2007

 

Michael G. Gaffney, of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, has been named the 2007 National Flight Instructor of the Year by the Federal Aviation Administration and the General Aviation Awards executive committee. Gaffney is president of Skyline Aeronautics at Spirit of St. Louis Airport. He designs aviation courses specializing in technology integration in the cockpit that meet the requirements for FAA/Industry Training Standards (FITS). Gaffney and Skyline Aeronautics, already nationally recognized for intuitive leadership in general aviation training and glass cockpit aircraft training techniques, has written 2 books and a series of articles for AOPA Flight Training Magazine pertaining to technically advanced aircraft. Gaffney also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Washington University and at St. Louis University.  An aviation safety advocate, he recently became a member of the new FAA Safety Team (FAAST) program, and he conducts numerous safety seminars annually. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey will present the national award in July at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The annual GA Awards is a cooperative effort between the FAA and 12 industry sponsors, including Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and Women in Aviation, International (WIA).

Skyline Aeronautics http://www.skylineaero.com , located at Spirit of St. Louis, Airport in Chesterfield, Missouri is an FAA CFR 141 approved Flight Training Company is also home to the Accelerated Airline Acceptance Program (AAAP) which is a professional aircrew training academy program partnership between Trans States Airlines and Flight Safety International.  Candidates in this program receive their first of two guaranteed airline interviews as soon as they achieve the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) designation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  Cirrus Aircraft, and other Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) are used throughout this carefully designed program focused on promoting professionalism in aviation from the earliest stages of primary training.

 

Skyline Aeronautics Fight Training operations is run under the direction of Michael G. Gaffney.  He was recently a designated Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot (CSIP) by Cirrus Design, Master Certificated Flight Instructor (MCFI) and Master Ground Instructor (MGI) by the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI), 2007 FAA Central Region Flight Instructor of the Year, and was awarded the 2006 National Air Transportation Association (NATA) Excellence in Flight Training Excellence Award at their national conference in March 2007.

 

 

For more information, contact Skyline Aeronautics at 636-532-2435