Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
THOMAS P. TURNER - Presenter
Tom is an ATP and Flight Instructor with CFII and MEI ratings. A NAFI Flight Instructor Hall of Fame inductee, he has over 4,600 hours with 2,600 dual given, specializing in type-specific transition and recurrent training in high performance singles and light twins.
Tom was the 2010 National FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year and the 2008 FAA Central Region CFI of the Year, and holds a Master’s Degree in Aviation Safety. Tom currently serves on the NAFI Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Type Club Coalition Transition Training working group. In addition, he directs the education and safety arm of a 9,000-member pilots’ organization and publishes the free FLYING LESSONS Weekly blog at www.mastery-flight-training.com. Tom writes, lectures and instructs extensively from his home at THE AIR CAPITAL--Wichita, Kansas.
RICK TODD - Host
Rick received his private pilot certificate in 2005 and, within a relatively short timeframe, in 2008 became a CFI. A past flight school owner for four years, Rick added CFII, MEI, AGI and IGI, and became a FAASTeam Representative for his local FSDO in the Chicago area in 2011 to his flying achievements. Rick has over 3,500 hours total time with 2,900 dual given.
After flight school ownership, he continues to teach with a flying club and at most airports in south suburban Chicago. Rick has considerable experience as a successful executive, currently serving as Vice President for an electrical systems manufacturing facility near Chicago.
Rick is a member of the NAFI Board of Directors and currently serves as the association president overseeing business operations, programs, sales and marketing.
nFlightMic - Sponsor
Our mission at NFlight Technology is to create solutions that bring consumer products into the aviation market, creating superior and more cost-effective options for pilots. The NFlightMic is a new product with the potential to change one of the most fundamental pieces of equipment pilots use every day: the headset.
For the last several decades, we have been bound by the limited size of the aviation market and the select suppliers willing to produce aviation-specific headsets. The NFlightMic removes these boundaries by providing an aviation microphone compatible with almost any headset, dramatically reducing the cost of a high-quality headset while simultaneously increasing the size of the headset market available to pilots.
Learn more here - https://nflightmic.com/products/nflightmic
NAFI MentorLIVE
MentorLIVE is the National Association of Flight Instructors monthly, live-streaming broadcast airing the third Wednesday of every month at 8:00pm Eastern. These programs feature subject matter experts from many aspects of the flight instruction industry to help CFIs be more successful in their training endeavors.
To learn more about MentorLIVE and to access previously broadcast WINGS programs, click on this link https://www.nafinet.org/mentorlive
