Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Catherine E. Cavagnaro
Certicates and Recognition:
FAA National Safety Team Representative of the Year, 2018.
Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame, Inducted 2018.
Certicated Flight Instructor (single- and multi-engine, instrument)
FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, Nashville FSDO
Airline Transport Pilot (single-engine land)
Commercial Pilot (multi-engine land, single-engine sea, glider)
Endorsements: tailwheel, high-performance, high-altitude, complex.
Experience
Chief Flight Instructor, Owner, Ace Aerobatic School, Sewanee, Tennessee, 2007{present. Ace Aerobatic School is a small-town ight school with an international reputation. Students range from student pilots to airline and ight test pilots from all over the world. Catherine has specialized in aerobatic, spin and upset training since 2003. Using her own resources, she has lmed her Aerobat with tufting and funnels to make the complex accessible and interesting for students and seminar attendees. With a strong technical background, Catherine is able to instruct students with any background but is especially gratied to help those who have never felt com-fortable with stalls and merely want to feel safer in everyday ying.
Lead Representative, FAA Safety Team, Nashville FSDO. Catherine enjoys sharing her safety message by making dicult aerodynamic principles make sense through the videos she lms in ight. She enjoys working with the FAA Safety Team within the state of Tennessee and well beyond. Aviation Safety Speaker, 2003{present. Catherine is a highly-sought presenter for FAA, AOPA, EAA, the Ninety-Nines and WIAI.
FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. The CFI certicate is the most important the FAA issues. With an extensive background as a ight instructor and college professor, she evaluates pilot candidates and enjoys the relationship and inuence she develops with local ight instructors.
Wings and/or AMT credit is available for attending this seminar. If you are planning to attend, please pre-register at www.faasafety.gov. Pre-registering for the seminars helps us to correctly apply the Wings/AMT credit to your account. The WINGS/AMT credit sheet is available at the Safety Center Forums. Simply fill out the form (please write legibly), specify the event number that you attended, and deposit in the containers on stage.
For more information on the WINGS and/or AMT programs, go to http://www.faasafety.gov/, or ask a FAASTeam Representative.