Meet Our Instructors

Jason Wilkinson

Jason loves flying all types for aircraft, especially non-traditional aircraft and has significant time in various light-sport aircraft, gyroplanes and the AirCam. Jason is the Chief Pilot for Sebring Aviation.

Ratings:
ATP Multiengine Land
Commercial Airplane Single Land and Sea & Multiengine Sea
Instrument
Tailwheel Endorsement
Gold Seal, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI, CFI Gyroplane

Shira Ellsworth

Shira instructs Sport and Private pilot students in our Tecnam P92 and Vans RV-12iS. She is an accomplished commercial pilot who enjoys flying and instructing.

Ratings:
Commercial Airplane single and Multiengine Land
Instrument
CFI, CFII

Ben Lively

Ben instructs in our AirCams, Tecnam P92 and Vans RV-12iS

Ratings:
Commercial Airplane Single & Multiengine Land and Sea
Instrument
CFI, CFII, MEI

Jeff Hudson

Jeff is a very experienced Gold Seal flight instructor with thousands of hours devoted to teaching Sport Pilot and Ultralight students over the past 39 years. Jeff has flown approximately 75 different types of aircraft.

Ratings:
Private Pilot Airplane single engine Land and Sea
CFI Sport pilot land and sea
CFI Sport pilot Gyroplane
Basic Ground instructor

Mitchell T. Pennington

An ATP with more than 10,000 hours fight time, Mitch is an experienced Flight instructor and DPE (Designated Pilot Examiner). He spends his Summers in West Virginia and winters here with us in Central Florida. Mitch loves flying and the AirCam.

Ratings:
ATP
Commercial, Instrument: Single & Multi-Engine Land & Sea, Helicopter and Glider
CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI
Mechanic, A&P, IA

Specialty Examiner:
Authorizations: SPE-SPE-ASEL, SPE-SPE-ASES, DPE-PE-ASEL, DPE-CIRE-ASEL, DPE-PE-AMEL, DPE-CIRE-AMEL, DPE-ATPE-AMEL, DPE-PE-AMES, DPE-CIRE-AMES