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 full-time instructor for AirCam training at Sebring Aviation.

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

Shira Ellsworth

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

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

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 at his West Virginia aviation retreat (Just Plane Adventures at Heavens Landing) and winters here with us in Central Florida. Mitch loves flying and instructing in the AirCam.

Ratings:
ATP
Commercial, Instrument: Single & Multi-Engine Land & Sea, Helicopter and Glider
Certified Flight Instructor: Single and Multi-Engine Land, Multi Engine Sea, Instrument Airplane
Certified Ground instructor: Advanced, Instrument
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