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The highly qualified instructors here at Trade Winds

Ernie Carnahan, CFI, CFII, Owner

Ernie has been flight instructing for 30 + years with thousands of hours of teaching. He is the owner of Trade Winds.

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Tom Gilmore, Master Certified Flight Instructor

Tom Gilmore is a Gold Seal Flight Instructor, Master CFI currently into his 4th 2 year renewal. He has logged over 14,000 flight hours and has been instructing for over 37 years. He was the owner/operator and chief pilot of an FAA and VA approved 141/135 flight operation for 13 years. Tom was an FAA Accident Prevention Counselor during the time he owned his flight school. He also taught several ground schools for many of the Detroit area colleges and universities.

Tom is currently a full time flight instructor and owner/operator of Gilmore Aviation Services. The service primarily is engaged in advanced flight training. This training specializes in advanced IFR and pilot safety proficiency programs. He is the president of the Florida Aero Club and does seminars on the Garmin 430/530.

Tom has written articles for several magazines such as NAFI Mentor, and IFR and IFR Refresher. He has a book that has been published by ASA, "Teaching Confidence in the Clouds."

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Jason Leonard, Multi-Engine Instrument Instructor

Active in aviation for 12 years and has been instructing for 3 years. He has given well over 1400 hours of instruction with a 95% first-time pass rate. He is a standby instructor on his days off.

Trade Winds Flight School has made my dreams become reality! I have made a career in aviation at a time when it was considered the most difficult. I am currently flying a CRJ-200 for Northwest Airlink. Before that I was flying a Learjet 25 and 35 out of Fort Pierce. They have jump started my career in a way that no other flight school could offer!

THANK YOU!!!

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Bill Schiller, CFI

Bill has been active in aviation since 1974 with approximately 3000 hours of teaching experience. His ratings include SEL, Private Pilot, Commercial, Instrument and CFI. He provides Private, Commercial, CFI and Light Sport Aircraft instruction.

A few words from Bill...

I received all of my flight training in Ohio. I enjoy soloing new students. It brings back memories of the day I soloed.

Hobbies: Always searching for a better burger somewhere...

 

Other Instructors on Call/Staff

Designated Pilot Examiners (DPE) are on call to assist in the flight instruction process as well as 5 other local instructors with years of experience.