My 1st lesson was Oct 16 1962 Loring AFB Maine Air Force Aero Club SOLO Apr 18 1963 Presque Isle AFB Maine Cessna 172 PVT Flight Check Dec 28 th 1963 Caribou municipal airport Caribou Maine. CFI Initial Flight Check June 7 th 1966 Du Page airport.

Total flight time 4,600 hrs. Ratings CFI, IGI ATP multi engine

Past activities in aviation Selected by the FAA as a Remedial training program CFI for Du Page FSDO Also selected by the FAA to do Pilot judgment and ADM work shops for Du Page FSDO

After completing military service I returned to Mc Henry County and finished flight training at Galt and Midway Airports. My first CFI job was at Mitchell field in Lombard Illinois and then back to Galt.

Most of my flying was a mix if full and part time including time as a corporate pilot in a King Air 90.

In July of 1998 I began instructing at Blue Skies and am now a part time CFI and also present the written test classes here at Blue Skies.

My total years in aviation from 1962 until present with a few inactive years is 45 years or more.

I am also the owner of the “CFI Toolbox” a provider of flight instructor ground school presentations.

Jerry Coarson