Growing up hooked on the space program, and living under the approach paths to Logan International and (what was) Weymouth Naval Air Station, my interest in flying started young. My first solo was in a Schweizer 2-33 at the Air Force Academy in the summer of 1976. After graduating from the Academy, I flew the KC-135 air refueling tanker, eventually serving as an instructor pilot and evaluator. Between tanker assignments I had two tours of duty teaching at the Academy. While on the faculty I also got to fly in the glider program as an instructor in the TG-7A motorglider. After retiring from the Air Force at the turn of the century I wound up in a dream job at NASA. While that kept me busy, I still managed to do a bit of glider flying in the last 20 years. Now that I’m retired (again), I’m looking forward to spending a lot more time flying and honing my civilian glider skills.

I started flying when I was 14 at a small grass strip just east of Cleveland. I flew C-130s for the USAF with a tour in Vietnam and then for many years in the Reserves out of Westover AFB. I taught flying at Lebanon New Hampshire while going back to graduate school and then for a while in the Boston area. I owned a C35 Bonanza, one of the early models and then a series of Piper Aztecs,  a wonderfully capable twin. We flew the Aztec to the Bahamas every winter for almost a decade and my two sons did not travel on a commercial airliner until they were about ten. I started soaring at GBSC in 2021 and earned my Commercial glider rating in December of 2022 and my CFI-G in February of 2023. I’ve been lucky enough to fly a wide variety of aircraft ranging from Aeronca Champs to supersonic jets to four engine transports in a wide variety of settings all over the world. I enjoy the teaching process and sharing the experience and some wisdom I’ve gained (hopefully) with aviators of all levels.

I started flying in 1976 and have owned 12 aircraft, from hang gliders and ultralights to a Vari-Eze, 2 Pitts Special aerobatic airplanes and 4 sailplanes, the last being a then new LS8-18. I’ve competed at the regional and national level in hang gliders, sailplanes, unlimited category power aerobatics and “flying sailboats” (Youtube search “foiling moth”). After 25 years, I stopped designing realtime control systems to fly business jets. I have 6 type ratings and currently fly a Citation X as an instructor pilot. I joined GBSC in 1985, served on the board for 7 years and as President for 5. Much towing and instruction for the first 20 years, maintenance, club member/equipment expansion, club deployments including the infamous GBSC double aerotows and keeping Franconia an operating airport when it was abandoned by both the commercial and club glider operators. Club participation has been minimal the last 10 years, replaced with some street and track motorcycling and sailing.

I  starting flying 2-22's in 10th grade in high school in Cleveland, OH in 1968.   Unfortunately, life, family, college and bills intervened after HS graduation and I didn't fly gliders again until I joined the club in 1999.   I eventually earned my instructor rating in 2005 and over the years have owned or co-owned a DG300, an HpH 304C, a Schweizer 1-35 and currently an HpH 304CZ.   I enjoy mid-week flying and am a strong supporter of the The Evening Group (TEG) instructional program.

I started flying gliders in 1984 in a club in Germany where I soloed at the age of 14 where I developed a passion for soaring. I earned my glider rating at the age of 17 before my parents moved back to the US and continued flying in high school at the Tucson Soaring Club. I added my single engine rating at 19 right before being accepted into West Point. In 1996 I earned my flight instructor ratings and taught primary, instrument and commercial students in Single Engine and Multi Engine aircraft. I joined a local soaring club in Austin, TX, where I added my glider instructor rating and instructed in gliders for a few years. I left active duty with 1800 hours and an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and was hired by Atlantic Coast Airlines flying CRJ 200 Regional Jets. While in the airlines, I stayed in the reserves and deployed to Iraq flying Chinook helicopters and continued my service commanding a helicopter battalion. In 2004 I was hired by JetBlue Airways where I am currently an Airbus Line Check Airman with over 14,000 flight hours. I joined GBSC two years ago to get back into soaring along with my son who is currently in the Junior Program. After all these years I am still learning something new every day about aviation and hope to share the passion of flying with others.

I started flying at New England Aeronautical Institute (Daniel Webster College) in Nashua NH in 1974. I hold Commercial ASEL, AMEL, Glider, Instrument Airplane and Instructor Glider certificates.  My 46 years of flying experience includes 20 years military flying, instructing and flight test. I started flying gliders in 1998 with the Las Vegas Valley Soaring Assoc ( www.lvvsa.org ). I completed my Glider Instructor certificate in May 2004 and have approximately 300 hours as an instructor. I have been flying tow with LVVSA since 2003. I recently retired and moved back to New England. I own a white and blue Schweizer 1-35C, N2883H.

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