Hello, I'm Michael.

I’m a certificated flight instructor offering personalized flight instruction, ground instruction, and checkride prep for student pilots and certificated pilots. I help pilots who are preparing for written exams, oral exams, checkrides, flight reviews, or who simply want extra help understanding aviation topics in a clear and practical way. My goal is to make confusing material easier to understand and help you feel more prepared, confident, and organized in your training. I hold a Certificated Flight Instructor certificate, Advanced Ground Instructor certificate, and Commercial Single-Engine and Multi-Engine certificates. I have experience in aircraft including the C172, PA-28, and BE76. I can help with private pilot training, ground school, written test prep, checkride oral prep, flight reviews, commercial pilot ground topics, weather, flight planning, performance calculations, regulations, airspace, cross-country planning, aircraft systems, ForeFlight, flight simulator setup, and general aviation questions. Instruction can be online, in person, or in the airplane when location, aircraft availability, weather, and scheduling allow. Sessions are relaxed, practical, and built around what you need. Bring your questions, ACS topics, practice test results, lesson struggles, ForeFlight questions, or checkride concerns, and we’ll work through them together. Best for: Student pilots preparing for a written exam Students getting ready for an oral exam or checkride Pilots who feel behind in ground knowledge Pilots who want extra help outside their normal flight school Pilots preparing for a flight review Students needing help with weather, airspace, regulations, or flight planning Pilots using Sporty’s, ASA, ForeFlight, MSFS, or X-Plane Anyone who wants patient, practical aviation instruction without pressure I also offer a free 15-minute intro session so we can talk about your goals, where you are in training, and how I can help.