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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Lifelong Commitment to Aviation with Ron Horton

-CFII, Designated Pilot Examiner (Single Engine Private, Commercial, and CFI Add-Ons)

-Volunteer Pilot for Angel Flight and Airlift Hope

-Cirrus Training Center Instructor (TCI)

-Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award Recipient

-AOPA Distinguished Flight Instructor

-Instructor at Aerowood Aviation in Monroe, NC (KEQY)

-Find Ron on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, or PlaneVisions.com

AG and RH sit down with Ron Horton, a local CFII and Designated Pilot Examiner. Ron has an aviation background spanning nearly six decades and he has been recognized for his safe flying and outstanding flight instruction. Ron currently instructs at Aerowood Aviation in Monroe, NC at the EQY airport and conducts checkrides as a DPE. We discussed checkride preparation, ground and oral scenarios, common pitfalls on the flight portion, and Ron’s advice on how to set students up for success on their next examination. Ron discusses what he thinks are the two biggest changes in general aviation in the last 50 years and reminisces about his brightest students.

Thank you, Ron! Your lifelong commitment to aviation is a gift to the pilot community!

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0:00.0	Ready.
0:07.0	All right, today we have a special guest, Ron, from under the Metroplex Bravo.
0:13.9	A.G and I are going to interview Ron, talk about where he is in his flying career and how we found out about our show.
0:23.8	Ron, say hello to everybody before i give your intro everybody in the chat room can see you good morning good morning it's
0:28.3	beautiful morning welcome to opposing bases thank you for joining us today you're most welcome
0:34.4	i'm looking forward to it all right right, everybody. Who's Ron?
0:37.6	Ron is our friend and pilot from down to the southwest Metroplex area.
0:43.2	He has a very long flying career we're going to talk about today.
0:47.2	We won't read all of it.
0:48.0	We promise we wouldn't.
0:49.6	Ron soloed and earned his student pilot certificate.
0:52.7	He soloed on his 16th birthday in 1966.
0:57.8	His dad drove him to the airport and got his driver's license the next day. First of all,
1:01.7	I think that's a cool story. That's a great way to start your bio. That's the sign of a true
1:06.1	aviator. Yes. They got their pilots license before they could drive.
1:11.0	Yes. It's fantastic.
1:11.9	It really is.
1:12.5	Ron is currently working as an instructor and a designated pilot examiner at the Metroplex Bravo.
1:18.4	He is rated in single engine airplanes, land and sea, and a certified flight instructor.
1:24.0	He also has his CFEEE.
1:26.8	He is a designated pilot examiner for single engine private instrument commercial and the add-on CFI ratings. He can't do the initials, but he can do CFI instrument, single engine CFI for someone who already has a multi-CFI. And a CFI reinstatement. He has more than 2,300 flying hours than a Skyhawk.
1:46.5	The airplane, his flight school, used as a primary and instrument trainer,
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