Meet Our Team
Our team holds the highest ratings/certificates in the aviation industry.
Richard whittemore
Owner/manager/Chief Flight Instructor
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Richard is from Chattanooga, TN. He fell in love with aviation at the age of 14. He worked 2 jobs in landscaping and as a construction hand in order to pay for flight training as a 16 year old student. At the same time, he also began studying Aviation at the local community college. Later that year he soloed and, just a year after beginning flight training, gained his Private Pilot license at the age of 17. Not long after completing his Private Pilot license, he attended language school in Argentina. It was there that he studied the Amazon Jungle in South America. After becoming fluent in Spanish, Richard returned to Chattanooga and completed a degree in Aviation Management and began managing the small Airport/FBO and Flight School where he learned to fly. While there, Richard completed advanced flight training and began instructing for the school. Shortly thereafter, Richard began flying a Beechcraft Baron corporately. All while preparing to serve in South America.
In 2012 Richard earned his Helicopter rating and later that year moved his family to Brazil where his youngest daughter would be born. There he flew a float plane on the Amazon river for a short time. After the government shut down the aviation program due to political corruption, Richard and his family adopted a young child and also started an orphanage. In search of a way to remain involved in aviation, he moved his family across the border to Colombia. After 2 years of persistently trying to get an air ambulance established, it became clear that the local political atmosphere would keep that from happening. So, after starting a local, fair labor company in Colombia - he moved his family to Laredo, TX. Richard still remains highly involved with the non-profit organization by serving on the board and managing the various entities his family started in the Amazon. Richard holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with Airplane Single and Multi Engine Land and Commercial privileges for Airplane Single Engine Sea and Helicopter. He also holds a Gold Seal Flight Instructor Certificate for Airplane Single and Multi Engine and Instrument - Airplane as well as Rotorcraft-Helicopter. He is also an Instrument Ground Instructor and Commercial Drone Operator. He currently holds SIC type ratings for the Beechcraft PremierJet and the Cessna Citation XLS+. He is also the current FAA Safety Team (FAAST) Rep with the San Antonio FSDO for the Laredo area. In 2018 Richard was awarded the Master Certified Flight Instructor accreditation from the National Association of Flight Instructors. Richards goal is to continue his personal aviation education and pass that on to aspiring and current pilots in order to promote a safer environment in the industry. |
Spencer Morgan
Owner/Flight Instructor
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Spencer was born and raised in eastern North Carolina. His fascination with flight began early in grade school. Immediately after graduating high school he began flying. Spencer has been flying for over 20 years! While attending college he was teaching aviation at the local community college. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Spencer has 2 adult sons who are also pilots.
Spencer is a National Aviation Record holder and has experience in over 100 makes/models of airplanes, helicopters and gliders to include: Flight Instruction, Aircraft Delivery, Corporate Flying, External Load, Sightseeing/Tours, Photo/Video, Fire Suppression, Banner Towing, Nascar Team Flying, Government Contracting (Central America and Afghanistan), Law Enforcement Contract Flying (DOJ), Wildlife Animal Capture, Surveys, Warbirds/Military Aircraft, Prisoner Transport, Medical Evacuation, Certified Aircraft Appraiser, Aviation Consultant, Aviation Expert Witness. Spencer holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilots License in Airplanes and Helicopters with 19 type ratings, Commercial Pilot License in Gliders and Single and Multi Engine Seaplanes, FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor in Airplanes and Helicopters, Basic, Advanced, and Instrument Ground Instructor, as well as an Airframe and Power Plant Mechanics License. He is also a Commerical Drone Operator and was appointed to the FAA Safety Team in 2009 and became a Robinson Insurance Auditor in 2010. |
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SPENCER MORGAN JR. Flight Instructor CFI/CFI-I Airplane 
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Spence was born in eastern North Carolina and grew up in Chattanooga, TN. He has always been around aviation since he was a child and first started flying with his dad at an early age (his first logged flight was at 10 months old).
He lived in Laredo in 2010 where he began his private pilot training and soloed in Zapata. In 2011, he earned his private pilot certificate at 17. At the age of 18 he earned his instrument rating, single and multi-engine commercial pilot certificate. At 19 and 20 he had SIC type ratings in a Hawker 900XP, Beechcraft PremierJet and a Citation XLS+. In April of 2015 he completed his initial flight instructor instrument rating at American Flyers and in December of 2018 completed his airplane instructor add-on. He recently completed FlightSafety for a type rating in a Citation Sovereign+ and is finishing up a degree in Aviation Science. He hopes to bring excitement and passion of flying to all his students who share an interest in aviation. If you need Private, Commercial or Instrument training - talk to Spence! |