Airports · Bridgewater Air Park Airport · examiners in Virginia · FAA locator read October 10, 2026

Examiners and inspectors near Bridgewater Air Park Airport VBW

9 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Bridgewater Air Park Airport in Bridgewater, Virginia: 2 pilot examiners, 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 parachute rigger examiner. The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (2), commercial and instrument (1), airline transport pilot (1), flight instructor (2) in airplanes (1), multi-engine airplanes (1), gliders (1). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 2 · Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings

Name	Town	nm	May test for	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Bradley Palmer	Charlottesville, VA CHO	27	private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes	Charlottesville Albemarle Airport 100 Bowen Loop	(814) 591-2823	[email protected]	ALLEGHENY FSDO EA-03 / AGC FSDO
Piet Edward Barber	front royal, VA FRR	47	private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders	Front Royal Warren County Airport 229 STOKES AIRPORT RD	(703) 951-7438	[email protected]	DELEGATION AND RESOURCE BRANCH, AFG-970

Sport aviation examiners SAE · 1 · Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft

Name	Town	nm	May test for	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Mitchell Thomas Pennington	Petersburg, WV W99	39	private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, multi-engine seaplanes	Grant County Airport (KW99) Airport Road	(304) 703-5898	[email protected]	DELEGATION AND RESOURCE BRANCH, AFG-970

Aviation medical examiners AME · 3 · Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Rocky Wayne Fowler	Harrisonburg, VA VBW	5	3200 Peoples Drive, Suite 210	(540) 217-0911	[email protected]	Eastern Region
William Howard Murray	Charlottesville, VA CHO	27	3263 PROFFIT ROAD	(434) 654-4600	[email protected]	Eastern Region
Christopher Nagle	Washington, VA FRR	43	12625 Lee Highway	(540) 227-6713	[email protected]	Eastern Region

Mechanic examiners DME · 1 · Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant)

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Dale M Kraus	Weyers Cave, VA SHD	4	Blue Ridge Community College, Aviation Campus 43 Aviation Circle	(540) 435-4218	[email protected]	RICHMOND FSDO EA-21 / RIC FSDO

Airworthiness representatives (manufacturing) DAR-F · 1 · Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Darrel Edward Watson	Amissville, VA CJR	49	16065 Grouse Ct	(303) 261-2180	[email protected]	New Cumberland CMS

Parachute rigger examiners DPRE · 1 · Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Kevin Thomas Gibson	Orange, VA OMH	44	11269 Hangar Rd	(434) 242-9045	[email protected]	RICHMOND FSDO EA-21 / RIC FSDO

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. A designee's functions are the FAA's own codes (DPE-PE-ASEL is a pilot examiner for the private certificate in single-engine airplanes), spelled out here for pilot examiners. Click a column heading to sort. All designees in Virginia · by state.