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Aspiring Aviators Aero Club INC

Flying club in Winter Haven, Florida, where the main public airport is Winter Haven Regional (GIF). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Aeronca 7AC.

Website: aspiringaviators.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Aspiring Aviators Aero Club INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Aspiring Aviators Aero Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based at Winter Haven Regional Airport in Florida that provides hands-on aviation education, mentorship, and flight experiences to teenagers in Central Florida and Polk County. Founded in 2020, it operates aircraft restoration and maintenance programs, discovery flights, and industry mentorship with experienced pilots, mechanics, engineers, and military veterans.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Winter Haven, FL X21
Services
flight training, aircraft maintenance, mentorship, discovery flights
Founded
2020

Written by the site from the pages of www.aspiringaviators.org on October 10, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

30 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 30 for private pilot, 30 for commercial and instrument, 20 for airline transport pilot, 28 for flight instructor, 10 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 28 for airplanes, 20 for multi-engine airplanes, 9 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 31 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 171 training center evaluators, 49 aircrew program designees, 6 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.

  • Benjamin Cook Shipps private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Winter Have/Gilbert Field · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (941) 223-3964 · ben@brownsseaplane.com
  • Charles Ray Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (919) 369-2683 · treywaltersdpe@gmail.com
  • Charles Sheridan Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (863) 660-9206 · c1bee@aol.com
  • Janeen Adrion Kochan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Winter Haven Regional Airport · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (863) 207-0484 · kochan@aviation-research.net
  • Steven James Korotky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Blueline Aviation · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (732) 569-2223 · coastalexecutiveair@gmail.com
  • Thomas Dowell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (864) 238-2871 · thomasdowellcfi@gmail.com
  • Jon Kenneth Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Auburndale, FL (3 nm) · (863) 651-1160 · seaplane@gate.net
  • Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Bartow Flying Service · Bartow, FL (7 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · tonycfi@outlook.com

All 318 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

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. All examiners by state.

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