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Blue Ridge Flyers

Flight school in Leesburg, Virginia, where the main public airport is Leesburg Executive (JYO). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28R-200.

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

About Blue Ridge Flyers from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Blue Ridge Flyers is a flying club based in Leesburg, Virginia. The club owns and maintains aircraft for members interested in recreational and pleasure flying.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Leesburg, VA KJYO
Aircraft it names
Cessna 182K Skylane, Piper Arrow II
Founded
2001

Written by the site from the pages of blueridgeflyers.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 Out of date or wrong?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

13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 45 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners, 11 administrative pilot examiners.

  • Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aero Elite Aviation · Leesburg, VA (0 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · pasaml@frontier.com
  • Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · South Riding, VA (10 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
  • Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (19 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · chuckepstein1@yahoo.com
  • Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (19 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · harry@flymall.org
  • Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (19 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · hidayat.sharif@yahoo.com
  • Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manassas Regional AIrport · Manassas, VA (20 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · stubird2@gmail.com
  • Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (22 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · melissator3@yahoo.com
  • Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (22 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · neallanning@icloud.com

All 88 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.
  • 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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This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): the FAA publishes no list of flight schools, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.