Bob Hoover Academy
Flight school in Salinas, California, where the main public airport is Salinas Municipal (SNS). The FAA register lists 6 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 152.
Website: bobhooveracademy.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Bob Hoover Academy have?
6 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Bob Hoover Academy fly?
Mostly the Cessna 152, along with the Cessna 172M and the Cessna 172N.
How old are Bob Hoover Academy's aircraft?
Built between 1939 and 1994; half were built in 1977 or earlier, so the typical one is about 49 years old.
Has Bob Hoover Academy had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Bob Hoover Academy?
In Salinas, California; the main public airport there is Salinas Municipal (SNS).
Are there FAA examiners near Bob Hoover Academy?
5 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Bob Hoover Academy from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Bob Hoover Academy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides aviation education to high school students through a partnership with Monterey County Office of Education. It offers flight training in a Cessna 152, instruction in a full-motion flight simulator, ground school using AOPA curriculum, and aircraft maintenance training.
- Calls itself
- Bob Hoover Academy
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Salinas, CA
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 152, Redbird FMX
- Services
- flight training, flight simulator training, ground school, aircraft maintenance training
- Founded
- 2014
- Address
- 37 Mortensen Ave. #105, Salinas, CA, 93901
- Telephone
- 831-597-4004
- [email protected]
- Elsewhere
Written by the site from the pages of bobhooveracademy.org on October 21, 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 Out of date or wrong?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
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Eric Alan Cook private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet West Annex - Main Terminal · Salinas, CA (0 nm) · (805) 459-8876 · [email protected]
- Margaret Watt private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Hollister, CA (17 nm) · (209) 321-8108 · [email protected]
- Clayton Miles Conrad private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Jose, CA (42 nm) · (140) 866-6696 · [email protected]
- Jennifer Rayne Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AeroDynamic Aviation · San Jose, CA (42 nm) · (916) 399-3669 · [email protected]
- R Rohlfing private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Trade Winds Aviation · San Jose, CA (42 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
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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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
6 aircraft are registered to Bob Hoover Academy today, mostly Cessna 152. Built between 1939 and 1994; half of them in 1977 or earlier, so the typical one is about 49 years old.
All 6 aircraft, each with its own page
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Bob Hoover Academy today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in California.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
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- Sns Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Salinas
Compare every school in California: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Salinas, CA · where it registers its aircraft
- Salinas Municipal · SNS
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- Bob Hoover Academy 6 aircraft in the fleet
- 6 aircraft on the register · Cessna 152
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