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Central Alabama Soaring Association INC

Flying club in Birmingham, Alabama, where the main public airport is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Glasflugel CLUB LIBELLE 205.

Website: casasoaring.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Central Alabama Soaring Association INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Central Alabama Soaring Association (CASA) is a flying club based at Merkel Field in Sylacauga, Alabama that operates gliders and sailplanes. The club offers discovery flights and membership to those interested in soaring flight.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Sylacauga, AL SCD
Aircraft it names
Schweizer 1-26
Services
flight training, discovery flights
Founded
1969

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 Out of date or wrong?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

10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 5 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.

  • Greg Harper Muse instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport · Birmingham, AL (0 nm) · (256) 375-8012 · gregmusedpe@gmail.com
  • Harvey John Schwab instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Helena, AL (18 nm) · (205) 999-6540 · flyerhjs@gmail.com
  • Fredric Mark Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, helicopters · Shelby County Airport · Calera, AL (21 nm) · (205) 527-8118 · mnewm@aol.com
  • Mark Gregory Etheredge private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pell City, AL (25 nm) · (205) 218-3334 · metherefly@gmail.com
  • Charles Welden private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · WaterWings Seaplanes Hangar · Calera, AL (28 nm) · (205) 807-3591 · seaplane150@gmail.com
  • Ken Spivey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Shelby County Airport · Calera, AL (28 nm) · (205) 706-4166 · blueskiesaviationllc@gmail.com
  • David Lewis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Jasper, AL (35 nm) · (931) 377-7502 · flightevaluation@gmail.com
  • Joseph Gordon Sanders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SANDERS AVIATION · Jasper, AL (35 nm) · (204) 913-6058 · gordo@sandersaviation.com

All 28 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).
  • 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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