Cottonwood Flying Club
Flying club in Rockford, Illinois, where the main public airport is Cottonwood Airport (1C8). The FAA register lists 2 aircraft under this name, mostly Aeronca 7AC.
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How many aircraft does Cottonwood Flying Club have?
2 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Cottonwood Flying Club fly?
Mostly the Aeronca 7AC, along with the Luscombe 8E.
How old are Cottonwood Flying Club's aircraft?
Built between 1945 and 1947; half were built in 1947 or earlier, so the typical one is about 79 years old.
Has Cottonwood Flying Club had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Cottonwood Flying Club?
In Rockford, Illinois; the main public airport there is Cottonwood Airport (1C8).
Are there FAA examiners near Cottonwood Flying Club?
11 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 11 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 13 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Fred Arthur Sweet private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Poplar Grove, IL (13 nm) · (815) 670-1667 · [email protected]
- Christopher Timothy Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Janesville, WI (20 nm) · (608) 290-4700 · [email protected]
- Brandon Kuhn private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (37 nm) · (815) 276-1356 · [email protected]
- Michael Biewenga private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (37 nm) · (847) 208-6785 · [email protected]
- John Quinn Fulgenzi private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Algonquin, IL (38 nm) · (815) 236-8646 · [email protected]
- David Mckinney Monroe 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 · Cary, IL (40 nm) · (847) 736-8171 · [email protected]
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (43 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Gail Sue Lapook private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Wauconda, IL (44 nm) · (708) 601-6219 · [email protected]
All 46 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- 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.
Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
2 aircraft are registered to Cottonwood Flying Club today, mostly Aeronca 7AC. Built between 1945 and 1947; half of them in 1947 or earlier, so the typical one is about 79 years old.
All 2 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 Cottonwood Flying Club 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 Illinois.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Blackhawk Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club, Rockford
Compare every school in Illinois: 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
- Rockford, IL · where it registers its aircraft
- Cottonwood Airport · 1C8
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- 2 aircraft on the register · Aeronca 7AC
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