Hollister Flying Club
Flying club in Tulare, California, where the main public airport is Mefford Field (TLR). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 182Q.
Website: hollistersoaringcenter.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Hollister Flying Club from its own website, read October 10, 2026
Hollister Soaring Center offers glider flight training and introductory scenic glider flights near Hollister, California. The company has been in business for 20 years and provides flight instruction to those seeking to become glider pilots.
Written by the site from the pages of hollistersoaringcenter.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 Out of date or wrong?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
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, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Daniel Robert Gudgel private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Gudgel Aviation Base · Lemoore, CA (26 nm) · (559) 696-9697 · d.gudgel@sbcglobal.net
- James Eric Brannan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (42 nm) · (559) 970-8147 · jim.brannan48@gmail.com
- Jimmy Louis Shamp private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (42 nm) · (559) 779-4406 · shampjs@sbcglobal.net
- Donna Marie Webster private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bakersfield Flying Club · Bakersfield, CA (45 nm) · (661) 599-3050 · adf332@yahoo.com
- Todd Hunter Schultz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Jet Center · Bakersfield, CA (45 nm) · (661) 609-4031 · airspeedphoto@gmail.com
All 18 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.
- 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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Tulare, CA · where it registers its aircraft
- Mefford Field · TLR
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
- 1 aircraft on the register · Cessna 182Q
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.