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Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy LLC

Flight school in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where the main public airport is Arnold Palmer Regional (LBE). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172K.

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

About Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy LLC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy is a Part 61 and Part 141 flight school located at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It offers pilot certification training from private pilot through certified flight instructor levels, as well as aircraft rentals. The school is part of Laurel Highlands Jet Center, a fixed-base operator that also operates a Part 135 charter service and Part 145 maintenance facility.

What it is
Flight school
Bases
Latrobe, PA KLBE
Aircraft it names
Cessna 172, Cessna 172RG, Beechcraft Travel Air, Redbird flight simulator
Services
flight training, aircraft rental, charter, maintenance
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 61, Part 141, Part 135, Part 145
Telephone
724.539.4533

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 Out of date or wrong?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

6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 20 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 5 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.

  • Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Latrobe, PA (0 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · chuck.sargent@yahoo.com
  • Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (17 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · smshimkus@comcast.net
  • Michael Kenneth Cahill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Moon Township, PA (39 nm) · (412) 592-5776 · michaelcahill44@icloud.com
  • Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Vantage Aviation - Allegheny KAGC · Pittsburgh, PA (40 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · stormy@beaver-air-group.com
  • Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Greater Cumberland Regional Airport · Wiley Ford, WV (50 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
  • Richard Michael Morning private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Altoona, PA (50 nm) · (850) 516-5776 · bertengineer@yahoo.com

All 42 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.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • 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.