Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC
Flight school in Bend, Oregon, where the main public airport is Bend Municipal (BDN). The FAA register lists 23 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172M.
Website: flyleadingedge.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC from its own website, read October 10, 2026
Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon that provides charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance. The company operates Bell and Robinson helicopters and serves government agencies, businesses, and individuals across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
- What it is
- Helicopter operator
- Bases
- Bend, OR KBDN
- Aircraft it names
- Bell 407GX, Bell 206L3, Bell 206B3, Robinson R44, Robinson R22
- Services
- helicopter charter, helicopter tours, flight training, helicopter maintenance, avionics installation, aircraft overhaul, aerial photography, aerial filming, aerial surveys, external load, fire support
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 133, Part 135, Part 137, Part 145
- Founded
- 2005
- Telephone
- (541) 383-8825
Written by the site from the pages of flyleadingedge.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 Out of date or wrong?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
2 pilot examiners give this school as a place they work from, on the FAA's list:
- Cody Lyle Barton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR · (503) 881-9835 · codybartondpe@icloud.com pilot examiner
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR · (541) 699-8489 · gregoire28@gmail.com pilot examiner
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Andrew Reischauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, ground instructor; airplanes · Chief Aviation Consulting, LLC · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (619) 370-1921 · areischauer1@gmail.com
- Cody Lyle Barton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · codybartondpe@icloud.com
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · gregoire28@gmail.com
- Hayden Ellis Vardaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Leading Edge Aviation · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 213-4116 · hayden@bendaircraft.com
- Robert William Grubb private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 520-2793 · awa@airwaterart.com
- Russell Thomas Ward private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 505-1871 · rtward77@gmail.com
- Blake Thomas Segoria private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond Airport · Redmond, OR (10 nm) · (503) 975-6667 · blake@segoriaaviation.com
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond, OR (10 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · brunnowinn@me.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.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- 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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Bend, OR · where it registers its aircraft
- Bend Municipal · BDN
- Oregon 7,017 aircraft registered
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft in the fleet
- 23 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172M
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.