Long Island Soaring Association
Flying club in Shirley, New York, where the main public airport is Brookhaven Airport (HWV). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Schweizer SGS 2-33A.
Website: longislandsoaring.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Long Island Soaring Association from its own website, read October 10, 2026
Long Island Soaring Association is a flying club based at Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley, New York, offering glider flight training and instruction in soaring. The club, founded in 1955 and operating as a non-profit, also provides power pilot training in a Cessna 172 and introductory flights for prospective members.
- What it is
- Flying club
- Bases
- Shirley, NY HWV
- Aircraft it names
- Schweizer 2-33B, Schweizer 1-26E, Schweizer 1-34, Cessna 172P-180 Skyhawk, Piper PA-25 Pawnee, Piper PA-18 Super Cub
- Services
- flight training, glider instruction, power pilot training, introductory flights
- Hours
- Weekend operations and some weekdays, weather permitting
- Founded
- 1955
- Elsewhere
Written by the site from the pages of www.longislandsoaring.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 Out of date or wrong?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
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, 9 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 43 aviation medical examiners, 12 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 3 training center examiners.
- Michael Patrick Hughes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Holtsville, NY (8 nm) · (516) 901-0982 · mikephughes71@gmail.com
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Ronkonkoma, NY (11 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · neil@neroaviation.com
- P Rivera-Hagarty private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (11 nm) · (631) 836-2147 · paul.hagarty@flightsafety.com
- Eduardo Sosa private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (25 nm) · (516) 384-3548 · esosa@longislandaviators.com
- Ioannis Charalambous private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (25 nm) · (631) 879-3120 · cypilot1977@aol.com
- Marina Petkova Dimitrova private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Republic Airport · Farmingdale, NY (25 nm) · (347) 432-8332 · snowbird2m@yahoo.com
- Stephen Vincent Campbell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (25 nm) · (516) 965-7635 · campbesv@retiree.farmingdale.edu
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (41 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · pitts10ch@aol.com
All 86 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.
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
- Shirley, NY · where it registers its aircraft
- Brookhaven Airport · HWV
- New York 6,669 aircraft registered
- 3 aircraft on the register · Schweizer SGS 2-33A
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.