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Lowcountry Soaring Association

Flying club in Ridgeland, South Carolina, where the main public airport is Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (3J1). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Grob-Werke GROB G 103A TWIN II.

Website: lsasoaring.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Lowcountry Soaring Association from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Lowcountry Soaring Association is a volunteer-based flying club in Ridgeland, South Carolina that promotes the sport of soaring (glider flying). It provides flight training and instruction to members interested in obtaining a Glider Category Rating.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Ridgeland, SC
Services
flight training, glider instruction
Telephone
(843) 469 0218

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 Out of date or wrong?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

7 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, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 13 engineering representatives, 90 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner.

  • Cynthia Hollman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Beaufort Executive Airport · Beaufort, SC (19 nm) · (843) 425-8063 · cyndyhollman@msn.com
  • Douglas Scott Carmody private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor · Beaufort, SC (19 nm) · (843) 929-7271 · dscarmody@safepilot.com
  • Matthew Cory Archer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Beaufort Executive Airport · Beaufort, SC (19 nm) · (843) 263-9997 · archerm83@hotmail.com
  • Elliot Neal Brandt private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Savannah, GA (25 nm) · (704) 441-1003 · nbran73@gmail.com
  • Laurie Lynn McCord private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Fly Corps Aviation · Savannah, GA (25 nm) · (859) 803-9857 · laurielynnlongo@gmail.com
  • Christopher Robert Peterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Walterboro Lowcountry Airport · Walterboro, SC (31 nm) · (843) 224-1074 · chrispetersonmas@gmail.com
  • Donald Hay instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor · Summerville, SC (49 nm) · (843) 412-1999 · certified_flight@msn.com

All 127 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.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • 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.

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