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Mockingbird Flying Club INC

Flying club in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the main public airport is Joe Foss Field (FSD). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28-181.

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

About Mockingbird Flying Club INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota. It operates three IFR-equipped Piper aircraft for members and has been in operation for more than 50 years.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Sioux Falls, SD KFSD
Aircraft it names
Piper Saratoga, Piper Archer II
Hours
24/7 online scheduling
Founded
1967

Written by the site from the pages of mockingbirdflyingclub.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 Out of date or wrong?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, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners.

  • Kay Ann West private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Sioux Falls, SD (0 nm) · (605) 360-4432 · kaysky@aol.com
  • Tucker Ulmer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sioux Falls, SD (0 nm) · (605) 840-1605 · tucker.ulmer@gmail.com
  • Rick Vanderweide private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Renner, SD (5 nm) · (605) 929-8466 · sixwillwin@gmail.com
  • Morris Alan Riggin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Riggin Flight Service · Madison, SD (30 nm) · (605) 256-9774 · riggin-flight-service@hotmail.com
  • Daniel Dean Vander Weide private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Orange City, IA (44 nm) · (712) 540-4142 · e120flyboy@hotmail.com
  • Sheldon Andrew Rasmussen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brookings, SD (44 nm) · (605) 695-5216 · rasmussen4@swiftel.net

All 14 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.

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.