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Sandhill Soaring Club INC

Flying club in Brighton, Michigan, where the main public airport is Brighton Airport (45G). The FAA register lists 8 aircraft under this name, mostly Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR.

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

About Sandhill Soaring Club INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Sandhill Soaring Club is a non-profit flying club based at Richmond Field in Gregory, Michigan, dedicated to training members and the public in glider flying. The club offers flight instruction from FAA-certified glider instructors, discovery flights (glider rides) to the public, and operates seasonally from April through November.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Gregory, MI 69G
Aircraft it names
Schempp-Hirth Discus 2cT, DG-505 Elan Orion, Schempp-Hirth Open Cirrus, Grob 103 Acro II, Schweizer SGS 2-33, Grob 103 II, Piper Pawnee, Bird Dog L-19, Cessna Ector 305A
Services
flight training, glider rides, aircraft management
Hours
Most weekends April through November, weather permitting
Founded
1984
Telephone
734-498-2075

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 Out of date or wrong?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

11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 23 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 5 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 17 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.

  • Craig Fortson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Crosswinds Aviation · Howell, MI (10 nm) · (954) 931-3037 · craigfortson@aol.com
  • Daniel Stephen Unger private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Crosswinds Aviation · Howell, MI (10 nm) · (586) 675-6030 · unger1949@gmail.com
  • Gerald Leigh Stanley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · DCT Aviation · Waterford Township, MI (17 nm) · (248) 613-9713 · glstanley@comcast.net
  • Edmond William Verville private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight Training Center · Yipsilanti, MI (20 nm) · (269) 207-5864 · edverville@aol.com
  • Mark Richard Handren commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Ypsilanti, MI (20 nm) · (423) 312-4916 · wanderer1092@yahoo.com
  • Amanda Kirsten Roggow private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport · Ann Arbor, MI (21 nm) · (847) 400-4630 · roggow.av@gmail.com
  • Clint Edward White private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Solo Aviation - ARB · Ann Arbor, MI (21 nm) · (404) 964-4121 · clintewhite@gmail.com
  • Marci Haengel private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Van Buren Township, MI (27 nm) · (734) 262-9292 · mmhaengel@yahoo.com

All 65 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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