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Skyline Soaring Club INC

Flying club in Front Royal, Virginia, where the main public airport is Front Royal-Warren County (FRR). The FAA register lists 7 aircraft under this name, mostly Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS.

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

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

Skyline Soaring Club is a volunteer flying club based at Front Royal-Warren County Airport in Virginia that provides flight training and education in soaring (glider flying). The club operates a fleet of sailplanes and conducts over 1,500 flights annually, training new soaring pilots in thermal, ridge, and mountain wave flying techniques in the Shenandoah Valley.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Front Royal, VA KFRR
Aircraft it names
Schleicher ASK-21, Discus CS, PW-5, Piper Pawnee, Aviat Husky
Services
flight training, glider instruction
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 61
Founded
1993

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 Out of date or wrong?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

5 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, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 18 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 6 administrative pilot examiners.

  • Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Front Royal Warren County Airport · front royal, VA (0 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
  • Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aero Elite Flight Training · Winchester, VA (14 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · pasaml@frontier.com
  • Steven Earl Nixon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Culpeper Regional Airport · Brandy Station, VA (29 nm) · (540) 729-9859 · senixon2016@gmail.com
  • Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Warrenton-Fauquier Airport · Midland, VA (33 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · stubird2@gmail.com
  • Bradley Palmer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville, VA (48 nm) · (814) 591-2823 · bradjpalmer@yahoo.com

All 39 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.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

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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