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Soaring Society of Boulder INC

Flying club in Boulder, Colorado, where the main public airport is Boulder Municipal (BDU). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS.

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

About Soaring Society of Boulder INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

The Soaring Society of Boulder is a not-for-profit flying club based at Boulder Municipal Airport in Colorado. It has operated since 1959 and provides gliders, tow aircraft, flight training, and social activities to over 170 members ranging from beginners to world championship competitors.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Boulder, CO KBDU
Aircraft it names
DG Flugzeugbau DG-505, Schempp-Hirth Discus CS, Schleicher ASK-21, Piper Pawnee, Piper Super Cub
Services
flight training, glider operations, aircraft towing
Founded
1959

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 Out of date or wrong?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

10 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, 4 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 31 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 38 training center evaluators, 133 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 3 administrative pilot examiners.

  • David Dziura private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Lafayette, CO (6 nm) · (860) 517-9140 · david.dziura@gmail.com
  • Elliot Caldwell Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Longmont, CO (8 nm) · (303) 594-4001 · elliotcc@mac.com
  • Sarah Chantal Rovner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vector Air Erie · Erie, CO (8 nm) · (832) 464-5995 · sarahrovnerdpe@gmail.com
  • Gregory Richard Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · WESTERN AIR FLIGHT ACADEMY · Broomfield, CO (10 nm) · (480) 544-3421 · grnewman@mac.com
  • Nelson Jacob Wolfmeier private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Broomfield, CO (10 nm) · (303) 736-9554 · jwolfmeier@yahoo.com
  • Alexander Wernsman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northern Colorado Regional Airport · Loveland, CO (26 nm) · (970) 814-8473 · pilotcheckscolorado@gmail.com
  • Cayce Batterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Denver FSDO · Denver, CO (28 nm) · (303) 204-0213 · cayceatp@gmail.com
  • Darrel Leroy Dilley private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LaSalle, CO (31 nm) · (970) 590-6426 · darrel.dilley.dpe@gmail.com

All 248 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-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.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • 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.
  • 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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