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Tailwinds Aviation Academy LLC

Flight school in Grass Valley, California, where the main public airport is Nevada County (GOO). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28-181.

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

About Tailwinds Aviation Academy LLC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Tailwinds Aviation Academy is a flight school in Grass Valley, California offering accelerated and traditional pilot certification programs. It provides training for private pilot, sport pilot, instrument rating, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor certificates, with daily flight instruction and ground training.

What it is
Flight school
Bases
Grass Valley, CA
Services
flight training, ground instruction, flight simulator, flight reviews
Telephone
530 575 9797

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 Out of date or wrong?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

4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives.

  • Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Airport Administration Bldg · Auburn, CA (17 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · marklibelle@aol.com
  • David Michael Tranquilla private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Truckee, CA (41 nm) · (530) 263-3479 · mountainflyer@yahoo.com
  • Robert Frankovich private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Sacramento, CA (42 nm) · (314) 719-9822 · stldpe@hotmail.com
  • Jonathan Baror private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · EVA Flight Training Center · Mather, CA (43 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · jonathanb@r-or.com

All 22 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.

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.