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Three Chopt Flying Club

Flying club in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the main public airport is Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Mooney M20F.

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

About Three Chopt Flying Club from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Three Chopt Flying Club is a non-profit 501(c)(7) social flying club based at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Virginia. Members fly a club-owned Mooney M20F for training and recreational flying, with membership limited to maintain aircraft availability.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Charlottesville, VA KCHO
Aircraft it names
Mooney M20F
Hours
Cookouts first Saturday of each month, 11:30am–1:30pm

Written by the site from the pages of threechoptfc.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 Out of date or wrong?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, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 administrative pilot examiners.

  • Bradley Palmer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville, VA (0 nm) · (814) 591-2823 · bradjpalmer@yahoo.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 (35 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 (46 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · stubird2@gmail.com
  • Michael Arthur Pearson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Fredericksburg, VA (48 nm) · (540) 903-7003 · mapsr@aol.com
  • 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 (48 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com

All 19 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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