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Western Flying Club INC

Flying club in Burlington, North Carolina, where the main public airport is Burlington/Alamance Regional (BUY). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Beech A36.

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

About Western Flying Club INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Western Flying Club is a not-for-profit, member-owned flying club based in Burlington, NC. It operates three IFR-equipped aircraft for its 30 member pilots and offers flight training through certified flight instructors.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Burlington, NC KBUY
Aircraft it names
Beechcraft A36 Bonanza, Cessna 182 Skylane, Piper PA28 Archer
Services
flight training

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 Out of date or wrong?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

8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 10 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 7 training center evaluators, 3 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.

  • Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (0 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · chrismwhittle@gmail.com
  • Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Greensboro, NC (23 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · doris@horizonav8.com
  • Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Triad Aviation Acadmey · Greensboro, NC (23 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · gmboone1960@gmail.com
  • Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · SIGNATURE AVIATION · Greensboro, NC (23 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · ron@planevisions.com
  • Travis Jeffrey Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Danville Regional Airport · Danville, VA (32 nm) · (434) 250-4310 · planejockey23@hotmail.com
  • Francesco Gozzo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Morrisville, NC (33 nm) · (919) 426-5494 · frankgdpe@gmail.com
  • Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (33 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · jnabors1124@gmail.com
  • Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Moore County Airport · Carthage, NC (43 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · stevelhenderson6@gmail.com

All 58 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.
  • 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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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.