Windy City Soaring Association
Flying club in Hinckley, Illinois, where the main public airport is Hinckley Airport (0C2). The FAA register lists 6 aircraft under this name and 1 other spelling of it, all at the same address or in the same town, mostly Piper PA-25-235.
Website: windycitysoaring.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Windy City Soaring Association have?
6 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 23, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Windy City Soaring Association fly?
Mostly the Piper PA-25-235, along with the Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 and the Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR.
How old are Windy City Soaring Association's aircraft?
Built between 1962 and 1998; half were built in 1990 or earlier, so the typical one is about 36 years old.
Has Windy City Soaring Association had any accidents?
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving the aircraft registered to it today, none of them fatal. The full record
Where is Windy City Soaring Association?
In Hinckley, Illinois; the main public airport there is Hinckley Airport (0C2).
Are there FAA examiners near Windy City Soaring Association?
22 pilot examiners and 29 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
22 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 22 for private pilot, 18 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 20 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 29 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (11 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Matthew Edward Massey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorkville, IL (16 nm) · (815) 546-3664 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (18 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (22 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
- Logan Arlis private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Dupage Airport · West Chicago, IL (23 nm) · (630) 327-8074 · [email protected]
- Keith McGill private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IL (24 nm) · (815) 483-3931 · [email protected]
- Ronald Neal Ridenour private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Naperville, IL (25 nm) · (630) 854-9456 · [email protected]
- John Quinn Fulgenzi private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Algonquin, IL (30 nm) · (815) 236-8646 · [email protected]
All 84 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher 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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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
6 aircraft are registered to Windy City Soaring Association today, mostly Piper PA-25-235. Built between 1962 and 1998; half of them in 1990 or earlier, so the typical one is about 36 years old.
All 6 aircraft, each with its own page
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving these aircraft.
| Date | Aircraft | What | Where | Outcome | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2020 | N721WC Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 | Accident | Hinckley, IL | No injuries; substantial damage | CEN20LA427 |
Only the aircraft registered to Windy City Soaring Association today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Illinois.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Ja Flight Services LLC 8 aircraft · flight school, Sugar Grove, 13 miles away
Compare every school in Illinois: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Hinckley, IL · where it registers its aircraft
- Hinckley Airport · 0C2
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- Windy City Soaring Association 5 aircraft in the fleet
- 6 aircraft on the register · Piper PA-25-235
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