Joseph Lawrence Kinzer
Pilot examiner in Peru, IL: an experienced pilot the FAA has designated to give checkrides, the practical tests for pilot certificates and ratings, on its behalf.
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes.
Office as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 4251 Ed Urban Dr
Peru, IL 61354 - Telephone
- (262) 573-6115
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field VYS
Booking a checkride
- Your instructor usually arranges it once you're ready and signed off.
- Examiners set their own fees; ask when you book, and ask how far ahead they're booking.
- Bring what the FAA's testing standards list for your certificate, and your logbook.
Other pilot examiners nearby within fifty nautical miles
- Thomas James Norton · Peru, IL (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes - Matthew Edward Massey · Yorkville, IL (36 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Jay Christopher Rud · Aurora, IL (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes - Gregory Mark Wilson · Oswego, IL (42 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes - Keith McGill · Plainfield, IL (45 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
Every FAA examiner near Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field: 6 pilot examiners, 5 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Illinois Valley Flying Club · flying club, 3 aircraft, Peru
- Starved Rock Flying Club INC · flying club, 1 aircraft, Peru
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