Benjamin Reed Thigpen
Pilot examiner in Lynchburg, VA: 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, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes.
Liberty University School of Aeronautics as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 310 Hangar Rd
Lynchburg, VA 24502 - Telephone
- (434) 381-0545
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field LYH
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
- Andrew Walton · Lynchburg, VA (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes - Robert Middleton III · Forest, VA (7 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes - John Thompson Molumphy · Roanoke, VA (37 nm)
May test for: private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders - Travis Jeffrey Williams · Danville, VA (46 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes
Every FAA examiner near Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field: 5 pilot examiners, 5 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Liberty University · university or college with a flight programme, 30 aircraft, Lynchburg
- Liberty University School of Aeronautics · flight school, 13 aircraft, Lynchburg
- Ddt Flyers LLC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Lynchburg
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