Matthew Angelo Taggard
Pilot examiner in Ballston Spa, NY: 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, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; helicopters.
Independent Helicopters, LLC as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 405 Greenfield Ave
Ballston Spa, NY 12020 - Telephone
- (845) 243-4794
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Saratoga County 5B2
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
- Abdallah Mahmoud Itani · Ballston Spa, NY (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Edward J Winchester · Porter Corners, NY (10 nm)
May test for: private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders - Andrew Everett Defeo · Altamont, NY (20 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes - Brad Joesph Sulik · Selkirk, NY (28 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes - Stewart Douglas Stewart · Ghent, NY (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes
Every FAA examiner near Saratoga County: 6 pilot examiners, 5 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Adirondack Soaring Association INC · flying club, 6 aircraft, Ballston Spa, 1 mile away
- Adk Flying Club INC · flying club, 4 aircraft, Ballston Spa, 1 mile away
- Saratoga Soaring Association · flying club, 1 aircraft, Ballston Lake, 5 miles away
- Sports Flyers Association INC · flying club, 1 aircraft, Schenectady, 11 miles away
- Adk Xc Flyers LLC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Scotia, 13 miles away
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