Hayden Ellis Vardaman
Pilot examiner in Bend, OR: 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.
Leading Edge Aviation as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 63048 Powell Butte Hwy
Bend, OR 97701 - Telephone
- (541) 213-4116
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Bend Municipal BDN
Bend Aircraft Mechanics as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 63330 Powell Butte Hwy
Bend, OR 97701 - Telephone
- (541) 213-4116
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Bend Municipal BDN
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 Reischauer · Bend, OR (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, ground instructor; airplanes - Cody Lyle Barton · Bend, OR (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; helicopters - Gregory Michael Cyr · Bend, OR (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters - Robert William Grubb · Bend, OR (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters - Russell Thomas Ward · Bend, OR (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes - Blake Thomas Segoria · Redmond, OR (10 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Brunno Winnubst · Redmond, OR (10 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Karl Dean Cotton · Redmond, OR (10 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters
Every FAA examiner near Bend Municipal: 9 pilot examiners, 3 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC · flight school, 23 aircraft, Bend
- High Desert Soaring Club INC · flying club, 2 aircraft, Bend
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