James Paulsen
Pilot examiner in West Lafayette, IN: 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, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes.
Purdue Aviation, LLC as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 1630 Aviation Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47906 - Telephone
- (703) 498-7930
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Purdue University Airport LAF
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
- Brian Glenn Dillman · West Lafayette, IN (0 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Larry Wayne Gross · West Lafayette, IN (5 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - James Carroll Buehler · Zionsville, IN (44 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; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - John Henderson · Zionsville, IN (44 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Steven Edward Stombaugh · Danville, IN (47 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
Every FAA examiner near Purdue University Airport: 6 pilot examiners, 6 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Trustees of Purdue University · university or college with a flight programme, 27 aircraft, West Lafayette, 4 miles away
- Purdue Aviation LLC · flight school, 19 aircraft, West Lafayette, 4 miles away
- Purdue University Trustees · university or college with a flight programme, 3 aircraft, West Lafayette, 4 miles away
- Lafayette Aero Club INC · flying club, 1 aircraft, West Lafayette, 4 miles away
- Attica Flyers INC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Lafayette, 5 miles away
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