Darren Schone
Pilot examiner in Albert Lea, MN: 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; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes.
Office as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 71767 154th St
Albert Lea, MN 56007 - Telephone
- (507) 383-9366
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Albert Lea Municipal AEL
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
- Christopher David Schrodt · Clear Lake, IA (33 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, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - John Burkhardt · Clear Lake, IA (33 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Catherine Bonnie Plasschaert · Mankato, MN (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Jason Russell Ceminsky · Mankato, MN (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Paul Skjeveland · Mankato, MN (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes
Every FAA examiner near Albert Lea Municipal: 6 pilot examiners, 6 medical examiners.
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