The Bald Eagle Flying Club calls Portland International Jetport (KPWM) in Portland, ME their home. With rates under $100 an hour wet, member pilots find themselves flying more often than before. Safety is a top priority for the club and two of the club board members also perform duties as maintenance officers.

To join the club all a pilot needs to do is complete an application in addition to one of the following four items:

• Have a current member you know sponsor you – you may indicate the name of your sponsor in the application below.
• Attend a meeting and introduce yourself. Meetings are held every third Monday at 7:00 PM in the Communications Center Conference Room at the Portland International Jetport, KPWM.
• Arrange for an interview with a board member. Board member contact information may be found here.
• Download and complete the Portland Jetport SIDA badge application – needed for ramp access. Application may be found here.

While several carriers will easily insure a club with multiple Cessna 172s, Bald Eagle Flying club discovered a predicament when they decided to purchase the Van’s RV12. They currently had their aircraft insurance placed with direct writer, Avemco, who would not add the Van’s RV12 to their insured fleet. It was time to find a new aircraft insurance route. That’s when the club approached aircraft insurance agent and pilot, Chris Wolbert of Aviation Insurance Resources (AIR).

Unlike direct writer, Avemco, AIR is a broker that represents all the major aviation insurance markets. When Chris shopped the markets, he was able to provide Bald Eagle Flying Club the broadest package of protection at the best available rate-including the Van’s RV12!

AIR insures all things aviation: from flying clubs (no matter the size) to corporate fleets and even balloonos! Most importantly, all the agents at AIR are pilots themselves. To obtain your aircraft insurance quote complete a quote request online or call 301-682-6200 today!

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I was always the kid who wanted to be an astronaut. My teachers told me I had my head up in the clouds, but they didn’t have any idea how right they were! I was able to put myself through skydiving training by packing parachutes until my fingers bled, but once I finished my engineering degree I crammed my first few paychecks into a Cessna 152’s gas tank and the rest is history.

I know that Jon and Victoria care about me as a person more than they care about my plane or my policy. I have no doubt that if I ever need to make a claim they’ll be more interested in making sure I’m OK than anything else.

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Victoria and Turbo the Flying Dog

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• $250,000 for Non-Owned Bodily Injury and Property Damage Excluding Loss of Use of Non-Owned Aircraft
• $1,000 for medical
• $25,000 for Non-Owned Physical Damage Liability Including Loss of Use of Non-Owned AircraftFlight School InsuranceAbout Vermont Flight AcademyTo find out more about insuring your aircraft or flight school please contact Aviation Insurance Resources by calling 301-682-6200 or visit AIR-PROS.com today to request your aviation insurance quote online!
• You can also follow AIR on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+.
• As a student or renter at Vermont Flight Academy you will experience firsthand that their dedication to their students’ success is sky high. They are located in Burlington, VT and open seven days a week from 9AM to 5PM and by appointment. You can visit them online at www.flyvfa.org or call (802) 863-5988.
• Since the inception of Vermont Flight Academy, Aviation Insurance Resources (AIR) has been dedicated to providing VFA with the broadest insurance coverage at the best rates available. Airport General Liability Insurance, Hangar and Contents Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance, D&O Insurance and maybe even Airshow Insurance are just some of the needs a flight school have on their list. Before the list gets too overwhelming, give the aviation insurance experts at Aviation Insurances Resources (AIR) a call.
• This insurance policy can be purchased quickly and easily online at a premium of only $314 annually. Insurance discounts are available for claim free individuals as well as for those that have completed a Wings level or the OpenAirplane checkout.

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Pete, tell us about how you got your start in aviation

Both of my parents worked for Beech Aircraft.  My dad worked for them for 25 years, and I have his gold watch that Beech aircraft gave to him.  My mother is on a Beech Aircraft employee’s handbook from the late 1960s; she has her lunch box in her hand, and she is wearing a sleeveless blouse and cat’s-eye glasses.

I started my official flight training in college in the late 80’s, but I ran out of money.  I finally was able to get my Private Pilot certificate in December of 1993.  Over the years, I kept flying.  I got my CFI in 2000, my CFII in 2001, my MEI in 2002, and my ATP in 2012.

Over the years, I have owned 8 airplanes.  A couple of them were projects.  My current airplane is a 1964 Beech B55 Baron.  It was probably rolling off of the assembly line right after I was born.  I am currently working on getting my type rating in a Citation Bravo.

Every year you join the Bonanzas to Oshkosh (B2Osh) migration. Can you share some more about that and other unique aviation activities you partake in?

The Bonanzas to Oshkosh (B2Osh) annual migration to Oshkosh started it all.  It is a formation flight from Rockford, Illinois to Oshkosh for Bonanza and Baron owners.  I have always thought formation flight was really neat, so I went to a B2Osh regional training clinic in 2009 and flew my first B2Osh in 2009.  We takeoff in formation in 3-ship elements from Rockford and land at Oshkosh.  I was over 40 rows back from the lead airplane, and all of the airplanes were running on the runway; it looked like the D-Day invasion.  On that flight, I heard probably one of the neatest things in aviation on the radio:  “Bonanza flight of 137, you are cleared for takeoff.”

After that first time, I started flying with a core group of pilots in Kansas City.  We formed a formation flight group called the Beechnutz.  We kept flying together and worked on more advanced formation techniques.  I attended an advanced formation clinic in Grayson, Texas with some other members of the Beechnutz in 2011 where I earned my Formation Flying Incorporated (FFI) Wingman card.  I earned my FFI Flight Lead card in 2012.  The FFI card allows me to fly formation with other card holders in waivered airspace at an airshow.  2011 was the first year I was asked to fly in a showcase flight at Oshkosh.  I was truly honored, as I never imagined that I would ever fly in the airshow at Oshkosh.  We again flew a showcase flight in 2012.  We did not get showcase flights in 2013, or 2014, so we are hopeful that we will in 2015.  Since we did not get a showcase flight in 2014, I was asked to lead a formation demonstration for the B2Osh participants at our banquet in Rockford.  I was privileged to lead a 31-ship formation flight with some of the finest pilots I know.

I also really enjoy being a flight instructor, because I always learn new things when I teach different people.  Being a CFI has made me a better pilot.

What was one of your most memorable flights?

That is a hard question to answer.  I find joy in flying a great approach, or performing a smoking rejoin.  I am probably at my happiest when I fly with the Beechnutz, as they are great pilots and great people.  I can honestly say I have had some of the best times with the Beechnutz; both in and out of the cockpit.

What is the best piece of aviation related advice you have received?

“Wind your watch.”  I was told this by a retired Air Force F-4 pilot.  It means that when you feel yourself getting task saturated, slow down.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying you need a little more time to get set up for an approach, doing a go-around, or landing and waiting out the weather when things do not look right.  Too many times we allow ourselves to get into a bad situation due to external, or more often, internal pressures; the accident statistics bear this out.  If it didn’t happen, then the phrase “get-home-itis” wouldn’t exist.

How did you first get in touch with your AIR agent and now friend, Jon Harden? Why do you trust your insurance to AIR?

I met Jon through a mutual friend.  Jon has been my agent, and my friend, since 2000.  The reason I stay with Jon is that he is a good and decent man who works hard to get the best deal for his customers.  His employees are the same way. I have stayed with Jon over the years because he has my trust and respect, and that is not something that cannot be bought.

The pilot community offers a variety of individuals from all walks of life, each have their own story and offer something unique to the aviation industry.
Pete also told us, “I can remember being asked when I was very young what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I answered ‘a pilot.’  Now I am a pilot, but the jury is still out on whether or not I grew up.”
Was this a dream of yours as a child? Are you ‘grown up’ now?
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