Perry Walton is a retired police pilot with over 30,000 hours total time including 20,000 Helicopter flight hours and 10,000 Airplane flight hours as a Commercial Pilot.  His Certificates and ratings include:
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Single and Multiengine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Commercial Pilot Rotorcraft - Helicopter
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single and Multiengine Land
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane
  • Certified Flight Instructor Rotorcraft - Helicopter


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Jan Walton an FAA Safety Team Representative, has over 6,000 hours in Airplane and Helicopter as a Commercial Pilot. Her Certificates include:
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Single and Multiengine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Commercial Pilot Rotorcraft - Helicopter
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single and Multiengine Land
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane
  • Certified Flight Instructor Rotorcraft - Helicopter
  • Advanced Ground Instructor
  • Master CFI
  • FAA 2006 CFI of the Year for the Central Region, and the State of Iowa




John Saddler is retired from the city of Cedar Rapids as Manager of the Aviation Department with over 12,000 flight hours in both Helicopters and Airplanes.  He is one of our full time CFI's and just enjoys instructing and flying.  His Certificates and ratings include:
  • Airline Transport Pilot Airplane Multiengine Land
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Commercial Pilot Rotorcraft - Helicopter
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single and Multiengine Land
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane
  • Certified Flight Instructor Rotorcraft - Helicopter





Bonnie Roth is retired from Rockwell Collins and has over 1400 airplane flight hours as a Commercial Pilot.  She is one of our full time CFI's and enjoys watching her students catch on to new skills.  She is looking forward to continue flight instructing for us, obtaining her Multiengine Instructor rating and becoming a Charter Pilot.  Her Certificates and ratings include:
  • Commercial Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Certified Fight Instructor Instrument Airplane




Josh Foersch is a graduate from Indian Hills Community College with an Associates in Applied Arts, and Arts & Science degree.  He is a Commercial Pilot with over 1200 flight hours in an Airplane and is one of our full time CFI's.  He enjoys being a Flight Instructor and watching his students learn.  His plans are to keep on Flight Instructing and become a Charter Pilot.   Josh's long range plans are to go into the business industry as either an Airline Pilot or Corporate Pilot.  His Certificates and ratings include:
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane



Ryan Pic is a pilot for Midwest Airlines and flies a Boeing 717.  He is an Airline Transport Pilot with over 6,000 flight hours and is one of our part time CFI's.  He enjoys Flight Instructing so he can stay in touch with actually flying the Airplane and teaching students about the joys of flying.  His Certificates and ratings include:
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Airline Transport Pilot Multiengine Land
  • B-737
  • BE-1900
  • SF-340
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane




Brad Thompson works at Rockwell Collins as a Systems Engineer and is one of our part time CFI's.  He has over 1000 flight hours and previously flew as Flight Instructor at Midwest Flying Service, Ames, Iowa before moving to the Cedar Rapids/Marion area.  Brad enjoys flying and instructing students so they can enjoy flying.  His certificates and ratings include:
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Single and Multiengine Land
  • Instrument Airplane
  • Certified Flight Instructor Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane
Brad



  
Phone: (319) 377-0457
Email: MarionAirport@earthlink.net
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Marion, Iowa 52302