Swift Instructors


The following is a listing of individuals and/or businesses who do
flight instruction/checkouts/LOAIS for the Swift.
Listings are not an endorsement or recommendation.
All transactions are at customer's own risk.

 

United States

 ALABAMA   ARIZONA   CALIFORNIA    CANADA

 COLORADO  FLORIDA  GEORGIA   ILLINOIS  MARYLAND

 MASSACHUSETTS    MINNESOTA   NEW JERSEY   NEW MEXICO

 NORTH CAROLINA    OREGON   OHIO   SOUTH CAROLINA

 TENNESSEE    TEXAS   WASHINGTON
   WISCONSIN

International

GERMANY

Swift Checklists
Custom made free Swift checklists courtesy of Sam Swift, CFI


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ALABAMA

Rick Stroud
104 Marvaline Drive
New Market, AL 35761
Home: (256) 379-5291
Work: (256) 726-2317
rick.stroud@tbe.com


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ARIZONA

Joel Sampson
8602 W. Denton Ln
Glendale, AZ 85305
623-877-3579
charger70@msn.com


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CALIFORNIA

Geoff Crawford
15310 Garden Road
Poway, CA 92064  (San Diego area)
(858) 679-9188
swift88k@cox.net

Jim Cummiskey
ATP/CFII
661 Cedar Glen Dr.
Big Bear City, CA 92314
Based at KTOA, L35 and F70 (serving all of SoCal)
(909)584-2899
jccummis@yahoo.com
Specializing in Mountain & Instrument Flying in the Swift

Carter Flygare
CFI - Carter Flygare, Inc.
6151 Freeport Blvd. Suite 222, Sacramento, Ca. 95822 Executive Airport
phone: 916-427-7707 or e-mail: fly@cfi.com
Recommended by Swifter Robert M. Gary robert.gary@osi.com who says...
"If you want another name for a Swift flight instructor... I just did a checkout in my friends Swift with Carter Flygare.
He has about 25,000 hours most of it instruction.  He's been instructing in the Sacramento area for about 20 years."

Claude Morgan
16032 Liggett St., North Hills, CA 91343  (Los Angeles)
Whiteman Airpark-Hangar C-7
(818) 894-0020 (818) 321-4286
Swiftcaptn@AOL.com

Erin Oliver
3229 Amarillo Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
(805) 578-2665 Home
(805) 750-4116 Cell
ladypilot61@sbcglobal.net
Website: http://universalpilottraining.com/index.html



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CANADA

John Northey
Western Canada SFC Safety/Check Pilot
jnorthey@telus.net
(Added Jan 2009)



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COLORADO

Dave Dooley
2895 Darley Ave
Boulder CO 80303
Home (303) 828-5141
dooley325@ecentral.com

Kent Ferguson
Platte Valley Airpark (18V)
Hudson, CO
Phone: 720 635-5063
Most taildragger aircraft, from Champs to Swifts. Over 5000 hours in taildragger aircraft alone.



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FLORIDA

Steve Whittenberger
1882 Seclusion Dr.
Daytona Beach, FL  32128
jssjwhitt@earthlink.net


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GEORGIA

John Carroll
498 Lester, Rd., Fayetteville, Ga. 30215
JCarrollJr@compuserve.com
John has a Swift, a Cessna 195 and a J-3 Cub. He does tail wheel
transitions, BFRs and instrument refresher instruction.

Rolly Clark
P.O.Dwr 893, Madison, Ga 30650. (706)342/3878.  
madmerc@communicomm.com
I own a Swift.  I do tailwheel transition training, BFRs, Instrument Proficiency Training.

John Davis 
5660 Truman Ln Gainesville Ga. 30506
phone: 404-310-5211  
E mail N2361B@aol.com
CFII ASEL AMEL 3000 hr tailwheel 1000 hr Swift
Actively doing Instrument, Commercial, Tailwheel training.


James M. Jones
1431 Hilsman Rd.
Madison, GA  30650
jimjones@dixiefinishing.com



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ILLINOIS

Steve Rothstein
Northwest of Chicago near Rockford IL.
Ph# 847 683-3275
stevenR@fvi.net
Read Steve's essay on Swift checkouts. Click here...


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MARYLAND

Ludlow "Pete" King
6410 Wishbone Terrace
Cabin John, MD  20818

peetking@earthlink.net


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MASSACHUSETTS

David E. Turner
PO Box 6
North Uxbridge, MA 01538
508-278-7800
swwiftt@yahoo.com


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MINNESOTA

Mark Holliday
P. O. Box 243
Lake Elmo, MN 55042
MarkH85@aol.com


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NEW JERSEY

Kevin Laufer
Based at N14 in Medford NJ
CFII/ATP with over 8500 hours and
about 1500 of tailwheel time
Owns Swift N90356 (sn#370)
856-393-0448
kevin@usaviation.com


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NEW MEXICO

John Dougherty
Albuquerque, NM
Home phone: 505-833-0954
Work phone: 505-853-4822

Contact through Swifter
Dan Holden dholden@lanl.gov


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NORTH CAROLINA

Robert Dickson
2720 High Ridge Rd.
Charlotte, NC  28270
radickson@carolina.rr.com

Gene Padgett
209 Major Conley Road
Marion, NC 28752
home (828) 724-4212
hangar (828) 652-2838
Recommended by Swifter James Coats swiftflyr@aol.com who says:
"Here is a North Carolina Swift CFI that will be happy to do checkouts,  
maintenance, and such that you can add to your list.
He has been a pilot for over 40 years, he taught me to fly,
and he has the Swift that one day I swear I will buy.


Jeff Smith
Smith Air Park
Asheboro, NC

336-879-2830
Recomended by Swifter
Erin Henderson echender@eos.ncsu.edu who says:
My flight instructor, Jeff Smith, does not have a

computer or internet access, but he wanted me to submit
him as a flight instructor who knows a little something about swifts.
He currently owns two swifts, as well as his own grass airfield.

He can also be contacted through me at my email address.


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OREGON

Don Thomson
2121 Browning Avenue, South
Salem, OR 97302
(503) 362-3519
swifterdon@comcast.net


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OHIO

Jerry Kemp
ATP, CFII/ME
Covington, OH
kempswift@windstream.net
937-473-5352
Futher qualifications available on request.


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SOUTH CAROLINA

Raymond P. Miller
23 Bernwood Dr.
Taylors, SC  29687


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TENNESSEE

Michael P. Kennedy
Fall Creek Airpark
205 Gwynn Rd., Hangar #4
Lebanon, TN  37090-7804
smat3@aol.com

Jerry N. Kirby
P. O. Box 57
Westmorland, TN  37186
jelikirby@yahoo.com

Sandy Sowders
4512 Ellistown
Knoxville, TN  37924
Swift757@aol.com

Lowell E. Sterchi
1313 Villagegreen Dr.
Hixson, TN  37343-3069


R. Sam Swift
972 Beech Bend Drive
Nashville, TN 37221
home 615.646.1150
cell 615.604.8557
Flyboycpa@aol.com
Ferry services and checkout services on all Swifts


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TEXAS

David Beaver
Houston, Texas
713 851-8960 cell
713-973-2490 work
281-376-6664 home
david@beaverairservices.com
David used to own 2 swifts, N3249K and N79K ( super swift ). References include Swifters Kerby Warden, Hal Cope, and Rex King.

John Cross
Houston area. 
Phone: 281-480-2507 
Email: crosses@houston.rr.com
Owns a Swift and Cessna 170. 
Can do tailwheel transition training, BFR, etc. 
Available for ferrying as well.


Duane Jewell
25 Highlands Park Dr.
Dallas, TX  75205
Llewejd@aol.com

Ed Lloyd
3504 Saddlestring Trail
Austin, TX  78739
swift3856k@austin.rr.com

Stan Price
3005 Creekview Dr.
Grapevine, TX  76051
StanPriceTexas01@verizon.net

Bob Remonte
516 Bayberry Lane
De Soto, TX  75115  

Steve Wilson
SteveWilson@aol.com


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WASHINGTON

Ernie Hansen
Diamond Point Airport (near Seattle)
360-808-1858
360-683-0996
ephansen@olypen.com

Harley Howell
Colville Airport (near Spokane)
Colville, WA
(509) 684-2105
(509) 684-3024

Jerry Mahoney
Diamond Point Airport
Sequim, WA
(360) 681-4958
(360) 808-1196
Email elfavi@olypen.com
http://www.elfaviation.com/

Bill Shepherd
Diamond Point Airport (near Seattle)
Sequim, WA
(360) 683-5147
(683) 582-0220
billdot10ss@prodigy.net


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WISCONSIN

Matthew McDaniel
Master & Gold Seal CFII, MEI, ATP
Progressive Aviation Services, LLC
Oak Creek, WI   (Milwaukee/Chicago areas)
Website: http://www.progaviation.com/swift.htm
Email: matt@progaviation.com
Phone: 414-339-4990


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GERMANY

George Isenbuerger
Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 40 649 500 04
FAX: +49 40 649 500 06
mobile: +49 171 245 6789
GeorgeI@t-online.de

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