Tom is the founder of Victory Flight Training, and serves our business-oriented clients as a business Leadership Instructor (non-CFI), focusing on the application of the Victory Mindset to life and work.  Following graduation from Embry Riddle, Tom served as an officer and F/A-18 pilot in the Marine Corps, including missions over Afghanistan after 9/11.  Tom left active duty in order to start several renewable energy companies, growing revenues from zero to $1 billion in less than 10 years.   His current business effort will make home ownership and real estate investment more convenient and less stressful for military members and veterans (www.victorybase.com).

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Chris is a co-founder of Victory Flight Training and since 2018 has made Marchetti drivers out of over 100 pilots with diverse backgrounds…from 100-hour Cessna renters to Citation owners to 30,000-hr airline captains.   He even taught the guy that made this snazzy website how to land the jet with Normalized Excellence.   He has over 4,000 hours, mostly as a Marine Corps officer and F/A-18 pilot but more recently in the North American T-6 Texan and the S-211.

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Scott “Gunny” Perdue started life as an enlisted Marine (Gunnery Sergeant) and jumped ship to join the Air Force to fly the F-4 and F-15E. He recently retired from a major airline. He was an Instructor Pilot in the Air Force and has taught in everything from Cessna 150s to Beechcraft Bonanzas, plus warbirds like the B-25, DC-3, and T-6. He’s also rated in the P-38, P-51, F-5/T-38, and L-39. He specializes in UPRT, with a Beechcraft F33C Aerobatic Bonanza and now the S-211.

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Chuck is a retired US Naval Aviator with several thousand hours in tactical aircraft, and over a thousand hours of T-45 jet instructor time. Chuck served in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, flying from carriers as a squadron pilot and Air Wing Landing Signal Officer. He completed his Navy career as the Commanding Officer of Training Squadron Nine, and now flies B-737’s for Southwest Airlines.

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Piercarlo Ciacchi graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy and flew F-104 and F-16 fighters for five years. Selected in 2005 for the Italian National Team “FRECCE TRICOLORI, he flew MB339’s all over the world. He then moved to the US in 2015 and founded Spaceport Aviation, an aircraft flight school in Florida offering single/multi-engine, tailwheel, aerobatic, and high performance training. Nearby at the Kennedy Space Center, he works as the Director of Flight Ops for Starfighters Aerospace and flies as an F-104 instructor…AND he is our only ITALIAN pilot flying our ITALIAN S-211 jets!

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Chris served 15 years in the U.S. Air Force, as a Crew Chief and maintenance instructor for the mighty F-15 Eagle. He’s currently a pilot for American Airlines, and based in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. Chris has over 10,000 hours of flight time and is typed rated in the 767, 757, 737, DC-9, A320, ERJ-145, and S-211. Chris is supported by his wife Sheree and their Vizsla named Boeing.

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Edward Covington is a turbine instructor and aerobatic pilot providing operational training and upset recovery instruction to aircraft owners and professional pilots. He specializes in single pilot jet instruction/mentoring, aerobatics, and jet acquisitions support. Edward has accumulated 5,000 flight hours and type ratings in the S-211, HondaJet, CitationJet, Eclipse 500, and Learjet 60.  He is an ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, with degrees in Economics and Business from the University of Colorado.

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Becky is a former US Navy Test Pilot, with 2,000+ hrs in over 20 aircraft, including tactical jets, helicopters, and turboprops. She now flies for the NOAA as a Hurricane Hunter in the WP-3D Aircraft. Becky has a strong technical background with multiple degrees in Engineering from the US Naval Academy, Johns Hopkins, and University of Colorado. Her unique background will provide you a professional and fun experience, with new insights that will improve your skill set.

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Chris "Caveman" DeLong is a retired USMC F/A-18 pilot currently flying for American Airlines.  He is type rated in the BE-300, DC-9, 737, 757/767 and of course the S-211.  Chris is a CFI, CFII, MEI and also a commercially rated helicopter pilot.

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Jerod is a full time professional pilot and a career instructor with almost 12,000 hours in many makes and models. Over half of his flight time is “dual given” instruction in aerobatic, warbird, and tailwheel aircraft (mainly T-28’s, T-6’s, and a TA-4 Skyhawk). Jerod has many hours as a check airman in aircraft such as Embraer 135’s and Gulfstream 550’s, as well as being an instructor and Mentor Pilot in the Piper Meridian, TBM900, PC-6/PC-12, Phenom 300, and Citation Mustang. Jerod is passionate about aviation, and his impressive range of experience gives him great depth of knowledge in helping pilots of all backgrounds fly safely and professionally.

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