Skilled Pilot Instructors
Steven “Ratso” Finco
Ratso joined the United States Navy after earning a B.S. in Geophysics from the University of Minnesota in…
Kevin “Normal” Abbey
Normal graduated from The University of Oklahoma with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1992. Commissioned as…
Ravi “Snoop” Dharnidharka
Snoop joined the Marine Corps in 1998, after earning a B.S. from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. On…
Jim “Bogey” Reed
Bogey received his BS from the USAF Academy in 1972. During his 30-year career in the Air Force, he flew a…
Michael “Baron” v. Vietinghoff
Baron started his flying career at the age of 14, soaring in gliders over Germany. After graduating from the…
Dave “Bluto” Woltz
Dave graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1964 with a BBA. He joined the US Navy in 1966 entering…
Larry “Smudge” Vidal
After a tour of duty as a United States Marine Corps combat engineer, Larry earned his degree in Aviation and…
Marty “Party” Stowe
Marty began flying while in high school and went on to join the Navy ROTC at the University of California,…