User:Tommcknight

I am a native of Brooklyn, NY, but was raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I am the great nephew of a Tuskegee Airman and the second generation pilot in my family. I soloed in 1972 and after graduating from the University of Maryland with an aeronautical engineering degree, I was commissioned into the USAF as a navigator on KC/EC-135s. After retirement, I was Chairman of the Airway Science Department at Delaware State University. Following my second retirement, I joined the FAA as an engineer and my present position as an ASI. I am an ATP and Gold Seal CFI/CFII/MEI and Sport gyroplane pilot with over 6,000 hours in over 75 aircraft.