Congratulations to Mike Gaffney, the recipient of the 2007 Industry/FAA National Flight Instructor of the Year award!

Mike Gaffney is the President of Skyline Aeronautics (www.skylineaero.com) at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, an FAA Aviation Safety Counselor (FAAST Team Member), A&P mechanic, and holds ATP and Flight Instructor certificates, with Master CFI designation by the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). He has over 3,000 hours to his credit, and is a Cessna FITS-accepted Flight Instructor (CFAI) for the Garmin 1000, and factory trained in Diamond Aircraft. He can be reached at mmgaffney@skylineaero.com.

Mike Gaffney's G1000 training program is both Part 141 approved and FITS compliant. The Complete G1000 Course combines the information from this course with a powerful multimedia presentation and computer tools.

Skyline Aeronautics is known throughout general aviation as a leader in the development and delivery of FITS/TAA training programs. They were the first professional training company in the country to have both Avidyne Entegra AND Garmin G1000 transition training programs that were both FAA Part 141 AND FITS accepted. These programs are offered to the general aviation community in both initial and recurrent formats and are recognized for aviation industry training credit by both Avemco and Phoenix Aviation Underwriters, and may be recognized by other carriers, as well. You can find out more about these programs at http://www.skylineaero.com