Steve Philipson

Rate: $120
Ratings: CFI/CFII/MEI
Phone: 408-568-6024
Email: shp1@earthlink.net
Homepage: http://www.flightquest.net

Steve Philipson is a pilot who wears many hats. He's a veteran of some 26 years and 7,000 hours of flying experience who holds commercial and instructor certificates for airplane single and multi-engine land, instrument airplane, and glider. He's been a SAR (search and rescue) pilot and safety officer with the Civil Air Patrol for 18 years. Steve's also an independent aviation researcher and author with published work on flying airplanes in mountain wave conditions and mountain search flying. In addition, he's an FAA designated Aviation Safety Counselor who regularly delivers presentations on aviation safety.

Steve primarily instructs out of Palo Alto and Reid Hillview Airports. He's been a CFI (certified flight instructor) for 19 years and has given over 5,000 hours of flight instruction at all levels of pilot training, from student through flight instructor and Airline Transport Pilot. He also teaches specialty courses such as mountain flying, emergency maneuvering, and flying companion programs for non-rated partners of certified pilots.

You can view some of Steve's articles and his web-links page at his website: www.flightquest.net