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Cessna Pilot Center

MONTEREY BAY AVIATION
Located at Monterey Peninsula Airport's North Side

514 Airport Way
Monterey, CA  93940

Phone: 831.375.2FLY (2359)
Fax: 831.373.2352
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ABOUT US -
Company Profile

Monterey Bay Aviation was formally known as Del Monte Aviation. In 2004, the company took on their new name as Monterey Bay Aviation. Del Monte Aviation had been in existence since 1952. Monterey Bay Aviation is a full service Fixed Base Operator serving the general aviation community at the Monterey Peninsula. Monterey Bay Aviation is also a professional flight school and aircraft rental company with years of experience teaching people to fly.

We have a staff of professional flight instructors and a fleet of new Cessna aircraft. Monterey Bay Aviation is a Cessna Pilot Center. Monterey Bay Aviation is located at the Monterey Peninsula Airport (KMRY) in Monterey, California, on the North Side of the airport. Click here for maps and directions.

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Brig Gen John M. Lotz- USAF, Retired
PRESIDENT & CEO, MONTEREY BAY AVIATION
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION ASSOC:

Primary, Advanced, Instructor, Instrument, and Tailwheel and Cessna CFAI (Garmin 1000) instruction.
Ratings:
  • Commercial Pilot (Airplane & Helicopter)
  • SEL
  • MEL
  • Instrument
  • CFII
  • Advanced Ground Instructor (Instrument)
  • Certified Controller
Hours:
  • 2,600+ hours Total time
  • 1,100 Instruction given
  • 300 hours Instrument
  • 900 hours Single Engine, High Performance & Complex, including 600 hours Bonanza time
  • 200 hours Multi-Engine, primarily Baron
  • 300 hours Tailwheel
  • 331 Glider and Banner Tow
Peter Jenson
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Primary, Advanced, Instructor, Instrument, Multi-Engine, and Seaplane instruction.
Fluent in French, Spanish, and Russian
Ratings:
  • Commercial Pilot
  • SEL
  • MEL
  • Instrument
  • SES CFI
  • MEI
Hours:
  • 14,000+ hours Total time
  • 3,000 hours Complex (including
    T-34)
  • Over 12,000 Instruction given
  • Baron, Twin Comanche, and Cougar
Aaron Schwartz
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Primary, Advanced, Instructor, Instrument, and Cessna CFAI (Garmin 1000) instruction.
Ratings:
  • Commercial Pilot
  • SEL
  • MEL
  • Instrument
  • CFII
Hours:
  • 2,300+ hours Total time
  • 400 hours Multi-engine Turbine
Georgia Ventriss
Georgia

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Primary, Advanced, Instrument, Instructor, Commercial Pilot,
Instrument
Ratings:
  • ATP
  • MEL
  • SEL
  • CFII
Hours:
  • 6,500 total time
  • 4,200 Mutiengine/tuboprop
  • 1,500 Instruction given
Ron Gaasch
Ron
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Primary, Advanced, Instructor, Instrument, Tailwheel, and Cirrus instruction.
Ratings:

• Commercial Pilot
• SEL
• MEL & MEI
• Instrument
• CFII

Hours:
  • 3,600+ hours Total time
  • 400+  hours Complex
  • 600 hours high performance
Erik Fleming
Erik

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Specializing in emergency maneuver and aerobatics training.
Ratings:
  • ASMEL
  • ASMES
  • Commercial Pilot
  • Instrument
  • CFI
Hours:
  • 531 hours Total time
  • 273 hours tailwheel
  • 154 hours aerobatics
  • over 3100 spin rotations
  • 875 inverted maneuvers
Phil Teal

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Ground School Instructor,
Monterey Peninsula College,
B.S. Education, U.S. Navy Flight Instructor, Captain Delta Airlines (retired)
Ratings:
  • ATP
  • ASMEL
  • Commercial
    B-727, B737, B757, B-767 P3 Orien
Hours:
  • 15,000 Total Time
  • 7,900 Pilot in Command
  • 1,788 U.S. Navy
John Korby Paulsen
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:
Primary, and Advanced instruction.
Ratings:
  • Commercial Pilot
  • SEL
  • MEL
  • Instrument
  • CFI
 
 
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