Meet Our Judges

John earned a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Flight Science and Aviation Administration from Western Michigan University. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot...Read More

Bob Hepp is the founder, owner, and chief flight instructor of Aviation Adventures. Hepp and his team started conducting a safety stand..Read More

Mariellen Couppee is a senior Technical Writer for a government/defense contractor working in the FAA Flight Program Operations...Read More

Justin Madden is Vice President, Operations & Safety for Airlines for America (A4A), a trade association representing the...Read More

Doug Stewart, the 2004 National Instructor of the Year, and the 2023 FlightInstructor Hall of Fame inductee, is a full....Read More

Jim is an accomplished commercial pilot and aviation manager. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve...Read More

David Dagenais retired December 2021 as the Program Manager for the Part 147 Aviation Maintenance Technician School...Read More

Dr. Amy L. Hoover has been flying commercially and teaching backcountry flying for more than 32 years. She has over 8,000 hours of flight time,...Read More

Adrian Eichhorn is the 2016 National Aviation Technician and the 2001 National Safety Counselor of the Year.....Read More

Jimmy Rollison has owned, operated, and maintained more than 50 vintage and antique aircraft in his lifelong...Read More

Catherine Cavagnaro is an aerobatics instructor at Ace Aerobatic School and the Gaston Swindell Bruton Professor of Mathematics at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.  In 2018,..Read More

​Jeff Edwards served in the United States Navy as bombardier / navigator flying A-6 Intruders and is a veteran of the first Gulf War. He.....Read More

Gary Brossett is a Commercial Balloon Pilot and Maintenance Technician with over 45
years of experience in aviation. He is a retired Aerospace Quality Engineer...Read More