 Instructors of Vermont Flight Academy
Vermont Flight Academy has a diverse group of flight instructors with a wide range of backgrounds. Our instructors are an ideal mix of seasoned professional pilots who all share a passion and enthusiasm for flight instruction. They individually and collectively represent many decades of experience in professional aviation and flight instruction. Below are some of our current flight instructors:
 Doug Smith,
Chief Flight Instructor
- FAA Designated Pilot Examiner
- Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Single & Multi-Engine Land & Sea
- Type Ratings: DC-3, A-310, B-727, B-757, B-767, B-777
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Instrument, Multi-Engine
- Certified Ground Instructor Certificates: Advanced, Instrument
- Specialties: Primary Instruction, Tailwheel Instruction, Seaplane Instruction
- Airline pilot career: Delta Air Lines, Inc., 29 years; Eos Airline, Air India, 2 years
- Standards work as airline check pilot: B-727, B-757, B-767
- Former Auburn University School of Aviation Chief Flight Instructor
- BS, Psychology (Purdue '71); MS Clinical Psychology (Wisconsin '80)
Corbin Smith
 Jenn Hoy,
Flight Instructor
- Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Multi-Engine Land
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land
- Type Ratings: BAe J41, A320, B-757, B-767
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Instrument, Multi-Engine
- Specialties: Primary Instruction, Instrument Instruction, Advanced Instruction
- Past employment: FlightSafety International (FAR 141 Flight School), Charter Fleet International (FAR 135), Atlantic Coast Airlines (FAR 121 Air Carrier), Independence Air (FAR 121 Air Carrier), North American Airlines (FAR 121 Air Carrier)
- BA, English: (University of Vermont ’93)
 Michael Ricciardi,
Flight Instructor
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single & Multi -Engine Land, Instrument
- Certificated Flight Instructor: Airplane, Single Engine Land
- Certificated Ground Instructor: Advanced
- Specialties: Primary instruction, Advanced Instruction
- BA, Political Science (Saint Michael's College '08)
- Grew up and learned to fly on Cape Cod
 David Miller,
Flight Instructor
- Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Multi-Engine Land
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land & Sea
- Type Ratings: D-328JET, CE-560XL
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Instrument, Multi-Engine
- Specialties: Primary Instruction, Instrument Instruction, Advanced Instruction
- Past employment: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (FAR 141 Flight School), Atlantic Coast Airlines (FAR 121 Air Carrier), Heritage Flight (FAR 135 Air Carrier)
- BS, Aeronautical Science, SCL (Embry-Riddle '99)
Ian Worley,
Flight Instructor
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Instrument
- Specialities: Primary instruction, Advanced Instruction
- Aviation experience in gliders, seaplanes, ski-planes
- Extensive aerial survey background
- BA, Physics, SCL (Youngstown '64); BS, Math, SCL (Youngstown '64); MSc, Botany, CL (Univ of Canterbury '66); PhD, Botany (Univ of BC '71)
 Hans Smith,
Flight Instructor
- Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Multi-Engine Land
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land & Sea
- Type Ratings: BA-3100, CE-560XL
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Instrument
- Specialties: Primary Instruction, Advanced Instruction, Seaplane Instruction
- Past employment: CFI, Boston-Maine Airways (FAR 121 Air Carrier), Heritage Flight (FAR 135 Air Carrier)
- BA, Economics (University of Vermont '03)
 Kathy Daily,
Flight Instructor
- Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Multi-Engine Land
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land & Sea
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- Type Ratings: CE-500, DC-3
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Instrument, Multi-Engine, Airplane Ground
- Specialities: Primary instruction, Advanced Instruction, Tailwheel Instruction
- Aviation experience in scheduled service, charter flight, corporate flight, aircraft delivery, aerobatics, airshow production, and more
 Dave Bahnson,
Flight Instructor
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land, Glider
- Certified Flight Instructor: Airplane, Glider
- Specialties: Primary Instruction (Airplane and Glider)
- Retired Orthopedic Surgeon (Vermont Orthopedic Clinic)
- BA (Middlebury '69); MD (Univ of Pittsburgh '73)
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