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East Coast Aero Club - Instructors

MEET OUR FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS:

Ross Budd - ATP, CFII, MEI
Ross has been with East Coast Aero Club Nashua since its inception. He has over 3000 hours and has been flight instructing since 1987. Ross is an Air Traffic Controller and a Certified Level 2 Ski Instructor. He Scuba Dives and participates in sport fishing on his boat in the ocean.

Bob Denaro - CFI - Info Coming Soon

Bob DiMeo - CFI - Info Coming Soon

Bryant Dunn - CFI
Bryant started flying out of Morristown, NJ in 2004. He enjoys all kinds of aviation and plans to pursue a career as a professional pilot. Although he enjoys flying multi-engine aircraft, he is also very interested in taildraggers and ultralights. He's a great source of information, and a valuable addition to the ECAC Staff.

Randy Longchamps - CFI
Randy has experience in several general aviation aircraft, as well as the new Light Sport aircraft.

Ed Marks - CFI, MEI, CFII - Info Coming Soon

Taka Mitsui - CFI, CFII, AGI, IGI
Taka joins ECAC with an impressive background covering 16 years of flying. He has experience flying a wide variety of airplanes, including jets and sea planes, encompassing over 1,700 hours experience, with over 900 hours as an instructor in the USA and Japan. He was previously the Chief Flight Instructor at the USAF Flight Training Center at Yokota Air Force Base in Japan, and a Senior Flight Instructor at Southeastern Flight School in Macon, GA. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Asia University at Tokyo, Japan.

Mike Rhodes - ATP, CFII
Mike is a dual rated CFII (Helicopters & Airplane) with over 2000 hours experience. He earned his initial CFI rating in Rotorcraft-Helicopter in 1983 and earned Instrument Instructor ratings in both Helicopter and Airplane categories in 1987. Mike joined ECAC-Bedford staff in August ’06 as a senior helicopter flight instructor, and recently expanded to include teaching Helicopter in Nashua.

Andrew Stevens - CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI
A professional pilot and instructor with over 500 hrs. total time. Andrew started flying in 2004 and is currently working for a small company in Connecticut flying a Navajo. He started instructing in February 2007. Andrew is also in his last year at Daniel Webster College where he is working on a Bachelors Degree in Air Traffic Management.

Don Turner - Info Coming Soon

In addition to our regular instructor line-up, we have additional instructors that specialize in specific areas of training. These instructors are not on the regular schedule, but are assigned by the school when necessary for specialized instruction or to meet specific training needs.

Our On-Call Instructional Staff: (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)

Lee Abt - ATP, CFII, MEI
Lee has an ATP with extensive Glass Cockpit Experience. In addition to being a flight instructor with over 1500 hours flying experience, he is also a certified A&P Mechanic and IA. He has experience in several different models of glass cockpit aircraft including Columbia and Cirrus. He is a graduate of Daniel Webster College and East Coast Aero Tech.

Sean Donnelly - Info coming soon

Chris Loprinze - Info coming soon

Steve Parsons - CFII
Steve began flying right after he completed high school in 1973 and has been actively involved in aviation for more than 35 years. He has more than 2200 hours total flight time and 1900 hours of flight instruction. In an effort to share his passion with flying he began to flight instruct in 2000, and he is proud of his student's accomplishments. Steve holds a Bachelors degree from New Hampshire College and a Masters degree from Boston University.