04/21/2026
Congratulations to Dean Rainbolt on the first flight and completion of his transition training in his Zenith Aircraft 750 Cruzer! And what better place to do this that at the home of Zenith Aircraft! (Most of the Zenith crew is still at Sun n’ Fun or we’d have them in the picture)
04/10/2026
Congratulations to Ashton Blum for passing his mult-engine commercial add-on yesterday!
MEI: Shaun Hale DPE: Kevin Spaulding
03/25/2026
Well, after years of purposeful procrastination I decided to get my CFII done and today I passed my checkride!
CFII: Christian Fasbender DPE: Jason Blair
03/23/2026
Lavion Aero is looking for another experienced flight instructor (CFI/CFII) to join our team in teaching in our aircraft and in our Redbird FMX AATD, as well as customer-owed aircraft at Ottawa Executive Airport in Zeeland, MI (Z98). A minimum of 2 years and 200 hrs of instruction experience is required. Instructional career-minded individuals are preferred. Growth/promotion, management, and even ownership (part/full) opportunities are possible.
Our school (www.lavion.aero) is an up to date operation with paperless/online processes. We offer fully paid ground training time and discovery flights (some flight schools don’t pay for this time). All initial sales and information calls and follow ups handled by the school, leaving you to focus on the training. We offer you $40 to $50 per instruction hour based on level of training (primary/instrument), paid twice per month. Come join our fast-growing school! Email your resume to [email protected].
03/13/2026
Congratulations to Cooper Fasbender (on left) for his first solo yesterday! And congrats to his CFI next to him (his brother) Christian Fasbender - Keeping it in the family!
02/27/2026
Congratulations to Elizabeth Shellhorn on her first solo yesterday!
02/15/2026
Congratulations to Marc Edgcombe on passing his multi commercial add-on checkride today!
MEI: Carson Lemmen, DPE: Jason Blair
Also congratulations to Dr. Mark Schultz for also passing his multi commercial checkride yesterday!
MEI: Christian Fasbender, DPE: Jason Blair
Way to go guys!
12/24/2025
Congratulations to Luigi Tagulao on passing his multi-engine commercial add-on checkride yesterday!
MEI: Christian Fasbender. DPE: Jason Blair
11/25/2025
Congratulations to Lydia Root for her successful first solo yesterday!
CFI: Ally Patmor
11/23/2025
Congratulations to Presley Webb for passing his multi-engine commercial add-on checkride on Wednesday!
MEI: Christian Fasbender. DPE: Jason Blair
11/23/2025
Congratulations to Brad Pruim on passing his private pilot checkride yesterday! He started in our flight school planes then bought his own Grumman Cheetah to finish up in.
CFI: Josh Gorney. DPE: Jason Blair