Experimental Aircraft Examiner Services FAA Designated Experimental Aircraft Examiner Services are provided to Red Star Aviation and to the aviation community at large as a volunteer service by Mr. Dave Sutton. In this capacity, we are able to provide flight tests in Experimental Aircraft to candidates located anywhere in the USA. We are pleased to assist Candidates and their Instructors to navigate the maze of regulations associated with these activities, and we are equally pleased to assist in this area no matter if you select our Examiner or any other with whom you wish to work. Our goal is to find you the MOST QUALIFIED Examiner. If you wish us to provide you with FAA Examiner services, we are pleased to arrange these services, but our advice is not limited to recommending one particular choice. Our volunteer, Mr. Sutton, takes time from his full time duties as a full time Falcon 2000EX-EASy and Falcon 900EX-EASy Pilot Instructor and Designated Examiner to assist our efforts. Mr. Sutton works as a full time Instructor and Pilot Examiner and holds USA and United Kingdom /JAA Pilot Examiner Designations in the Falcon 50, Falcon 50EX, Falcon 900 Falcon, 900EX-EASy, Falcon 2000EX-EASy, and Falcon 900/900EX series (JAA Only). In this capacity he performs over 100 pilot flight tests annually. In addition to the full range of Falcon aircraft, he holds type ratings in the Lear Jet series, Cessna Citation series, Hawker-125 series, and the Gulfstream II/III series. In addition to his work with civil warbird pilots and business jet pilots, he is retained by the United States Naval Test Pilot School as a Safety Pilot on a recurring basis and has been providing volunteer flight training to the Warbird community for nearly 20 years. For a tour of the other aircraft our staff works with every day, Explore the EASy Flight Deck by clicking this link to Dassault Aviation. Mr. Sutton holds Designated FAA Examination Authority in the following types of Experimental Aircraft: L-29, L-39, MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-21, T-33, Fouga CM-170, DH-100, DH-112, DH-115, NA-T28, and NA-P51. He can perform flight tests in the other Experimental Aircraft for which he holds personal ratings (CA-HA-200, Jet Provost Series, and All Makes and Models of Single Engine Piston Powered Experimental Aircraft) upon prior approval of the FAA and can provide initial and recurrent instruction in all of those types on a routine basis. He volunteers, without personal compensation, his services to the Warbird Community at large and to Red Star Aviation in particular. Mr. Sutton is an FAA Accident Prevention Counselor, is a former Contributing Editor to EAA Warbirds Magazine, and has contributed to Flying and Flight Training magazines. He is a former Director of the Classic Jet Aircraft Association. He is a Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and of both the Explorers Club and the American Polar Society. Red Star Aviation also works closely with several other FAA Designated Examiners, and may be able to suggest an equally or more qualified examiner upon request. Since we have no financial stake in any of these activities, we feel free to recommend what is best for YOU, not what is best for US.