Edward Neffinger

Ed comes from an aviation family; His father was a fighter pilot for the US Army Air Corps in WWII and his brother was an accomplished sailplane pilot. Ed started his aviation career as a line boy in Atlanta; Georgia for a local flight school and FBO. He soon obtained his commercial certificate and CFI; CFII and CFIME. He went on to fly for several charter and commuter airlines in the Caribbean and the East Coast and eventually flew for airlines in the U.S. and the Pacific. He obtained his CFIG while living in Hawaii and flying for Air Micronesia. He has recently retired and has returned to his general aviation roots. Ed has been actively involved in GA throughout his life; including soaring; racing; and formation flying; building and test flying homebuilts. He’s an aviation history buff and enjoys reading and talking about warbirds and hitching the occasional warbird ride.