Meet the Instructors
All Aircraft and Simulators. DPE- CE-500, CE-510, CE-525, CE-560XL
LOCATION
Beaufort, SC
TRAVEL
Worldwide (very limited availability)
Douglas Carmody is a former airline Captain with over 30,000 flight hours.
Douglas Carmody | OWNER – INSTRUCTOR
CE-500 and BE-90/200
LOCATION
Muscle Shoals, AL
TRAVEL
USA
Lee is an experienced, independent contract instructor with more than 3,800 hours in the T-1, T-6, T-37, T-38 and A-10.
Lee Gentile | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Lee retired from the USAF in 2022 after commanding a flying training squadron and a flying training wing. He brings a wealth of operational knowledge about large flight schools that be vital to EFT’s future.
PC12 TBM In-Aircraft and Simulator
LOCATION
Beaufort, SC
TRAVEL
USA
Lex is a seasoned contract flight instructor having logged over 4500 hours flying FA-18 Hornets for the Marine Corp.
Lex Brown | FLEET MANAGER
Lex is a seasoned contract flight instructor having logged over 4500 hours flying FA-18 Hornets for the Marine Corp. He was a FA-18 Squadron Commander at MCAS Beaufort and retired as a Colonel in 2014.
Lex joined Executive Flight Traning in 2016 and is our lead instructor for Pilatus PC-12 and Daher TBM training programs. He has transitioned his military training techniques to create a unique instructutal style that can be condensed to three words: Brief, Execute, Debrief. Clients enjoy this structured, easy to understand training method that results in making them safer, more proficient pilots.
He is licensed in single and multi-engine airplanes as an ATP, CFI, CFII-MEI
CE-525 Aircraft and Simulator.
LOCATION
Beaufort, SC
TRAVEL
Worldwide
Bob Rutherford, specializes in airborne operational issues, from flight test, flight training, aircraft safety, and aircraft certification (icing).
Bob Rutherford | INSTRUCTOR
CE-525, 510 Aircraft.
LOCATION
Lexington, NC
TRAVEL
USA
Lee Smith has been flying corporate fixed wing and rotorcraft for over 27 years.
Lee Smith | INSTRUCTOR
In Aircraft CE-525 -Initial
LOCATION
KTYS
TRAVEL
Worldwide
Richard holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate for Airplane Multi /Single-Engine Land, Rotorcraft- Helicopters and Commercial pilot privileges for Airplane Single Engine Sea.
Richard Whittemore | INSTRUCTOR
All King Air series aircraft
LOCATION
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TRAVEL
Worldwide
John has over 30 years of flying and instructional experience including a combat tour in the F-18.
John Bretagna | INSTRUCTOR
PC-12
LOCATION
Beaufort, SC
TRAVEL
Local
Recently retired from the Marine Corps, Jordan has been flying and instructing for over 15 years.
Jordan Hedges | INSTRUCTOR
King Air 200 and 350
LOCATION
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TRAVEL
USA
Bob’s flying Career began at Southern Illinois University in 1986 in the Aviation Flight/Management program, flying multiple single and light twin general aviation aircraft.
Bob Peterson| INSTRUCTOR
His military background spanned 28 years of service to include 26 continuous years of flying Marine F/A-18 fighters and the King Air Series (UC-12) Aircraft. In addition to his Fighter Experience, Bob was the Marine Corps’ Lead Standards and Evaluation Check Pilot for the King Air 200 for over 12 years, providing Standardization, Evaluation and Instruction for Marine Corps and Navy BE-20 units and their pilots worldwide.
Bob’s commercial flight experience also includes over 20 years of Part 121 flying with a Major International Cargo Carrier, flying Boeing 727 and 757/767 Heavy Jet transports.
His Ratings/Certificates include ATP, MEI, MEI (I), Turbojet Flight Engineer with Multiple Heavy Jet and Turboprop Type ratings.
Bob has been an Instructor with Executive Flight Training since 2015 where he specializes in instructing in all the King Air series aircraft.
King Air 200 and 350
LOCATION
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TRAVEL
USA
Jake has nearly 20 years of aviation experience in both the civilian and military communities.
Jake Patrick | INSTRUCTOR
Jake has nearly 20 years of aviation experience in both the civilian and military communities. He has over 9,000 flight hours and has flown over 100 aircraft and has been an active flight instructor for 17 years. He has experience in cargo operations (Cessna 208), military (F/A-18E), corporate (part 91, 135, and 91K), ag (Air Tractor 402/502), aerial firefighting (Air Tractor 802F Fire Boss), flight test (Phase I and EASA/FAA Validation) and flight training owning multiple flight schools and developing over ten training programs for single and multi-engine aircraft. Jake holds an ATP AMEL with Commercial privileges in ASEL, ASES, AMES, Glider, and Helicopter as well as type ratings in the CE-500, HA-420, and Experimental Authorization in the S-211. As a flight instructor, Jake holds CFI/CFII/MEI airplane and CFI/CFII in helicopter as well as AGI and IGI with over 4,000 hours of dual given in over 60 different aircraft and has instructed pilots at Private up to ATP and Type Ratings in ASEL, ASES, and AMES.
Senior King Air Flight Instructor
LOCATION
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TRAVEL
USA
A veteran of 22 years of United States Marine Corps Aviation, Derek began flying in 1990.