SCHOOL & TRAINING: Meet the Instructors

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Jeffrey Hazlegrove, Certified Flight Instructor Glider (CFI-G)

One of my greatest joys is introducing people to the sport of soaring. I love sharing in the excitement my passengers feel on their first glider ride or that my students feel after making their first solo flight. Big thermal climbs and long cross-country flights are thrills that only those who have experienced the magic called soaring can fully comprehend.

I took my first glider ride when I was 14 years old. The gliding experience was so exciting I was hooked from then on. I began working as a line boy at the local gliderport on the weekends as I continued my glider flight training. I soloed and earned my private pilot glider license at age 16, my commercial glider license at 18 and my glider instructor's license at 19.

I have over 9000 glider flights in 30 types of sailplanes and hold an AZ State Junior Multi-place Distance record for gliders. As an instructor I have soloed over 150 students, helped over 75 earn their glider license and given many pilots their biannual flight review.

So if you are interested in a great flying experience, then let's go soaring!

Ruth Cook, Certified Flight Instructor Glider (CFI-G)

Bio comming soon!

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