Jason Schappert

Jason Schappert
Born Baltimore, Maryland
Residence Ocala, Florida
Occupation Founder of MzeroA.com
Years active 2010–present
Spouse(s) Ashley Schappert (m. 2011)
Children Ella Schappert

Jason Schappert is a CFII[1] and ATP[2] rated pilot, and author of 8 best selling aviation flight training books. Schappert was named AOPA's Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008, Outstanding Flight Instructor of 2014 & 2015, has amassed over 8000 hours of in-flight instruction, and produces MzeroA.com's Online Ground School.[3][4]

Biography

Schappert began flying at age 12, and did his first solo flight at 16. He subsequently became a flight instructor, and earned all the ratings up to ATP, including private pilot certificate, instrument rating, and Commercial Pilot Certificate. Schappert currently flies a Cessna 172.

Before becoming acclaimed as a flight instructor, Schappert made headlines when in 2007, as an eighteen year old aviation student at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, he saved a drowning man from the icy water of Long Pond.[5][6] He received a Carnegie Medal[7] and was written into the congressional record.[8] Jason was named National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008 and 2012.[9] In 2009 he created a program called Future Pilots Flight Academy for aviation-minded youth in conjunction with the Discovery Science Center.[10]

In 2010 Schappert teamed with Swiss flyer Vincent Lambercy flew a Cessna 150 on a round-trip Flight Across America from Daytona Beach, Florida to Catalina Island, California and back. Funds raised from the trip were used to promote general aviation.[11][12]

Jason and his team flew around the country in 2014 on the Good Pilot Tour, one of their many stops was at the Southeast Aviation Expo.[13]

He was named AOPA's Outstanding Flight Instructor of the year in 2014 & 2015. [14][15]

Producing the Flying Again Movie [16] featuring rusty pilots who have not flown anywhere from 2 to 30 years. This effort was then featured on the TV series The Aviators.

Bibliography

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Flying Again Movie Himself Flight instructor

References

  1. ↑ Flight instructor
  2. ↑ Airline Transport Pilot Licence
  3. ↑ Godlewski, Meg (6 November 2014). "MZero Aviation: A new kind of online ground school". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Today's Flight Plan". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Byrnes, Joe (21 March 2007). "Rescue earns West Port graduate angel wings". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lakeville rescue Feb. 11, 2007".
  7. ↑ "Ocala man given Carnegie Hero Medal". 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Congressional Record". 26 July 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  9. ↑ http://issuu.com/jacksonvilleuniversity/docs/wave_fall2008/21. Retrieved 2 December 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ Kossick, Betty (29 September 2009). "Flying instructor shares passion with youth". Ocala Star Banner. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/SocialMediaLeadsToProjectToPromoteGAForAll_200654-1.html
  12. ↑ "'Flying Across America' to promote GA in Cessna 150". AOPA.com. AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Southeast Aviation Expo
  14. ↑ AOPA FLIGHT TRAINING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
  15. ↑ 2015 AOPA FLIGHT TRAINING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
  16. ↑ Flying Again Movie

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