Thanks for visiting our website! Here at Air Venture Flight Center, we employ a full-time trained staff of flight instructors to ensure you reach your full potential in your flight training experience. We do our best to match you to one of our instructors to best suit your schedule. Come meet our staff!
Administration & Staff
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Ken Hammerton
Owner - Flight Operations
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Brenda Hammerton
Owner - General Operations
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Sherron Hopper
VP Admin - Financial
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Alexis Brantley
Scheduling - Quality Control
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Huyen Le
Administrator
A320 Coordinator
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Nick Barclay
Dispatch
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Flight Management
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Natalie Bingham Hoover - Chief Flight Instructor
Natalie Bingham Hoover has served as Air Venture’s Assistant Chief for over 10 years. She is now moving into the Chief position as well as continuing her work as a Designated Pilot Examiner. In addition to her pilot duties, Hoover is a freelance aviation writer and monthly columnist for AOPA’s “Pilot” Magazine. Hoover also serves as lead FAA safety representative for the state of Mississippi and won the FAA Safety Representative of the Year award in both 2012 and 2016. Before making her home in general aviation, she flew for the regional airlines, and has done work in the charter and corporate aviation sectors, with a PIC type in a Beechjet. She also holds her ATP AMEL, Commercial ASEL, and CFI/CFII/MEI ratings.
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Flight Instructors
Ken Hammerton
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman |
Tucker Chumley
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman
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Cameron Graeber
CFI
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Jake Pennell
CFI, CFII, MEI
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Brian Campbell
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman
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Tendy Hoang
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman
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Charles Hatke
CFI, CFII MEI
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Daniel Phipps
CFI, CFII, MEI
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Sylver Ford
CFI, CFII |
Jake Haentzler
CFI, CFII,
Check Airman
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Alex Hay
CFI
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Katelyn Wilson
CFI
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Destiny Rhoda
CFI, CFII
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James Dowdy
CFI
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Emily Hendrix
CFI
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Destiny Rhoda
CFI, CFII
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Chester Striplin
CFI, CFII |
Cole Gilkey
CFI
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Owen Herelle
CFI
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Taylor Stanford
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman
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Juston Mask
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman
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Jared Morely
CFI, CFII, MEI
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Jonathan Clark
CFI, CFII, MEI
Check Airman
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Paul Trzil
CFI, CFII
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Ash Patil
CFI
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