|
Jess
Panzer
 After
graduating from Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus, Panzer worked
as a flight instructor at Arrow Aviation in Colorado Springs.
The U.S. Air Force Academy contracted Arrow to administer a
portion of its undergraduate pilot training. “It was basically
a way of washing out the students who couldn’t fly a Cessna or
Cherokee before they had access to the jets,” Panzer explains.
“They were generally great students, and it was a wonderful
way to build hours.” Now 27, Panzer flies corporate and
charter flights in a King Air 350 for ACM Aviation in San Jose,
Calif., and was beginning her Sabreliner 60 type rating. Before
that, she worked as an air ambulance and charter pilot at
Silverhawk Aviation in her hometown of Lincoln, Neb. At
Silverhawk, she worked her way to the right seat of the company’s
Citation and the captain’s seat of its King Air.
In 2005, Jess was invited to be
mentored by Sean D. Tucker, Bill Stein, and Wayne Handley on the
"Stars of Tomorrow" aerobatic flight team. While on
the "SOT" 2005 team, Jess got experience flying air
shows such as Pittsburg, PA, Dayton, OH, and the largest air how
in the world, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Jess is an ATP pilot with over
4500 hours of flight time, holding 4 type ratings including Lear
Jets, and also a Certified flight instructor in airplanes,
helicopters, and seaplanes.
|
