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 pilot and author of 8 best selling aviation flight training books. He is a CFII[1] and ATP[2] rated. Jason was named AOPA's Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008 and Outstanding Flight Instructor of the year in 2014. He is also the producer of an innovative online piloting school, known as MzeroA.com's Online Ground School.[3][4] As a flight instructor with over 8,000 hours of dual given (instruction given time).

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 [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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