Flying Background

I absolutely love to fly.  I started flying at age 14, soloed on my 16^th birthday, and got my private pilot license on my 17^th birthday.  Over the next few years, I received my Commercial, Instrument, and Flight Instructor rating.  While in college I flight instructed during summers, and upon graduation joined the U.S. Air Force.  During my 34-year career in the military I was fortunate to fly the F-4 as an operational fighter pilot, the T-37 as a flight instructor, the T-38 and F-16 as an acceptance test pilot, before graduating from the USAF Test Pilot School as an experimental test pilot.  As a test pilot, I was an instructor at Test Pilot School, Operations Officer at the F-16 Combined Test Force, and Test Squadron Commander.  While at Edwards and Wright-Patterson Air Force Bases I had the opportunity to fly 60 different make and model aircraft including trainers, fighters, transports, gliders, other utility aircraft, and even the X-29 technology demonstrator.  In two of my assignments as a General Officer I was able to continue flying the F-16.  While in the military I continued to fly general aviation aircraft, and after retiring from the military I flew co-pilot on a Merlin IVC for the company I worked for, and in 2019 I started working at the Eglin Aero Club as an instructor.  I have flown 64 different make and model civilian aircraft, and currently hold an ATP, Commercial, Private (glider), ASEL, AMEL, and instrument gold seal flight instructor ratings.  In Fall of 2021 I was selected by the FAA to become a Designated Pilot Examiner.

Schedule Your Checkride

To prepare for the checkride please click on the link below to complete the Intake Form and review my fee policies. Also below are links to the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) and the ACS Companion Guide for Pilots. Please review the appropriate ACS for your checkride to ensure you are familiar with the evaluation criteria.  During the practical test I am required to evaluate at least one knowledge, one risk element, and ALL skill elements from each applicable task. Make sure you reference the ACS Companion Guide for Pilots, Section 7 for the Practical Test Checklist (Applicant), for the things you are required to bring with you to the checkride.  For the cross-country I will give you several days prior to the checkride, you may use paper or electronic documentation to show your planning. Make sure you complete the ICAO flight Plan Form to include all appropriate equipment codes applicable to the aircraft you are using for the checkride.  If you have any questions regarding the checkride please do not hesitate to call, text, or email me.

703-859-2807
jriemer@riemerandassociates.com.

I look forward to meeting you in person and being part of your aviation journey.