Aviation Adventures
Elias Kontanis has extensive experience in transportation safety and aviation instruction. Currently serving as the Chief of the Transportation Disaster Assistance Division at the National Transportation Safety Board since April 2008, Elias Kontanis also holds positions as Assistant Chief Instructor, Part 141 Check Instructor, and Certificated Flight Instructor at Aviation Adventures since April 2012. In addition, Elias served as a Certificated Flight Instructor and Check Airman with the Civil Air Patrol from December 2018 to December 2021, and worked as a Forensic Anthropologist at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Central Identification Laboratory from September 2004 to April 2008. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology from Binghamton University.
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Aviation Adventures
The heart of any flight school is its instructor staff. Our instructors are experienced, well-qualified pilots who love to share the gift of flight with others. We have both full-time and part-time instructors, allowing for a training program that fits your schedule. Our instructors do much more than build time for their next job in aviation. Aviation Adventures’ instructors, on average, have more instructor ratings, more hours of flight instruction, and experience and ratings in more aircraft types than any Virginia flight school. Our aircraft are the best training and rental planes in the area. They are equipped with the latest technology, including moving map Global Positioning System systems in most cases. We would like the opportunity to show you our aircraft, meet our instructors and show you how we can start or advance your flight training. If you would like more information on our aircraft, training programs, or other services, we invite you to come out to the airport for a close-up view of what we can do for you.