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Nashville
Instructors / Staff - JWN
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Randy
Harmon,
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Randy has served in the United States Air
Force in a variety of challenging leadership roles. He became the
youngest instructor at his first operational flying unit. He retired
from the USAF in September, 1996 after a career of government and military
assignments resulting in many command positions.
After retirement, he developed and then
subsequently sold a successful computer software company and currently
serves as President of Project U.S. which supports the military with
morale items for the troops and their families. As well as holding
various degrees, he holds a Master Navigator rating and is an Instrument
Flight Instructor.
He enjoys time with his wife and children as
well as reading, tennis, fishing and the outdoors.
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Tim
Barbutes,
Instructor
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My first ambition was to
be an astronaut, who hasn't, so it's safe to say I was bitten by the
flying bug at an early age. After six years in the Air Force I
went to college where I graduated with a computer programming degree in
1981 but was always being called to fly. So after raising three
kids and reaching 40 something, I decided it was time to make a
change. I enrolled in flight training in June 2000 and got my
private in January 2001. I then went on to earn my Instrument
rating in 2002, Commercial in 2003 and CFI rating in 2004. If I
may be permitted to paraphrase from one of the instructors here at
Wings, "I came to the realization that the only way to have more
fun than flying was to teach others to fly." Computer
programming still pays the bills, for now, but flying and
instructing is what I truly enjoy. I still have to pinch
myself when I realize I'm actually getting paid to do something that I
love, how cool is that?
I have been to a variety
of flight schools over the years and can honestly say that Wings of
Eagles is the best flight school in Nashville, and I'm proud of my
affiliation with this organization. I currently reside in
Hendersonville with my wife and children.
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Brian Dalton,
Instructor
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I
came to Nashville in 1998 to obtain an Engineering degree at Vanderbilt
University. In 2002, I graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical
Engineering and chose to remain at the University to continue my education
in pursuit of a Ph.D.
While classes and research deadlines can be quite stressful, I was fortunate
to find an outlet in the summer of 2003 -- FLYING. In a year's time, I
was able to earn my Commercial Single-Engine Land & Sea, Commercial
Multi-Engine Land and Flight Instructor certificates.
You may interpret the above as Vanderbilt's Engineering curriculum is beyond
stressful, but I prefer to think of the alternative of flying and Wings of
Eagles in particular are beyond FUN. Both the people I have met and
the experiences I have gained through flying are without equal. I
encourage you to take your first steps in aviation here in Nashville, as I
did, with the same people I credit with my success . . . the Wings of Eagles
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Joshua Motohashi, Instructor
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I always had a taste for adventure:
riding motorcycles, surfing and skiing. Learning to fly was
something I often dreamed about but didn't find time to undertake until my
mid-thirties. One day it finally hit me if I didn't take that first
step and do it "now" my desire to fly would forever remain just
a dream in my head. When I found a flight school and took my first
lesson I knew immediately flying would become an important facet of my
life. That first lesson took me farther than I ever imagined.
After earning my private pilot's license, I continued with my training,
earning instrument and commercial ratings as well as CFI and CFII
certificates.
Have
you ever had the "flying" dream? The one where you are
flying through the air arms outstretched. I assure you the freedom
and exhilaration of flying a small plane comes very close to making the
flying dream a reality. It is truly a privilege to bring that sense
of flying - like the plane is an extension of yourself soaring through the
air - to others who share the dream. Take that first step. You
can do it, too.
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