Airshow Director and Vice President of Lynchburg Regional Airshow, Inc.

 

With over 45 years of military and civilian aviation experience Dave has flown over 30 different aircraft logging over 9000 flying hours.  He holds FAA certifications as an airline transport pilot and as a single and multi-engine aircraft and instrument flight instructor and is a certified aircraft appraiser.  Retiring from the United States Air Force in 1997 as a Brigadier General he joined Liberty University and currently serves as the Dean of the Liberty University School of Aeronautics and President of Freedom Aviation.  He is an active pilot, regularly flying his Beech Baron and a 1941 Stearman.  He also serves on the Virginia Aviation Board and on the boards of the Virginia Aviation Business Association and Virginia Aviation Historical Society.  Dave previously served as a member of the Lynchburg Airport Commission.   He is a member of the International Council of Airshows and has been involved in several airshows spanning many years, including the 2011 Lynchburg Regional Airshow.