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EAA Instructors
UFI = Ultralight Flight Instructor
UFIE =Ultralight Flight Instructor Examiner

ASC Instructors
BFI = Basic Flight Instructor
AFI = Advanced Flight Instructor

pfw = powered fixed wing
pws = powered weight shift
ppw = powered para wing

psp = powered sea plane
ppg = powered para glider
prw = powered rotor wing
pla = powered lighter than air
uws = unpowered weight shift
ufw = unpowered fixed wing

Illinois

City First Name Last Name Org Rating Type Phone Email
Arlington Hgts Greg Peters ASC BFI pfw 847-818-0343  
Athens Eldon Rose ASC BFI pfw 217-636-7584  
Barrington James Sweeney ASC AFI ppw 847-382-7029  
Bartlett Lee Koenig ASC BFI ppw 630-837-6758  
Batavia Bernard Brown ASC BFI ppw 630-879-0246  
Beach Park Jason Sherrod ASC BFI ppw 847-336-8113  
Beecher City James Reed ASC BFI ppw 618-487-5393  
Biggsville Matthew Defenbaugh ASC BFI ppw 309-627-2422  
Bluffs John Gotschall ASC BFI ppw 217-754-3236  
Bolingbrook Hank Mook EAA UFI ppw (630)972-0421 hpmook@aol.com
Burr Ridge Karl Henning EAA UFI pfw (708)710-6759 KHP33@aol.com
Butler Jerald Johnson ASC BFI ppw 217-532-3520  
Byron Guy Stayner ASC BFI pws/pfw 815-234-4016  
Carol Stream Brad Piper ASC BFI ppw 630-653-6014  
Charleston Martin Ignazito ASC BFI ppw 217-348-1525  
Chicago Spencer Forman ASC BFI pws 312-656-0552  
Coal City Brian Gagliardo EAA UFI ppw   buckeyeb@uti.com
Crestwood Raymond Hammerschmidt EAA UFI ppw (708) 389-7160 RHAMMER55@aol.com
Crete Miroslaw Urbanczyk EAA UFI pfw (708) 877-7160 marku@gallagherasphalt.com
Crete John Van Kalker ASC BFI ppw/pfw 708-672-3533  
Crystal Lake David Stump ASC BFI ppw 630-208-1818  
Dakota Erwin Kincannon ASC BFI pfw 815-563-4551  
Decatur Fred Worrell ASC BFI pfw 217-876-8129  
East Peoria Jamie Kee EAA UFIE pfw (309) 694-2339 JAMESK1528@aol.com
Edinburg Thomas Georges ASC AFI pfw 217-623-5772  
Effingham James Niemann ASC BFI ppw 217-342-9482  
El Paso Roger Funk ASC BFI ppw 309-527-2551  
Elgin Bryan Kinser EAA UFI ppw (630) 543-1033 awtowx20@netzero.net
Elgin Jesse Ruiz ASC BFI ppw 847-464-5629  
Elgin Robert Zerfas ASC BFI ppw 847-697-5110  
Elkville Richard Boucher ASC BFI pfw 618-568-1506  
Erie James Robinson EAA UFI pfw (309) 659-2721 erieairpark@juno.com
Essex Paula Crevier EAA UFI pfw (815) 468-8873 pcrevier@juno.com
Frankfort Jake Reyling EAA UFI ppw (815) 469-8498  
Franklin Richard Rees ASC BFI ppw 217-675-2093  
Franklin Reggie Toler ASC BFI ppw 217-675-2657  
Franklin Grove Frank Faivre ASC BFI ppw 800-635-2023  
Genoa Harry Crisman EAA UFI pfw (815) 784-2038 hlc@tbcnet.com
Genoa Suzann Harmening ASC BFI ppw 815-784-5876  
Genoa Michael Harmening ASC AFI ppw 815-784-5876  
Girard Kenneth Bricker ASC BFI ppw 217-483-1615  
Greenville Roy Beisswenger ASC AFI ppw 618-664-9706  
Gridley Michael King ASC BFI ppw 309-747-3835  
Henry Ernest Lamkey ASC BFI pws 309-364-3446  
Herrin Norman Burley ASC AFI ppw 618-942-7275 burleyn37@earthlink.net
Herrin Richard Fogle ASC BFI ppw 618-942-2408  
Hinckley David Hintzsche EAA UFI pfw (630) 557-2406 david@hintzsche.com
Johnston City John Richardson ASC BFI ppw 618-983-3366  
Joilet James Leon EAA UFIE ppw pfw (815) 741-0203 jleon123@aol.com
Kankakee Frank Beagle EAA UFI pfw (708) 269-8057 Woof@keynet.net
Kewanee Dale Lindstrom EAA UFI pfw (309) 853-8222 flyafs@inw.net
Kirkwood Bradley Clark ASC BFI ppw 309-627-21008  
lansing Harold Hacker ASC BFI ppw 708-895-5742  
Lawrenceville Ralph Baker Jr ASC BFI pfw 618-943-2958  
Libertyville Gerard Dederich EAA UFI pfw (847) 816-9520 gjd@niakwk.com
Litchfield Charles Mara ASC BFI ppw/prw 217-324-4789  
Lockport James Lake Jr. EAA UFI pfw (815) 210-5841 cjlake50@hotmail.com
Loves Park Charles Thomas EAA UFI ppw (815) 963-8488 CThomas@Hinshawlaw.com
Macomb Richard Denton ASC BFI ppw 309-298-1200  
Mapleton Donald Middleton ASC BFI ppw 309-697-4826  
Marion Larry McCabe ASC BFI ppw 618-982-2400  
Marseilles Brandon Kline ASC BFI pfw 815-941-2575  
Mattoon Larry Annis ASC BFI ppw 217-234-8707  
Mattoon Joe Reese ASC BFI ppw 217-234-9178  
Mendota Martha Fouts ASC BFI ppw 815-538-5176  
Milford Dave Patrick ASC BFI pfw 815-457-3128  
Mt Vernon Steve Schalter ASC BFI ppw 618-244-3778  
Mt Vernon Steven Schulter ASC BFI ppw 618-244-3778  
Mt. Auburn Timothy Morgan ASC AFI pfw 217-692-2077  
Naperville Chuck Roberg ASC BFI pfw/prw 630-983-7625  
Oak Brook John Kosowski EAA UFI ppw (630) 227-3162 j2k@teamservices.com
Oak Forest Robert Murphy ASC BFI ppw 773-233-4955  
Oak Park Stephen Madden ASC BFI pfw/psp 708-524-9345  
Oakland Jim Parkes ASC BFI   217-346-2535  
Park Forest Guy Schultz ASC BFI ppw 708-481-2348  
Park Ridge Boguslaw Janczura ASC BFI pfw 847-823-6679  
peotone Stephen Bastic