Ken Menzie

Licenses/Ratings: ATP SEL and MEL, AGI, and CFII.

Ken Menzie is the Assistant Chief Pilot for Flight Training. He has been with FlightGest since December 2005. Ken is a “Gold Seal” FAA Certified Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII). A former US Air Force pilot, Ken has 6,700 hours of single and multi-engine flight time with over 2,500 hours of primary and advanced flight instruction experience. In addition to serving as our Assistant Chief Pilot, he flies the Cessna Caravan in our charter operations. He is a member of Angel Flight.

Jesse Collum

Licenses/Ratings: Commercial SEL and MEL, Instrument, CFII.

Jesse does primary and advanced flight training in SEL airplanes. He also gives advanced training in the glass cockpit Cirrus airplanes, the SR 20, SR22 and is qualified to give tail wheel airplane endorsements. In addition to his job as a FlightGest instructor, as time permits, he does some volunteer flying as follows serving as a mission pilot, instructor and check pilot with the Civil Air Patrol and he also volunteers as a pilot for Angel Flight, which FlightGest proudly sponsors. Having logged over 7,000 hours of flight time, Jesse has 4,000 hours as a flight instructor.

Jimmy Steward

Licenses/Ratings: Commerical ASEL, Instrument, Flight Instructor.

Jimmy Steward is a home-grown CFI. He started flight training right here at FlightGest in November 2005 - earning the money to fly by cleaning FlightGest's aircraft. He acquired his Private Pilot license in May 2006 and his Instrument Rating a few months later. Jimmy went on to obtain his Commercial license in January 2008 and has since received his flight instructor certificate. Currently, Jimmy is working toward an undergraduate degree in Aviation Management.

Jonathan Bullock

Licenses/Ratings: Commercial SEL and MEL, Instrument, CFII, and MEI.

Jonathan Bullock is a CFI native to Raleigh. He started flying in 2002 at the Franklin County Airport in Louisburg, earning his Private Pilot certificate in 2004. He earned the rest of his ratings while completing a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautics in 2008 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. As a single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument Flight Instructor, Jonathan has over 1,600 flight hours in many different types of airplanes. He has been teaching since 2006 and has more than 1,000 hours as a flight instructor.

Frank Gozzo

Licenses/Ratings: ATP MEL, CFI, FAA Safety Representative.

Frank is the founder/CEO of FlightGest. He started flying in 1979 at Caldwell Airport in NJ where he earned his flight instructor certificate before heading off to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After college, Frank joined IBM Federal Systems division where he could apply his passion for aviation as well as his training in electrical engineering towards the research, design and flight testing of many advanced airborne systems. Frank launched FlightGest as a “side business” in 1999, yet the small business has grown to include flight training, pilot services, aircraft management and private charter. Frank remains an active CFI, FAA check airman and FAA Safety Representative with nearly 2500 flight hours. He is an active volunteer for many aviation causes and is frequently called on by the FAA, NASA, TSA and DOT for speaking and advisory roles.

Owen Chase

Licenses/Ratings: Commercial SEL, Instrument, CFI, CFII

Owen started his flight training in 2000 and received his Private license in 2001. He began his training at Lake Ridge Airport in Durham and finished his Private, Instrument, Commercial and CFI work at FlightGest. Owen received his CFI Instrument rating at Airman Flight School in Norman, Oklahoma and currently has a total of 500 hours of flight time. Outside of aviation, Owen graduated from NC Wesleyan with a BA in Business. He has lived in the Raleigh, NC area for the past seven years and enjoys flying and traveling.