3:30 PM -
4:15 PM
The First Five Hours
Room 1
Initial experiences can make or break a student’s aviation career. Students bring their fears and anxieties to flight training – learn strategies to alleviate these concerns.
George Charles Allen, CFII, MSc, FRAeS, is an experienced aviator, consultant, and educator. He currently sits on the board of directors for the National Association of Flight Instructors and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. His flight training center has won more than 15 national and regional awards — including AOPA National Best Flight School in 2015 and 2019 — for its dedication and service to the flight training industry.
George is a recipient of the National Science Teaching Association’s Wendell G. Mohling Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award, was recognized as a 40 Under Forty Outstanding Business Leader, and earned a Master’s with distinction from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Aviation (Av.D.) at the Florida Institute of Technology. When not flying his classroom in the sky, George can be found playing chess, keeping up his other instrument rating as a classical pianist, reading voraciously, or seeking nautical adventures along the rocky coasts of New England with his lovely wife.