EAA 445- Scott O'Brien

Scott got his Private Pilot Certificate in 1964 flying in and out of a soft field in Ohio. In 1968 he graduated from Michigan Technological University majoring in Civil Engineering. In that year he also got a Commercial and Flight Instructor's Certificate from AG Aviation School in Reno, Nevada and Instrument and Instrument Instructor Ratings from Flight Safety at Chicago Midway. While in Reno he also had 10 hours of Aerobatic Instruction from Dual Cole. He was a flight Instructor and charter pilot until graduating from Law School at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio in 1972. He then engaged hisself in the general practice of law in Ohio from 1972 to 1995 while he was involved in several flying clubs and owned a Cessna 170B for several years. His wife was transfered to Oklahoma City in 1995 and he began to again fly regularly. He reinstated his Flight Instructor ratings at University of Oklahoma's Aviation Department and since then he has been a part-time Independent Flight Instructor. He and his wife moved to Tallahassee in January of 2002. He is currently a part-time Independent CFI, CFII and MEI associated with FlightLine Tallahassee. He owns and flies a 1972 Citabria. He has logged PIC time in over 40 different makes and models of Airplanes and has a total of about 2100 hrs total time with 1300 hours of flight instruction. He enjoys being retired because it allows him to spend full time learning to fly.