Pilot. Instructor.
Engineer.
ABS-recognized Bonanza instructor, commercial pilot, and FAA Software Designated Engineering Representative — based at Lago Vista Airport (KRYW), Austin, TX.
ABS-recognized Bonanza instructor, commercial pilot, and FAA Software Designated Engineering Representative — based at Lago Vista Airport (KRYW), Austin, TX.
Kevin speaks regularly at aviation events and fly-ins. Come say hello.
Cloudy with a Chance of Confusion: Navigating Common IFR Pitfalls
Each year, about 100 Beechcraft Bonanzas and Barons assemble at a midwest airport and fly in the world's largest formation of civilian aircraft to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Forum Stage 3 · July 20 · 11:30 AM
Cloudy with a Chance of Confusion: Navigating Common IFR Pitfalls
Bonanza-specific training is the core focus — initial checkouts, recurrent training, turbo engine management, and advanced avionics. Kevin also does flight reviews, IPCs, and instrument rating work.
Learn more →Kevin is available as a personal pilot for day trips and weekend getaways out of Austin, flying a Cirrus SR-22. He also flies coast-to-coast aircraft ferry missions, with a written discrepancy report delivered at the end of every flight.
Learn more →Kevin has served as lead photo pilot on shoots ranging from warbirds at Reno to corporate jets over Monument Valley and the Golden Gate Bridge. His A36 Bonanza flies with the rear doors off for a clean, unobstructed shooting platform.
Learn more →Kevin has been an FAA Consultant Software DER since 2018, supporting DO-178C certification programs under Parts 23, 25, 27, and 29 from planning through final FAA approval. He also provides expert witness and litigation support for aviation matters.
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Kevin holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and spent over two decades building safety-critical avionics software, including as Director of Software Engineering at BendixKing by Honeywell, where he built a DO-178C software process from scratch for next-generation GA avionics.
He has been flying since age 13 and carries that same engineering discipline into the cockpit. Today he teaches Bonanza pilots, flies ferry missions and photo shoots, and serves as an FAA Consultant Software DER — drawing on both sides of that background in everything he does.
Kevin is a member of ABS, EAA, AOPA, NAFI, and SAFE, and volunteers as a mission pilot for the Veterans Airlift Command.
Book a flight instruction session online, or reach out to discuss pilot services, DER work, or anything else.