DARRYL
KALTHOF - CFI -West Valley Flying Club, Advanced Flyers, Sundance.
GENERAL
CFI QUALIFICATIONS
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Bay
area flight instructor since 1993.
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FAA
gold seal flight instructor.
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FAA certificates
ratings: airline transport pilot, airframe & powerplant mechanic,
and flight engineer turbojet. Flight Instructor: single engine, multi-engine,
instrument, advanced ground instructor.
EDUCATION
AND FLYING EXPERIENCE
Graduate
of Sacramento City College's aviation maintenance program AS- spring
1991
United Airlines Flight Officer intern - DC10/A320 Fleet, Denver, CO
- spring semester 1993.
Graduate of San Jose State's aviation flight operations program BS-
fall 1994.
Ameriflight
(FAR part 135 air cargo), Oakland, CA - Captain & Training Captain
- Piper Lance & Chieftain.
Trans States Airlines (FAR part 121 commuter airline US Air, Alaska,
Northwest Express feeding SFO and LAX airports), Saint Louis, MO - First
Officer - British Aerospace Jetstream 32 (19 passenger turboprop).
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System, Mountain View, CA - Assistant
Analyst.
INSTRUCTION
EXPERIENCE AND FLIGHT TIME
Certificates
and rating earned by students (as of 12/31/2011):
| Private
Pilot |
44
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Airline
Transport |
25
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| Instrument
Rating |
28
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Flight
Instructor Initial |
8
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| Commercial |
35
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Instrument
Instructor |
2
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| Multi-engine |
27
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First
Solo's |
44
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| Flight
Hours (as of 12/2011) |
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| Total
time |
11,120
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Tailwheel |
319
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| Instruction
Given |
9,222
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Instrument
(Actual & Hood) |
415
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| Multi-engine |
1,527
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Night |
716
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| Complex |
2507
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Turboprop |
246
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BIOGRAPHY
I began
a career in aviation in 1988 when I took my first flying lesson in a
Grumman Trainer. My original goal was to get a job flying with the major
airlines. I pursued that goal until I reached the commuter airline level
and realized that although I enjoyed my job I spent two-thirds of my
time away from home. I decided to go back to flight instruction and
find a great place to do it. Giving flight instruction has become my
passion, and I intend to do it until I am very old.
Our family
lives in the east bay. When I am not teaching I enjoy: playing with
my daughter, hiking, bicycling, water-skiing, movies, and entertaining
at home.
AVAILABILITY
I am usually
available 45-60 hours a week. I try to schedule lessons within the following
three time slots Monday through Friday so I can teach 15 lessons each
week (lessons run about 2.5 to 3 hours):
| 8
AM TO 11:00 AM |
11:00
AM TO 2:00 PM |
2:00
PM TO 5:00 PM |
I work
on most Saturday's and many Sunday mornings.
I do fly
at night as requested or necessary.
INSTRUCTION
RATES, BILLING, AND FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS
Flight
instruction is my full time profession and I work diligently to provide
professional instruction. I charge $90.00 per hour for flight and ground
instruction. I give discounted rate of $80 per hour for instruction
during the week (Mon-Fri 8-5 pm).
Students
pay as they go at the end of each week. I do not charge block to block
time I only charge for the time I am giving a student instruction. I
do not charge for canceled lessons due to bad weather, student illness,
or aircraft maintenance issues.
If you
do need to cancel, please try to give at least 24 hours notice, more
if possible. If you cancel with more then 24 hours notice please notify
me via email. If you are canceling with less that 24 hours notice, especially
on the day of the flight please call my cell phone (510) 299-3940 and
leave a voice mail, or send me a text message.
INSTRUCTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION
You reach
me on my cell phone at (510) 299-3940 between 7:30 am and 9pm. There
may be a two hour response time if I am flying at the time you call.
Or, you
can email at d.kalthof@sbcglobal.net
- I check it once or twice a day.
I AM
ABLE TO INSTRUCT IN THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT TYPES:
| Aeronca:
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7AC
Champion |
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| Beechcraft: |
BE35 |
BE76
Dutchess |
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| Bellanca: |
7ECA
Citabria |
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| Diamond |
DA42
Twin Star |
DA40
D-Star
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| Cessna: |
152/162 |
172n/p
Skyhawk |
172SP |
172RG |
177RG |
182RG |
206 |
P210 |
| Cirrus: |
SR20 |
SR22 |
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| Grumman: |
AA1B
Trainer |
AA5B
Tiger |
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| Mooney: |
M20K |
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| Piper: |
PA28-161 |
PA28-181 |
PA28R-201T |
PA28-236 |
PA32R-300 |
PA38-112 |
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| Piper
Twins: |
PA23-160 |
PA23-250 |
PA31-310 |
PA31-350 |
PA34-200 |
PA44-180 |
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| Socata:
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TB20
Trinidad |
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HOW
TO CHOOSE A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
An ideal
flight instructor is one that you enjoy spending time with who has good
theoretical knowledge and a variety of experience in flying and teaching
to draw upon, and loves to instruct as an end, not just a means to an
end.
Most flight
instructors teach as a way to build flying time required for a job with
the airlines. Most who do this are good pilots, but do not consider
flight instruction as a career, but as a means to an end. They do not
put much effort into improving their instructional abilites over the
years.
Most flight
schools take advantage of this and pay a flight instructor a fraction
of what they charge the student for their services. Because of this
most instructors can only afford, or want to instruct for a few years,
(often less that 500-1000 hours) and leave the moment they get a job
with the airlines. This can be very frustrating for the student who
must now look for another instructor, or worse have one assigned to
them by the school.
When you
fly with a more experienced instructor they can help you learn and progress
faster. They are able to quickly pick up on student mistakes, common
reasons for mistakes, and have more than one solution to solve the problems
students might have. They
are more comfortable letting students make mistakes, and this leads
to less time learning how maneuver and land. They develop special techniques
that isolate needed skills and improve the students handing of the aircraft.
They also have thousands of hours interacting with air traffic control
and weather, and can pass this practical experience on to their students.
At flying
clubs the flight instructors are independent contractors the students
choose, and pay directly. Because of this many of the instructors at
West Valley can afford to be full time career flight instructors who
love to instruct and have given many thousands of hours of dual flight
instruction.
A flight
instructor should be well prepared for each lesson and keep track of
a students progress through the use of a written syllabus that is given
to the student. I use a written syllabus in conjunction with dozens
of my own written handouts that let a student know exactly what to do
and how to do it. This saves my clients time and money learning to fly
and preparing for the FAA pratical test.
Click on the link below to see my handout list and a few sample handouts:
http://www.bayareaflyinglessons.com/resource.html
It is important
to look for an instructor who can fly when you are able to fly.
If you
would just like information on flying I would be happy to meet with
you or answer your questions over the phone for FREE.