NAFI Master CFII & Top Gun Program Manager Greg
Flanik
Greg Flanik works part-time with Top Gun Flight Training and is
a Master
Certified Flight Instructor and FAA
Safety Team Representative for the Cleveland Flight Standards
District Office. He instructs out of Burke Lakefront and Cuyahoga
Country Airports.
Greg has been instructing for Top Gun Flight Training since 2004.
He specializes in Technically Advanced Aircraft Instruction which
focuses on utilizing the latest technologies (GPS Navigation, Auto
Pilot, Traffic Collision Avoidance and Data Link Weather) in flight.
Greg finished fourth in the Cleveland 300 Air race contested Labor
Day weekend at the 2004 Cleveland National Air Show. His
finish was the best for all "Rookie" racers in the competition
and this earned him the "Flying Magazine" Rookie Air Race
Champion Trophy.
Not all of his flying has been instructional or air racing in nature.
Greg and his wife have taken trips all over the Great Lakes, Appalachians,
East and Gulf Coasts. He has flown in the Rockies and in the desert
southwest in turbo prop and high performance aircraft. Greg's flight
experience is on platforms as simple as a Piper Tomahawk all the
way up to aircraft as complex as multi engine Piper Seminole's and
turbo prop aircraft on the Pilatus PC-12.
He writes, produces and presents numerous safety seminars for Top
Gun Flight Training and the FAA Safety Team. His topics span from
aviation weather, Visual and Instrument Flight Rules GPS navigation
techniques to flying in the mountains.
Greg is also involved with the National
Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). He is also
a member of the Airplane Owners and Pilots Association, Northern
Ohio Business Aviation Association (NOBAA) and Angle Flight America.
Aviation is not the only vocation in his life. When not flying,
he can be found working in the Information Technology department
at Baldwin-Wallace College and advising evening and weekend adult
college students. In addition to his work in IT and flight instruction
Greg is a USA Track & Field Master level official and Ohio High
School Athletic Association Track & Field Official.
Of all these things, Greg proud of the fact that he is a flight
instructor. He enthusiastically shares his love and passion for
aviation with all he comes in contact with. Underlying this joy
of flight is the deep rooted understanding that safety is of paramount
importance. Safety of flight is the foundation of his instruction.
The joy and excitement of flight is found in the heart of his instruction.
Whether it is in the cockpit, the flight briefing room or the lecture
hall, Greg invites you to share his passion for flight.
