Matthew P. R. McDaniel

McDaniel has been an active CFI for more than 34 years. He specializes in Cirrus and other technically advanced aircraft instruction and is a Platinum Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot. He enjoys teaching in antique taildraggers, such as the Globe/Temco Swift and Short-Wing Piper series. He has flown more than 155 aircraft types and holds eight turbine aircraft type ratings.

As a freelance aviation author, McDaniel has published more than 150 articles. He flies as a Boeing 737 captain for a major U.S. airline. As the founder and owner of Progressive Aviation Services, LLC, he operates out of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, where he and his wife raised two children and live