Aaron Dabney

The National Association of Flight Instructors is proud to announce that NAFI member Aaron Dabney has earned accreditation as a NAFI Master Flight Instructor. This is Dabney’s seventh NAFI Master Flight Instructor accreditation.

Dabney earned his flight instructor certificate in 2009 and has since provided more than 5,000 hours of instruction in more than 30 models of aircraft. He serves as lecturer and assistant chief ground instructor in the Institute for Aviation Sciences at Baylor University. He has owned and operated Waco Flight Training, a Part 61 flight school, since 2013.

Dabney’s grandfather was a World War II fighter pilot and Dabney is now the caretaker of his family’s J-3 Cub. An active NAFI volunteer, Dabney serves on the NAFI board of directors, coordinates the MentorLIVE program, and assists with the Master Flight Instructor program. Dabney and his wife Alisa live in Waco, Texas, and enjoy traveling the world and making their annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh.

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