Kent W. Ewing | back to Flight Crew

Summary
A former career Naval officer, Kent's varied civilian positions have been: Chief Pilot, High Performance Aircraft Training, Director of Flight Operations, Eclipse Aviation, Chairman, TGV Rockets, Inc. and President of Leitch Video Corporation.

Prior to his civilian career, Kent was Commanding Officer of the USS America (CV-66) during Desert Storm. In his Naval Career he also commanded USS Sylvania (AFS-2), Carrier Air Wing Seventeen, and Attack Squadron Sixty Six. He has flown 16500 hours in over 100 different military and commercial aircraft, and made over 1150 carrier landings. He is a graduate of the US Naval Test Pilot School Class 65.

Kent's VLJ experience started when he was selected to be with the first Eclipse Mentor group. That changed when he became the DFO in 2006 and for two years at Eclipse he and his team did the production flight-testing on serial numbers 001 through 240. Kent flew the first two Eclipse jets out of the country on sales tours to the Dubai air show in 2007 and to Russia in 2008. Since becoming one of the first Eclipse type rated pilots, Kent has acquired over 1700 hours in the jet and has type rated over 15 customers. A designated PPE (Professional Pilot Examiner) Kent is authorized to conduct the annual recurrent training check for the Eclipse 500 required by FAR 61.58.

Kent enjoys flight instructing with the Bonanza Pilot Training organization, flying his classic Beechcraft Baron with his wife Ann, and enjoying time with his family.

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