Tony Wright

2026 AOPA Distinguished Instructor (Flight Training Experience Awards) FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor

Call Sign: Gretzky

Instructor Ratings: CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, TOPGUN GRADUATE

Full Time

Why Aviation:  Grew up a Navy brat; my dad was a Fighter Pilot and so I just did that. Not a lot of imagination, but it worked out.

Favorite Experience:   1 v 1 versus German MiG-29, debrief on Duval Street at Sloppy Joe’s.