Woody Minar Earns Fifth Master Instructor Certification

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has announced that Woody Minar of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, has earned accreditation as a NAFI Master Flight Instructor. This is Minar’s fifth NAFI Master Instructor accreditation.

After serving in the U.S. Navy and the CIA for 30 years, Minar took up flying. He received his Private Pilot Certificate in 2000, and his Commercial Pilot Certificate and Certified Flight Instructor Certificate in 2003. In 2012, Minar was given Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) authority by the Minneapolis FSDO with Private, Commercial, and Instrument authorizations for ASEL and ASES. He is a CFI (ASEL & ASES), CFII, MEI, CFI-G (Glider), Gold Seal CFI, IGI, AGI, and FAASTeam Representative.

In 2009, Minar was named the Minneapolis FSDO CFI of the Year. In 2012 he was the Minneapolis FSDO and Great Lakes Region CFI of the Year, and in 2013, the Minneapolis FSDO and Great Lakes Region FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year.

Minar is the Chief Flight Instructor at Osceola AeroSport in Osceola, Wisconsin (KOEO), and a flight instructor with Adventure Seaplanes in Lino Lakes, Minn. and Lake Wales, Fla.

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