Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue
LAKEVILLE, MINN. – Paul Van Brunt of Lakeville, Minnesota, has been named the 2020 “CFI of the Year” by Minneapolis Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) GL15. He also received the FSDO’s “FAAST Team Award.”
Van Brunt is a Certified Instrument Flight Instructor (CFII), Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI), Instrument Ground Instructor (IGI), and Advance Ground Instructor (AGI) with over 5,000 hours instructing in all types of aircraft, from tail-draggers to multi-engine aircraft. Van Brunt works for Air Trek North as a flight instructor and Airframe and Powerplant mechanic (A&P). He has an impressive record with more than 30 students passing their check-rides in 2019. Van Brunt is also a major in the Civil Air Patrol 130th Squadron in Lakeville.
