Aviation Resume

AVIATION RESUME

Samuel Elbert McGowan, Jr.

Address: 3727 Hill Family Lane, Missouri City, TX 77459 Phone: (281)778-3206, Cell Phone: (281)744-0020

OBJECTIVES:

Obtain full-time position with Part 91 operator in the Houston area as a chief or lead pilot where my experience and abilities can be best utilized. Available for contract or aircraft management position.

Aircraft Currency:

Simiflite Hawker 800XP FAR 135.297 Check, December 2009

Simiflite Hawker 800XP Differences, July 2009

SimiFlite Hawker 700 recurrent FAR 135.293, April, 2009

SIMCOM Hawker 800 recurrent w/700 differences, December 10, 2006

Flight Safety CE 550 with 500 and 560 Differences, December 7, 2005

FLIGHT TIME:

Total Time: 16,780 Multi-engine: 13,497 Turbine: 10,797 Turbojet: 8,177 Turboprop: 2,630.7

Reciprocating: 5,982.8 Night: 3,108 Instrument: 1,170 Simulator: 187.5 Instructor: 2,127.7 (Does not include more than 1,000 hours of Hawker simulator instructor time)

CERTIFICATE:

Airline Transport Pilot (US) RATINGS: AMEL, CE-500, HS125; Commercial - ASEL, Certified Flight Instructor, ASMEL, Instruments (Not currently valid, but plan to revalidate in the immediate future)

FAA Medical: Class I Restrictions: Glasses Date: November, 2009

AIRCRAFT FLOWN:

TurboJet: Citation II, SII, III and V; Hawker 400/Fan, 600/600Fan, 700, 800, 800XP

Turboprop: Beechcraft King Air 100, 200, Piper Malibu PropJet DXL Conversion

Recip: Piper Aztec and Navajo, Cessna 310, 414 and 421

Time By Aircraft:

Hawker 400/600/700/800/800XP = 2,300 Citation I = 250 Citation S/II = 3,023.2 Citation II = 1,168.3 Citation V = 1,670 Citation III = 499

King Air 100 = 1,500 King Air 200 = 1,137.7 Piper Malibu PropJet DXL Conversion = 24

SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Beechcraft King Air 100 Initial Course, Flight Safety Citation S/II Initial, Flight Safety Citation III Initial, Flight Safety Citation V Initial, Hawker 700 Initial. Annual recurrent training at Flight Safety and SimuFlite. CRM with FSI and SimuFlite. USAF Military Airlift Command NCO Academy, USAF Survival School, Med-Link Heart Defibrillator/ CPR, Rocket Engineering JetProp DXL Malibu/Mirage Factory School, Archie Tramme Radar Course, RVSM, International Procedures

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

November 11,2007 – January 10, 2010 - Lead Hawker Pilot, Wing Aviation, Houston, TX

September 1, 2002 - November 11, 2007 - Contract flying, PIC/SIC Hawker 400/600/700/800, Citation I, II/Bravo, Vs. completed factory training Piper PA-46T PropJet DXL July 2003

February 16, 2001 - August 30, 2002 - Ground School/Simulator instructor in the Hawker Program at Flight Safety, Houston. Designated as Training Center Evaluator for the HS 125. Was in training to teach ground school when I was laid-off due to a sudden reduction in center revenue. Thorough knowledge of Hawker 700 and 800/800XP systems and procedures. Taught CFIT and RVSM classes.

April 1998-December 1, 2000 - Corporate pilot with Marathon Oil Company flying Hawker 700 and 800. Flying Hawker 800 upon EARLY retirement on December 1.

May 1994 - April 1998 - Corporate pilot with Scurlock-Permian Corp, an Ashland subsidiary, Houston Texas. Flying Citation II. Transferred to Joint Venture with Marathon Oil, then to Marathon.

April 1984 - May 1994 - Corporate pilot with Ashland Oil, Ashland, Kentucky. Flew King Air 200, Citation S/II, III and V.

May 1979 - April 1984 - Charter pilot with Falwell Aviation, Lynchburg, Virginia. Flew Cessna 310, 414, 421, Piper Aztec, Navajo, King Air 100.

April 1978-May 1979 - Taylor Aviation, Union City, Tennessee, Charter pilot flying Piper Aztec, Navajo

January - May 1979 - Perkins Aviation, Dyersburg and Milan, Tennessee. Charter pilot and chief flight instructor.

May - December 1977 - Stewart Aviation, Little Rock, Arkansas. FAR 141 Chief Flight Instructor, Charter pilot.

1975-1977 - Freelance charter pilot and flight instructor, Jackson, Tennessee

1963-1975 - United States Air Force. Initially trained as jet aircraft mechanic. Cross-trained to loadmaster. Logged more than 6,500 hours in C-130s, C-141s and C-5s. Vietnam combat veteran (Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 12 Oak Leaf Clusters.)

EDUCATION:

High School: Trezevant HS, Trezevant, Tennessee. Graduated 1963

College: Wilmington College, Wilmington, DE (Dover AFB Campus)

Tri-State Baptist College, Memphis Tennessee (more than two years college)

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:

Hobbies: Outdoor activities such as hiking, camping and backpacking; photography, writing. Other Interests: Writing and reading. I am a published author of numerous magazine articles and a book related to aviation history. I have written and gained FAA approval for three FAR 135 flight manuals.

STRENGTHS:

Intelligent, rounded and well-read. Even-tempered and easy to get along with, I am willing to bend to accommodate others. Flexible. I am an accomplished writer and vibrant thinker; I do not hesitate to offer my ideas when I think they will be beneficial to my employer.