Welcome
2023 SPEAKERS
TOM ROGERS Rachel Hansen, Event Coordinator
WASHINGTON AVIATION ASSOCIATION
We are very grateful to many speakers who volunteered to join us this year in supporting the annual Northwest Aviation Conference. Thank you – your educational spirit, aviation enthusiasm, and dedication to the safety and prosperity of the industry is engaging, appreciated, and integral to the success of this event! As you view the following schedules, you will see we have focused on honoring the traditions of the event and creating changes that enhance tits impact. For example, it falls upon non-profit organizations like Washington Aviation Association to take the lead in providing opportunities to introduce the next generation of aircraft owners and pilots to aviation – know someone in high school, or changing careers, and who could benefit from straight talk on how to get from A to B? John Swedburg, Professor Emeritus at Big Bend Community College and long time supporter of NWAC, is pooling conference resources to present a dialogue-based career workshop Saturday and Sunday, augmented by a series of focused sessions Saturday afternoon. View details on page 21.
STEVE BATEMAN Steve is Director of the Flying Clubs Initiative, which helps start, grow, and sustain flying clubs nationwide. He started flying as a teenager in England and has flown in the UK, USA, Australia, and Canada. Prior to AOPA, Steve owned and operated a flight school and before that had a fun career in high tech, in Silicon Valley, California, and before that was a university professor in England. Steve is currently Treasurer and Safety and Maintenance Officer of The Westminster Aerobats Flying Club (KFDK).An active AOPA staff CFI and check pilot, Steve is also a Lead Representative for the FAASTeam, Baltimore FSDO. 7
Tom Rogers is a CFI CFII and CFIME. He teaches at Bremerton airport with company called Olde Thyme Aviation. Specialize in Tailwheel instruction, CFI candidate spin training, Upset Prevention and Recovery training and a basic aerobatic course. He is also a skilled Stearman Waco Bi-plane. and AT-6 pilot. He is a retired Alaska Airlines Captain and Retired AF F-15 Four-ship flight lead and instructor. JOHN DAVIS John Davis is Division 3 (Southwest Idaho) director for the Idaho Aviation Association and an obsessed aviation geek. John began flying in 1989, got his private pilots license in 1990 and in a couple thousand hours of flight time has progressed through his instrument, multi-engine and seaplane ratings as well as attending the Arthur Murray school of rudder dancing, obtaining a tailwheel endorsement. John has been flying the Idaho backcountry for over 16 years but really got started in backcountry ops almost 50 years ago tagging along with dad on mine supply and exploration trips into the mountains of central Idaho as a kid.
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