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Federal Aviation Administration Honors Pella Airport Manager   PELLA, IOWA—The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has honored Pella Municipal Airport manager Shane Vande Voort, president of Classic Aviation, Inc., as the 2010 Iowa Flight Instructor of the Year and Iowa Safety Representative of the Year. FAA Safety Team Program Manager Chris Manthe presented the awards to Vande Voort on behalf of the FAA’s Des Moines Flight Standards District Office, which handles pilot and aircraft certification, regulation, and safety for the state of Iowa. Vande Voort has been a Certificated Flight Instructor since 1996, and has also earned his Instrument and Multi-Engine instructor ratings. He has been accredited as a Master Certificated Flight Instructor by the National Association of Flight Instructors since 2006. He is a member of the Cirrus Standardized Instructor Program and serves as Chief Flight Instructor for Classic Aviation's Cirrus Authorized Training Center. Vande Voort holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with type ratings to fly business jets, and is also licensed as an Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic with Inspection Authorization. In 2008, Vande Voort became a Designated Pilot Examiner for the Des Moines Flight Standards District Office, “deputized” by the FAA to give flight tests to candidates for all levels of pilot certificates. Vande Voort also volunteers as a Lead Representative for the FAA Safety Team, hosting and presenting safety seminars for fellow pilots. “Safety programs are one of the most important things we do,” Vande Voort said, “and I hope that Iowa pilots come to think of Classic Aviation as a positive contributor to aviation safety in the state. We owe it to our clients, passengers, and families to always be thinking of safety first, so we’ve made it a priority to cooperate with the FAA and other flight schools to offer continuing education on safety issues.” Vande Voort has owned Classic Aviation, Inc. since 1999 and has built the Pella airport business into a full-service aviation company that provides professional flight instruction, airplane rental, airplane maintenance, and corporate flight department support in central Iowa. Classic Aviation is also a Cirrus Authorized Service Center and Cirrus Authorized Training Center, specializing in the technically advanced Minnesota-made Cirrus Aircraft that has become the best-selling model of single-engine airplanes in the country. FAA Safety Team Program Manager Chris Manthe (on left) presents the Iowa Flight instructor of the Year and Iowa Safety Representative of the Year awards to Shane Vande Voort of Classic Aviation, Inc.

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