Mike Ginter is a retired Navy jet pilot and lives in the Washington DC area. He has over 4700 hours in various military and civilian aircraft, and has logged over 550 day and night carrier landings aboard Navy aircraft carriers.
His interest in aviation began at the age of 7, and he has pursued this passion for the last 40 years. He earned his Private Pilot license in high school, and graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. One of his lifelong ambitions was to own an airplane, and that dream was realized in 2005 when he purchased this beautiful 1943 North American SNJ-5 “Texan”. He is the 3rd civilian owner of this aircraft since it left military service, and has meticulously maintained its authentic Navy condition. He flies this vintage warbird at numerous military and civilian air shows every year. Mike holds a Commercial Pilot License and is a qualified Formation Lead Pilot and Formation Instructor with the North American Trainer Association and Commemorative Air Force.
Mike and his wife Donna enjoy aviation together. They enthusiastically support the Commemorative Air Force and participate in EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin each year.
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Nathan Harnagel is a retired Army officer with over 37 years of flying experience. He received his Bachelors Degree from Texas Christian University and his Master of Science Degree from the Naval Post Graduate School. He currently works in the aerospace industry as a Senior Project Engineer for the Department of Defense at the NASA Mission Control Center in Houston.
Nathan has flown over ninety different types of aircraft including two dozen different tail-wheel types and aerobatics in twenty different types. He has earned the Airline Transport Pilot Certificate and his ratings include single and multiengine land airplanes, single and multiengine sea airplanes, helicopters, gliders, hot air balloons, and type ratings in the famous World War II North American P-51 Mustang and in the Citation Jet, Lockheed T-33, and Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 swept wing jet fighter.
He is also a Certified Flight Instructor rated to instruct in single and multiengine airplanes, instrument flying, helicopters and gliders so he can sign your logbook for instruction given in the T-6. Nathan teaches how to perform military type aerobatic maneuvers, and he is a qualified Formation Lead Pilot and Formation Instructor with the North American Trainer Association and Commemorative Air Force.
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