Class 01013

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
9/21/01 – 12/5/01

Class Names (left to right)

Front row:
Sandra Leone (Instructor), Ray Lauffer (Instructor), Angela Poe (PIE), Patrick Cunningham (MIV), Desiree Frain (MIA), David Cohen (PIE), Melinda Giddens (MCN), Richard Milner (EKN), Jeffrey Micou (MIA).

Second row:
Greg Eaker (Instructor), Peter Simpson (EKN), Thomas Perry (DCA), Daniel Cheek (MCN), Kurtis Kick (MIV), Robert Houser (LOU), Kenneth Filewich (EKN).

Back row:
Jim Pattan (Instructor), Carl Hendrickson (Instructor), John Jarboe (NWS Instructor), Jack Lowe (Lead Instructor), George Johnson (Instructor), Esther Lloyd (Section Supervisor), Russel Comeaux (Instructor), Clifford Shelder (Lead Instructor).

Class 01011

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
8/16/01 – 10/30/01

Class Names (left to right)

Front row:
Bobby Prentice (NWS Instructor), Gus (Tray) Travick (MCN), Richard Balinski (COU), Winston Estelritz-Martinez (SJU), Rick Akers (Instructor).

Second row: 
Donna Halbakken (Instructor), Carl Hendrickson (Lead Instructor), Sam Johnson (DCA), Dennis Pasparage (MIV), Pablo (Tito) Portuondo (SJU), Elmer (Buddy) Powell (MIA), Ray Lauffer (Instructor).

Last row: 
George Bennett (MIA), George Wideman (MKL), George Johnson (Instructor), Tom Renkey (DCA), Cliff Shelder (Instructor), Eddie Chastian (RDU), Brian Shearer (LAN), Daniel Gonzalez (GWO), Adolfo (AU) Urrutia (MIA), Carol Bowe (Instructor), Greg Eaker (Instructor), Jack Lowe (Instructor), Russel Comeaux (Instructor), John Schamel (Instructor).

Class 03005

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
5/1/2003 – 7/14/2003

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: Kendra Chapman (FOD), Kelley Phillips (SW Region), Deidra DeBorde (FTW), Kim Abbey (IKK).
Second row: Bob Stringer (Instructor), Marco Bohorquez (NWS Instructor), John Moore (Lead Instructor), Jerry Elman (Instructor), Shawn Hagen (BTV).
Third row: Dennis Zimmerman (Instructor), James Hill (GWO), Chris Graves (MIA), Frank Ging (Instructor), Carol Bowe (Lead Instructor).

Class 03004

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
3/25/2003 – 6/5/2003

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: Richard Seneca (Lead Instructor), Eric Huss (CPR), Mike Macheel (SEA), Steve Carr (DCA), Raul Garza (RAL), Dennis Zimmerman (Instructor), Ray Lauffer (Instructor).
Second row: Carl Adams (MIV), Ernest Jones (FTW), Chris Shinabery (PNM), Lourdes Lay (MIA), Nathan Sanders (RDU).
Third row: Matt Sheffield (SJT), Brian Soram (MIA), Bobby Acker (RDU), John Moore (Instructor), Brenda Helmuth (PNM), Scott Mason (DAY)
Fourth row: Russel Comeaux (Lead Instructor), Mike Bender (NWS Instructor), Carol Bowe (Instructor).

Class 03003

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
2/18/2003 – 4/29/2003

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: Pattie Ridgeway (SJU), Greg Bell (BDR), Lawrence Trottini (IKK), Jeremy DeHaven (IKK), Marcus Archuleta (OLU), Jamie Knell (MIA), Ron Teems (MKL)
Second row: Kevin Johnson (OLU), Dennis Zimmerman (Instructor), Darryl Gibbons (IKK), Gary Taylor (DCA), Russel Comeaux (Instructor), Ray Lauffer (Instructor), Dona Halbakken (Lead Instructor).
Third row: Vern Gulbransen (Lead Instructor), Dana Bunch (MIA), Keith Spears (IKK), Gary Blake (SJT), Jeremy Mosher (OLU), Carol Bowe (Instructor).

Class 03002

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
1/9/2003 – 3/24/2003

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: John Morley (KTN), Lazaro Artega (HHR), Don Conner (EKN), John Gronski (IKK), Derek Kooren (RIU), John Moore (Instructor)
Second row: George Johnson (Lead Instructor), Sylvia Robinzine (Instructor), Duane Bacon (RNO), James Glick (JBR), Jabali Person (HHR), Carol Bowe (Instructor), Ray Lauffer (Instructor).
Third row: Dennis Zimmerman (Instructor),  Dennis Kohanyi (SIT), Russ Comeaux (Instructor), Terry Barth (RIU), Gary Hays (HUF), Cliff Shelder (Instructor), Russel Comeaux (Instructor).

Class 03001

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
11/20/2002 – 2/5/2003

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: Richard Seneca (Lead Instructor), Eryk Ramos (SJU), Michelle Rogers (HUF), Kara Pozza (MIV), Wanda Gray (FOD), David Crawford (ENA), Doug Streu (NWS Instructor).
Second row: Peter Schmitz (GTF), John Moore (Instructor), Bill Mercker (IKK), Carol Bowe (Instructor), Jason Erickson (OTZ), Rick Akers (Lead Instructor).
Third row: Larry Owens (RIU), Michael Dojcak (MLC), Cliff Shelder (Instructor), Russel Comeaux (Instructor).

Class 02007

Posted: November 7, 2017

Course 50244
9/25/02 – 12/9/02

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: Russel Comeaux (Lead Instructor), William McDaniel (FTW), Faith Hein (PNM), Marco Bohorquez (NWS Instructor), Elizabeth Valleriani (SAN), Jason Koonce (SJT).
Second row: Jeffrey Jolley (DLG FSS), Patrick Harris (DCA), Laura Donnelly (PRC), Felicia Wood (SJT), John Sexton (PRC).
Third row: Thomas Burks (LAN), James Green (IKK), Randall Kanzig (SIT FSS), Cliff
Shelder (Lead Instructor).

Class 02006

Posted: November 7, 2017

Class 02006
Course 50244
8/19/02 – 10/30/02

Class Names (left to right)
Front row: Mike Smith (JBR), John Jarboe (NWS Instructor), Bobby Vazquez (SJT), Andrea Kesseler (SEA), Carolyn Stokely (SAN), Denise Takayesu (HNL), Richard Seneca (Instructor)
Second row: Charles Hardrick (Lead Instructor), Rachel Ysasi-Huerta (LAN), Russel Comeaux (Instructor), Ray Lauffer (Lead Instructor), John Moore (Instructor).
Third row: Mick Batt (Instructor), Mike Connor (RAL), Carol Bowe (Instructor), Rhonda Dudley (SJT), Carl Hendrickson (Instructor).
Fourth row: Tom Clark (JNU), Gary Winklemann (RAL), Tom Funkhouser (SEA), Cliff Shelder (Instructor), Rick Lantz (ENA).

Class 59369

Posted: November 7, 2017
Photo by Allan Rudisill

Course 55255001
4/28/2011 – 6/10/2011

Class Names (left to right):

(Left to right) Alicia Foss (JNU), Laurie Smith (FAI), Steven Nelson (DLG)

The three Alaskan students above attended the first FAA Flight Service Initial-Alaska Course conducted since 2004 and was taught at the Kenai Flight Service Station located in Kenai, Alaska. Prior to this course these students attended a 5 week Air Traffic Basics course followed by a 3 week Initial Weather Analysis, Radar, and Satellite course (Course 55254001, Class 59409) conducted at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma.

Below are the FSS students with their class instructors, course evaluators, and instructional system specialists (ISS) that were present at graduation. The evaluators and ISSs were required to monitor the course for accuracy. Since it was last taught at the FAA Academy, 7 years ago, the course has undergone major modifications to accommodate the newer OASIS operating system and current Alaskan procedures.

Photo by Allan Rudisill

Back Row:  Alicia Foss (JNU), Laurie Smith (FAI), Steven Nelson (DLG)

Front Row:  Greg Sanders (ISS), Doug Haralson (Instructor), Mick Batt (Evaluator), Paul Minelga (Instructor)

Not Present:  Cindy Work (Evaluator), “C” Haley-Seikel (ISS), Ada Vodopalas (ISS)