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I’m Mike Hodge and an Independent Certificated Flight Instructor based out of the Sheboygan Municipal Airport (KSBM). For a lot of instructors, the role of CFI is used as a stepping stone on the way to the airlines or charter operations. For myself, becoming a flight instructor has always been my dream.
Ever since I was little I, like most aviators, had my head turned towards the sky with every plane that passed overhead. I wanted nothing more than to be up to in the air. At the age of 18, I obtained my Private Pilot Certificate and did some flying before life got in the way and grounded me for nearly 15 years.
Once I took to the skies again I had a big realization. That as much as I enjoyed flying, teaching others to fly felt like something I would enjoy even more. To be able to take a student, help them achieve a lifelong dream while teaching them to be safe and risk-averse aviators would be far more fulfilling for me than to work for the airlines. So off towards that goal I we
