Jason Schappert

Jason Schappert
Born	Baltimore, Maryland
Residence	Ocala, Florida
Occupation	Founder of MzeroA.com
Years active	2010–present
Spouse(s)	Ashley Schappert (m. 2011)
Children	Ella Schappert

Jason Schappert is a CFII^[1] and ATP^[2] rated pilot, and author of 8 best selling aviation flight training books. Schappert was named AOPA's Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008, Outstanding Flight Instructor of 2014 & 2015, has amassed over 8000 hours of in-flight instruction, and produces MzeroA.com's Online Ground School.^[3][4]

Biography

Schappert began flying at age 12, and did his first solo flight at 16. He subsequently became a flight instructor, and earned all the ratings up to ATP, including private pilot certificate, instrument rating, and Commercial Pilot Certificate. Schappert currently flies a Cessna 172.

Before becoming acclaimed as a flight instructor, Schappert made headlines when in 2007, as an eighteen year old aviation student at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, he saved a drowning man from the icy water of Long Pond.^[5][6] He received a Carnegie Medal^[7] and was written into the congressional record.^[8] Jason was named National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008 and 2012.^[9] In 2009 he created a program called Future Pilots Flight Academy for aviation-minded youth in conjunction with the Discovery Science Center.^[10]

In 2010 Schappert teamed with Swiss flyer Vincent Lambercy flew a Cessna 150 on a round-trip Flight Across America from Daytona Beach, Florida to Catalina Island, California and back. Funds raised from the trip were used to promote general aviation.^[11][12]

Jason and his team flew around the country in 2014 on the Good Pilot Tour, one of their many stops was at the Southeast Aviation Expo.^[13]

He was named AOPA's Outstanding Flight Instructor of the year in 2014 & 2015. ^[14][15]

Producing the Flying Again Movie ^[16] featuring rusty pilots who have not flown anywhere from 2 to 30 years. This effort was then featured on the TV series The Aviators.

Bibliography

• Pass Your Private Pilot Checkride 2.0 (ISBN 978-1456310103) (2010)
• Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride (ISBN 978-1456328719) (2011)
• Aviation Acronyms (Pilots Recipe for Success Series) (ISBN 978-1460974865) (2011)
• The FAR/AIM in Plain English (ISBN 978-1479118342) (2012)
• Inflight Emergencies (ISBN 978-0615687858) (2012)
• The Airplane Flying Handbook (ISBN 978-0615628455) (2012)
• Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (ISBN 978-0615623184) (2012)
• The Secret to Perfect Landings ([ISBN 978-0615841069) (2013)
• The Private Pilot Blueprint: A Roadmap To Your Private Pilot Certificate (ISBN 978-0692231104) (2014)

Filmography

References

External links

• Flying Across America
• MzeroA.com Because A Good Pilot Is Always Learning
• MZero Aviation: A new kind of online ground school
• Kickstarter Project