Mike is an Air Force Academy graduate and retired Air Force Colonel where he instructed in high performance and supersonic jet aircraft. He was an F-16 Fighter Squadron Commander, Group Commander and demonstration pilot and flew over 50 airshows across North America. He has been flying for over 45 years and instructing since 1982. He also served as an Air Force Flight Examiner. Mike has been flying a TBM 940 for a client and performs post maintenance and delivery flights for a TBM distributor. Mike has hundreds of hours in all models of the TBM series of aircraft. Mike has over 5,500 hours in jet, turboprop, and piston aircraft.