Best in Flight Instructors

Manuel "Manny" Micolta

  • Certificated Flight Instructor, Airplane Single and Multiengine; Instrument Airplane
  • Advanced Ground Instructor
  • Airline Transport Pilot; Embraer 145 and Gulfstream 200 Type Ratings
  • 3100 hours Pilot in Command
  • 700 hours dual instruction given
 Micolta

Manny has been involved in corporate aviation since 1993.

Manny first worked as a line service technician while obtaining his Airframe & Powerplant certificates at Teterboro Airport, NJ; then as a Flight Dispatcher/Flight mechanic for a corporate flight department in Morristown airport, NJ. There he traveled across the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.

Manny earned his private pilot certificate in 2000. He’s also a Captain in the Civil Air Patrol U.S. Air Force Auxiliary.

Manny enjoys the beach and outdoor activities with his family, reading aviation books, flying multi-engine airplanes and learning new aviation technology. He’s fluent in both Spanish and English.

 

Robert Hadow

  • Certificated Flight Instructor, Airplane Single and Multiengine; Instrument Airplane
  • Tailwheel Instructor
  • Commercial Glider Pilot
  • Seaplane (Single Engine)
  • 3000 hours Pilot in Command
  • 1200 hours dual instruction given

Robert started in aviation as a skydiver. Skydivers often become pilots; pilots seldom become skydivers. He earned his Private Pilot certificate in 1992.

When Robert is not at Best in Flight, he flies a 1948 Stinson.

 

Ute Hallstein

  • Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single and Multi Engine Land, Instrument Airplane
  • Advanced Ground Instructor
  • Certificated Flight Instructor, Airplane Single Engine
 Hallstein

Ute began flying gliders when she was sixteen.  She earned her FAA Private Pilot certificate in 1984 at Hanau Army Airfield in Germany.  Ute holds a Commercial Airplane Single and Multi Engine Land certificate,  Instrument Airplane, Flight Instructor, and Advanced Ground instructor certificates.   Ute flies with Continental Airlines.

Ute is fluent in English and German.

 

 

Kim Harper

  • Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single and Multi Engine Land, Single Engine Sea; Instrument Airplane
  • Certificated Flight Instructor, Airplane Single Engine;
  • 1200 hours Pilot in Command
 Harper

Kim is a graduate of Daniel Webster College with a degree in flight operations and a minor in psychology (both useful at BIF).

Kim comes to us from Maine, where she flew fire patrol for the State of Maine Forest Service.