Master Instructors and the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators is pleased to announce that Craig Agapie of Ada, Michigan has received his first accreditation as a Master Instructor-Aerobatic.
As an Indiana native, Craig earned degrees from Indiana State University in both Professional Aviation and Aerospace Administration after being influenced by his dad, an aviation lover and airline mechanic. Following college, he flew cargo for seven years, was furloughed, and then started a nonprofit auto repair shop in downtown Fort Wayne. The successful shop served many low-income families who relied on their vehicles to maintain a job and support themselves, and by the time Craig departed its mission included training youth who were aging out of the foster system.
Craig returned to aviation through a local flight school teaching aerobatics part-time (a college love). The flight school wanted to create a Part 135 charter department to serve local clientele, and he joined full-time to develop and run the department as Director of Operations and Chief Pilot, growing it from one Cirrus SR22T to five airplanes, including a jet and PC-12. He was thrilled to join Otter Air Services in the summer of 2021 and be part of such a great management team! Craig married his wife Rachel in 2006, and they have five boys: Stephen, Andrew, Daniel, Joshua, and Luke. He enjoys teaching and learning about aerobatics in his Pitts S-2A with his company, CNC Aerobatics, or about cars or finances, or volunteering at church.