Tim Gardner

Flight instructor and owner

This summer will be Tim’s 40th year in aviation; he has been flying since 1981 and instructing since 2008. 

He joined the Perlan Project in 2012 setting a glider record of 76,124 feet pressure altitude on September 2, 2018, with sailplane pilot Jim Payne in Argentina. 

“Tegridy Aviation is really about anything aviation. We have a passion for quality flight instruction and we believe in taking our experience and giving it back. It’s about the passion for teaching and instructing in our planes or yours.”

RATINGS: Commercial, Instruments, CFI, CFII, CFI-G, ASEL, AMEL, ASES, MEI, Acrobatics, Glider Cross Country, Jet Glider, Self Launch Glider, Tailwheel endorsement & Mentor Mustang