Instructor Biography

Jan Michael Kratochvil

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D., Physics, Stanford University, USA
  • M.S., Theoretical Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland
  • Flying Car and Autonomous Flight Engineer Nanodegree, Udacity, USA
  • Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Udacity, USA
  • Research and teaching experience at universities in North America, Europe, and Africa (List of Publications). Classes taught range from 5 to 460 undergraduate students in physics, mathematics, statistics, and engineering.

Flight Qualifications

  • Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single-Engine Land and Sea, Airplane Multiengine Land, Instrument Airplane, Glider; Private Pilot Privileges: Rotorcraft Helicopter.
  • Flight Instructor: Airplane Single-Engine, Airplane Multiengine, Instrument Airplane, Glider.
  • Remote Pilot for small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS).
  • 40 different aircraft types flown.
  • Glider Instructor and Tow Pilot for the Civil Air Patrol.
  • 1st Place, Primary Category, Keene Fall Classic 2017 IAC Aerobatics Contest.

Other Qualifications

  • PADI Divemaster
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