About Dr. C. Hall “Skip” Jones

Dr. C. Hall “Skip” Jones has been active in education and training, leadership, management, aviation, and entrepreneurship since 1972.

Personal Profile

• Accomplished and dedicated educator with over 35 years of successful education and training experience often in highly technical and safety-critical area.

• Proven experience in needs assessment, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of both onsite and online education and training courses and programs.

• Significant experience in course development using the Canvas LMS.

• Experience with several other LMS programs including Blackboard, WebCT, D2L, Moodle, and Angel.

• Articulate effective and engaging communicator with excellent written communication and prepared and extemporaneous oral communication and presentation skills.

• Proven dynamic and innovative leader with the ability to lead by example and to motivate others to excel.

• Aggressive problem solver with the proven ability to determine root causes and to conceptualize and implement innovative solutions to complex problems.

• Extremely self-motivated, energetic, enthusiastic, and results oriented with proven organizational, team building, and team leadership skills.

• Experienced a successfully driving, leading, and managing change.

• Successful a achieving win-win outcomes employing strong communication and organizational skills with an acute attention to detail and the ability to successfully lead and manage multiple projects to conclusion on time and on budget.

Educational Background

• Doctor of Education Degree (Ed.D) in Educational Leadership with a major in Adult Education and Distance Learning

• Master of Education Degree (M.Ed) in Aerospace Education (Curriculum & Instruction with an aviation slant)

• Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) in Aviation Management (Management with an aviation slant)

• Physics and math major prior to changing to Aviation Management. Completed 79 including 22 hours in physics and 24 hours in math.

• Certificate in Airframe and Powerplant Technology (FAA A&P mechanic license)

Education and Training Experience

• Assistant Professor, Head of the Aviation Management Division, and FAR Part 141 Chief Flight Instructor for a large university Aerospace Engineering Technology program with 34 airplanes and is own university-owned airport.

• Assistant Professor and Chair of the Aviation Science Department for a large university aviation program with 16 airplanes, 13 helicopters, an FAR Part 147 Airframe and Powerplant Technician (A&P) school, and a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) program.

• Maintenance Training Program Manager for a large FAR Part 121 regional airline operating Beechcraft 1900C, Beechcraft 1900D, and Saab 340 airplane types.

• Conducting needs assessments and designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating onsite and online undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level courses in education, aviation, management, and research and applied statistics.

• Doctoral dissertation adviser and doctoral dissertation committee Chair.

• Active FAA Certified Flight Instructor since 1973.

• Worked with the start-up of a new aviation high school in Lakeland, Florida, (Central Florida Aerospace Academy) and was the school’s first Aerospace Science teacher.

• Hold a Florida Professional Teaching Certificate: Earth / Space Science 6-12 and Technology Education 6-12.

Technical and Management Experience

• Experimental mechanic for a major manufacturer of aircraft piston engines.

• General Manager and FAR Part 135 Chief Pilot for a full-service general aviation fixed base operation.

• Founded and grew and multi-aircraft international corporate flight department and was the Aviation Department Manager and Chief Pilot.

• Experimental and Production Test Pilot for a manufacturer of corporate turbo-prop and fanjet airplanes.

• Director of Engineering and Certification for a large aerospace industry manufacturer’s trade association in Washington, DC.

Entrepreneurship Experience

• Founded and grew a consulting firm specializing in the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of online and onsite education and training courses and programs and statistical analyses of course and program quality and short and long term effectiveness.

• Founded and grew a custom aircraft maintenance firm that specialized in rebuilding and restoring antique and classic airplanes and manufacturing parts and components for experimental aircraft. The firm produced both Oshkosh and Sun ‘n Fun airshow winning airplanes.

• Founded and grew an aviation training firm that specialized in training for mechanics (A&Ps) and aircraft inspectors (IAs).

• Founded and grew a music business teaching guitar and trombone, repairing and modifying acoustic and electric guitars, and repairing and restoring brass musical instruments specializing in vintage jazz era trombones.

Federal Aviation Administration Licenses and Ratings

• Airline Transport Pilot – Multi-engine Land

• Commercial Pilot – Single Engine Land, Single Engine Sea, Multi-engine Sea

• Certified Flight Instructor – Single and Multi-engine Airplanes and Instruments (Gold Seal)

• Basic, Advanced, and Instrument Ground Instructor

• Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic (A&P)

• Inspection Authorization (IA)

• Over 12,400 hours of logged pilot time in 101 different makes and models of airplanes.

FAA Certifications Held

• FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) representative for both flight and maintenance.

• FAA Accident Prevention Counselor status with the Orlando, Florida, and the Dulles, Virginia, FAA Flight Standards District Offices.

• Designated Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic Examiner (DME) status with the Orlando, Florida, FAA Flight Standards District Office.

• FAA authorization to design, develop, and deliver FAA-approved Inspection Authorization (IA) renewal courses.

• Chief Flight Instructor status under FAR Part 141 for Commercial, Instrument, and Certified Flight Instructor fixed wing courses.

• Director of Operations and Chief Pilot status under FAR Part 135.

• Single-pilot / autopilot IFR certification under FAR Part 135 in the Beechcraft Queen Air 65, Beechcraft King Air 200 and B200, Cessna 401, Cessna 421, Mitsubishi MU-2, Piper PA-23-250 Aztec, and the Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II.

• Experimental and Production Test Pilot status under FAR Part 23 and FAR Part 25 at the Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation in the MU-2B-40 Solitaire and MU-2B-60 Marquise turbo-prop airplanes and the MU-300 Diamond I fanjet (became the Beechjet BE-400 / Hawker 400XP).

• Level II certification for Eddy Current, Ultrasonic, Magnetic Particle, and Dye Penetrant non-destructive testing processes.

Personal Interests

• Jazz trombone

• Chet Atkins style finger picking guitar

• Fly fishing

• Shooting sports (non-hunting)

• Martial Arts: Taekwon Do, Judo, and oriental weapons

C. Hall Jones & Associates HC-13, Box 300653 Fayette, Utah 84630 Phone: 321-652-3610 skip@challjones.com Website Contents © 2007 – 2019 All Rights Reserved