Eagle Aircraft, Valparaiso Flight Training School

Chicagoland & Michiana's Premier Flight Training Center		219-464-0132

Our Flight Instructors

John Slegers - CFII/MEII
Owner / Flight Instructor

John has been flying for 20 years and has accumulated over 10,000 hours in charter flying and in the instruction of primary and advanced students. John is happier in the air than on the ground!

Dante Pergher has been serving as Chief Flight Instructor at Eagle for about twelve years. Dante has accumulated over 10,000 flight hrs. and has been flying for over 33 yrs. Dante is also a Corporate Pilot for Family Express.

Dante Pergher - CFII/MEL/MEII
Chief Flight Instructor

Steve is currently finishing his Masters Degree in Aviation and Transportation at Lewis University. He has over 1580 flight hours accumulated. Steve is from Cedar Rapids, IA where his family runs a horticulture company. Steve visits them to work in their Greenhouse from time to time.

Steve Prochaska - CFI/CFII/MEI
Asst. Chief Flight Instructor

Jamyn is a busy person and works full time at a local garden center plus teaches her flight students in her spare time. Jamyn's students love flying with her and she enjoys having a good time with them. She recently became engaged so she's busy planning a wedding too!

Jamyn Cook - CFII
Flight Instructor

Paul Vogel - CFII / ME
Flight Instructor

A Purdue Graduate (West Lafayette, IN), Paul Vogel has been a Flight Instructor since February of 2005. Paul is an early riser and you'll find him at Eagle with his students before we even open. He works with his family's business, enjoys playing/coaching Rugby, and teaching his flight students.

Bob is a former Corporate Pilot and has been a flight instructor since 1967. Bob is currently teaching our Ground School courses. Bob also works with Reverse Mortgages in his spare time. We really appreciate his experience around Eagle.

Bob Allen - ATP/CFII/MEII
Flight Instructor

Andy is a third generation airline pilot. He is a Corporate Pilot for Urschel Laboratories and flight instructs at Eagle Aircraft in his spare time. He has been a flight instructor for 14 years and has accumulated over 4500 hours of flight time.

Andy Runyan - ATP/CFII/MEII
Flight Instructor

Rick Marshall- CFI
Flight Instructor

Rick has been instructing for 8 years and has over 4,000 hours of flight time. His ratings include Multi-Engine, Rotocraft Helicopter, and Gyroplane. Rick is also an Airframe Powerplant Mechanic. In his spare time Rick enjoys instructing and loves playing golf.