 Neil is a graduate of the State University of
New York at Farmingdale. He graduated
Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Aviation
Administration. He has been directly involved with
aviation and the flight training industry for over 15 years.
Neil is referred to as “the operational guru.”
His skills are unsurpassed when it comes to defining &
managing student programs. He is passionate in
ensuring that students complete their programs on time and
on budget. His combined passion for flying and
educational know-how shall afford many a flight student the
opportunity to achieve the dream of flight.
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Adam Rosenberg
Chief Pilot |
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Adam
Rosenberg is an FAA Gold Seal
Flight Instructor
and an airline captain with over 12,000
hours of flight experience in everything from props to large
transport category jets. He holds an Airline Transport
Pilot Certificate with multi engine land and sea, single
engine land and sea ratings along with five type ratings in
both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. In addition to being an
instrument and multi-engine flight instructor he is also one
of his airlines’ senior check airmen, responsible for
training and evaluation of his company’s pilots as well as
flight test and delivery of new Airbus aircraft from the
factory in Toulouse, France.
Adam is an
“old school” stick and rudder pilot that specializes
instructing this lost art in vintage tailwheel aircraft.
When not instructing for us he can be found flying his
beautifully restored U.S. Navy Stearman, a variety of other
tailwheel airplanes he maintains proficiency in or some of
the most technologically advanced jets to the Caribbean and
Mexico. Adam has an effective, laid back style of
instructing and a good sense of humor to keep learning fun
and enjoyable. A few hours with Adam learning tailwheel or
spins in our Citabria will give you a new sense of what it
means to fly an airplane.
As chief
instructor, Adam draws from a quarter century of flying
airplanes and his vast airline training background to
provide oversight of our training program and standardize
our instructors to the highest possible standards.
Richard Malik
Assistant Chief
Pilot |
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Without a doubt – Rick was
born with flying in his blood.
He is completing his BA degree at Farmingdale State University
in Aviation Administration. At present he has 1,400 total hours
and over 1,100 hours of flight instruction given. When he’s not
working behind the scenes at HFA, instructing students, and
studying for college he can be seen racing to fires as a
volunteer firefighter and paramedic.
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Joseph Cordi
Operations/Office Manager |
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Joe has said that he was born to
fly. And we at HFA believe him and have named him the
"Kid-Flyer!" Before most
young people are Licensed to drive a car Joe flew solo
at 16 and achieved his Private Pilot License at 17. Wow! At present he is attending the prestigious Vaughn
College of Aeronautics pursuing degrees in aviation.
From flight lesson scheduling to managing student programs -
Joe does it all.
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Nick Abano
Operations/Aircraft Line Manager |
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If it soars, glides,
flies, or blasts-off Nick has a passion for it. As an
experienced Private Pilot, aviation enthusiast and HFA
Aircraft Manager Nick ensures that our aircraft are fueled
and standing by on time for each lesson. In
conjunction with our maintenance staff
Nick takes great pride in making sure
our aircraft are in excellent condition, looking good &
always ready for flight.
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Andrew Harris
Director of Marketing/Sales |
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 Andy’s passion has always been
teaching and aviation. He has been a public school
teacher and college professor on Long Island for many years.
“I always dreamed of flying and on my 18th birthday I finally
saved enough money and biked to the local flight school...it
was the first time I was ever in an airplane and have never
looked back.”
He attended Indiana State University’s
Aviation Program and earned subsequent degrees at Dowling
College and Polytechnic University.
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