Kelly
V. Orli
Chief Flight Instructor
Operations Manager
CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP
 Kelly caught the flying bug
while working as a cardiac nurse in a
hospital near the local airport in
Greenville, NC. She graduated from NC State
with degrees in Biology and Zoology. She
then went on to earn a RN degree from Wake
Nursing School in Raleigh, NC.
While working full time as a
nurse, Kelly started flying and soloed on
January 5, 1999. Within the next 15 months
she then earned her instrument, commercial,
and flight instructor certificates. She
soon added CFII and MEI to her name. Kelly
accrued many hours instructing, flying fire
patrol, and doing aerial photography
flights.
 After flight instructing for
a year, Kelly was awarded a scholarship
through Women in Aviation, International.
She then went on to fly for United Express
out of Dulles, Va. Kelly flew a Jetstream
4100, a 30 seat turbo-prop.
Kelly has since moved to
Winston-Salem, NC and is the chief flight
instructor and operations manager for TAA
Flight Training, LLC. She has previously
managed a part 61 and 141 flight school.
She has over 1800 hours of flying experience
and over 900 hours of dual given.
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MayCay Beeler
Flight instructor
CFI, CFII, ATP
FAASTEAM Rep.
AOPA Airport Support
 As a Co-Host for a popular
syndicated TV Show,
MayCay Beeler learned to fly for a
television assignment. In a promotion to
encourage viewers to follow in MayCay’s
footsteps, General Aviation Manufacturers
Association (GAMA) gave her the opportunity
to fly free through first solo, in exchange
for television coverage. Little did GAMA
know that MayCay would eventually go on to
earn her Airline Transport Pilot Certificate
and become a world record-breaking pilot.
As an award-winning
journalist, MayCay has produced many
national TV features on aviation. They
include flying with General Chuck Yeager,
Voyager pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager;
competing in a transcontinental air race;
skydiving with the Navy Seals; flying mock
air combat over Southern California; and
more.
 MayCay
is a Flight Instructor (CFI, CFII) and an
appointed FAA Aviation Safety Team (FAASTEAM)
Representative for the Greensboro, NC
Region. She is the Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association’s (AOPA) Airport Support
Network (ASN) volunteer for Greensboro,
North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad
International Airport. In 2002, MayCay was
named FAA Aviation Safety Counselor of the
Year for the Southern Region. For over a
decade, she has served as a volunteer flight
instructor at the annual Greensboro area
WINGS WEEKEND pilot proficiency safety
program. She has emceed pilot appreciation
banquets and promotes aviation safety
events.
On 9-11, after the attacks on
America, MayCay appeared on-camera as an
aviation consultant in newscasts on WXII-TV,
the local NBC-TV network affiliate in
Winston-Salem, NC.
MayCay has joined forces with
the FAA to host local pilot safety programs
and events, including the AOPA Airport Watch
Program. There pilots learn to protect their
home airports from terrorism. Combining her
passion for aviation with her journalism
expertise, MayCay helps emcee air shows, and
spreads the good news about General Aviation
through newscasts, programs and reports. She
appears as the on-camera host in “121.5”, a
popular video on pilot/controller emergency
communications. MayCay also hosts various
FAA and AOPA Air Safety Foundation pilot
videos including “Maneuvering Flight”. She
has appeared in national TV commercials for
the “Be-A-Pilot” Campaign, and in a pilot
program as host of a new TV Series.
MayCay is an active member of
the Kitty Hawk 99s, The International
Organization of Women Pilots. She has
represented AOPA, the world’s largest
civilian pilot organization, as an Air
Safety Foundation Instructor, teaching
seminars nationwide. Formally, MayCay has
served as a Part 135 Piedmont Charter
Pilot. She was an applicant in NASA’s
Journalist-in-Space Project, and a recipient
of the Judy Resnick Aviation Scholarship.
She has undergone regional jet airline pilot
training. MayCay presently works as a free
lance Flight Instructor. For the past
decade, the majority of MayCay’s flight time
has included flying Part 91 Pilot Service in
light complex single engine pistons for a
local business man.
MayCay says she loves flight
instructing and flying passengers because
it is a privilege to share the joy of flight
with others. When not flying the airways,
MayCay can be seen on the airwaves as a TV
Host in local prime time TV Specials for
CBS-TV affiliate WFMY News 2, and as
Spokeswoman in TV Commercials.
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Bill Schwabenton
Flight Instructor
CFI, CFII
 Bill
brings 3500+ hours as corporate pilot to
TAA. Here is a partial list of his
experience:
- International
Operations in 8 other Countries with
Oceanic procedures.
- Category II ILS
approaches down to 100 feet DA and
visibility down to 1200 feet.
- Loves the adventure
of Long Distance international trips,
Twice to Alaska, once to Galapagos
Islands out in the Pacific Ocean,
- 14 trips to the
Jungles of Belize and a recent trip to
French St. Martin, according to Bill
"The friendliest General Aviation
destination I have ever been to -
and do ask me about the French cuisine!"
 Bill
enjoys primary flight training to share that
moment when a new pilot lands the aircraft
for the first time. His favorite saying is,
“If you never make a mistake in flying then
you’ll never know how good right can feel.”
Let’s have some FLYING
adventure!
 Mark Stone
Flight Instructor
CFI,
CFII, AGI, IGI
Began flying as a teenage pilot soloing at
16 and earning my Private certificate at 17
in the Shenandoah Valley.
After graduating from the University of
Virginia in 1981, I upgraded my certificates
and ratings at Piedmont Aviation at
Winston-Salem . I earned my Commercial
license as well as my Instrument and
Multi-engine ratings.
 Busy
with a new family and career at BB&T my
flying was put on hold. I ended my flying
hiatus in 2004 earning my CFI and later my
CFII in 2005.
Currently my 17 year old son, Alex, is
nearing his first solo and my oldest Josh,
has also taken lessons. Alex is excited
about transitioning to the Liberty from a
Cessna 172SP Skyhawk. Even my youngest son,
Nate, has had a few lessons and is eager for
more.
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