About Us
Meet Our Team
Kevin Gilpin, Owner
Kevin is the owner of Total Tailwheel. He learned to fly in 2017 and soon after he bought N3472C. Perhaps like you, he was looking for something different. N3472 offered him the opportunity to do a wide variety of flying, from short hops to the beach to cross-country trips to the mountains, VFR and IFR flying. Now, he's formed Total Tailwheel to offer you the opportunity to have the same opportunity. He's found N3472 to be a great teacher. She's fun, reliable, capable, and versatile. He hopes you'll enjoy flying her as much as he does.
Matt Crane, Instructor
Matt has been flying since 1984, when he took his first GA flight in a Royal Air Force DeHavilland Chipmunk. Fascinated with the smell of Avgas, oil and leather, and hypnotized by the old taildragger's sinuous taxiing, Matt was finally hooked on aviation when, 20 minutes later, he was introduced to aerobatics. More than 10,000 hours of flight time later, he's an ATP rated instructor and check airman in the King Air, having flown most things from model airplanes, to paragliders, high performance gliders, aerobatic airplanes, through twin engine jet airliners. With over 5,000 hours of dual instruction given, he enjoys sharing his love for aviation in a wide gamut of piston and turboprop airplanes. Whenever possible, he prefers to return to basic stick and rudder flying in taildraggers, in which he has over 2,000 hours of fun-filled memories.