GAA Live 2023

Robert Raskey

Presenter

Robert “Bob” Raskey of Ponce Inlet, Florida was the 2023 National Flight Instructor of the Year. He is an FAA Gold Seal flight instructor, FAASTeam industry member and B-777 Captain at United Airlines, with over 40 years and 23,000 hours of general, commercial and military flight experience.

William Ross

Presenter

William “Bill” Allen Ross of Irvington, Alabama was the 2023 National Aviation Technician of the Year. He earned his Inspection Authorization in 2016 and heads the Product Support Department at Superior Air Parts.

Dennis Miller

Presenter

Dennis Miller of Mishawaka, Indiana was the 2023 FAASTeam Representative of the Year. He has been a FAASTeam representative since 2016, first with the Grand Rapids District and then the Greater Chicago District, and is a pilot and flight instructor.

Paul New

Host

Paul New has flown and worked on piston-engine airplanes since grade school. After earning a degree in Aircraft Electronics, he started and managed two avionics shops. In 1986, he and his wife, Helen, took over the family business his father began in 1974, Tennessee Aircraft Services, Inc in Jackson, TN. It is now a Cirrus and Textron factory-authorized service center. The shop performs routine scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and specializes in structural repairs for metal and composite airframes. Paul is an FAA certificated Airframe and Powerplant mechanic with Inspection Authorization. In addition, he’s a private pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings. He enjoys flying his 2002 Cirrus G1 for personal and business use. Paul writes a monthly technical column for the Cessna Pilots Association (CPA) magazine, serves as a technical advisor to their membership, and presents Cessna model-specific Systems and Procedures classes for CPA as well. He presents technical classes for the Cessna Advanced Aircraft Club (CAAC), which is the Columbia series aircraft. Paul began presenting technical classes at the COPA CPPP events in 2017. He also takes part monthly on the AOPA podcast “Ask the A&P” along with his friends Mike Busch and Colleen Sterling. Host Bio

PAUL NEW - Presenter

Paul New has flown and worked on piston-engine airplanes since grade school. After earning a degree in Aircraft Electronics, he started and managed two avionics shops. In 1986, he and his wife, Helen, took over the family business his father began in 1974, Tennessee Aircraft Services, Inc in Jackson, TN. It is now a Cirrus and Textron factory-authorized service center.

Paul is an FAA certificated Airframe and Powerplant mechanic with Inspection Authorization. In addition, he’s a private pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings. He enjoys flying his 2002 Cirrus G1 for personal and business use.

Paul writes a monthly technical column for the Cessna Pilots Association (CPA) magazine, serves as a technical advisor to their membership, and presents Cessna model-specific Systems began presenting technical classes at the COPA CPPP events in 2017. He also takes part monthly on the AOPA podcast “Ask the A&P” along with his friends Mike Busch and Colleen Sterling.