Ted Lester is a FAA Certified Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII) in Airplane Single Engine Land aircraft. He mostly flies out of Hanscom Field (KBED) in Bedford, Massachusetts. With over 1200 hours, Ted primarily instructs in Cessna 182s and Cessna 206s as part of Associated Pilots Inc., where he is the chief instructor and former President for ten years. Ted also has experience in Cirrus SR22, Piper Arrow, Piper Warrior/Cherokee, Cessna 172, and Cessna 152 aircraft.
When time permits, Ted enjoys helping pilots with aircraft transition training and instrument training. Given his work in the avionics industry, Ted excels at teaching advanced instrument procedures to get the most out of modern, digital flight displays and controls as well as iPad electronic flight bags.
Price: $60/hour
Payments via cash, check, Venmo, or PayPal
View from the office 
Happy Flight Instruction 
Cessna 182 with Garmin G5 
Sunset over upstate New York
Latest posts with Ted’s flying insights
- Missed approach sequencing on G430/530Just watched a great FAA WINGS seminar on flying approaches with the Garmin GNS430/GNS530. It is part of a series by Mike Jesch and Brian Schiff, which I highly recommend. There was a short discussion about why the navigator …
- Commercial Multi-Engine Land Checkride
Passed my FAA Commercial Airplane Multi-Engine Land (AMEL) Checkride today with Marc Nathanson at East Coast Aero Club. I flew Piper Seminole N852ND out of KBED. Activities We did the following activities based on the ACS: Aborted takeoff – … - Commercial Multi-Engine Land Checkride OralToday I passed the oral portion of my FAA Commercial Airplane Multi-Engine Land (AMEL) checkride today. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate for the flight portion. Marc Nathanson at East Coast Aero Club was the Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). We …