YOUR TRAINING TEAM
Experience you can learn from.
Get to know the instructors behind your training at Every Aviation.
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
Dennis Cox
Dennis is the airport manager at RWJ Airpark, where he also lives, and Every Aviation’s Chief Instructor. Following a career as an engineering leader in high-tech startups, flying remains his passion—whether he’s teaching, exploring in his own airplane or discovering a new place from the air.
His general aviation experience spans an extraordinary range of aircraft, from AirCams to Zeniths. He owns four airplanes, including a Piper PA-46 and a 1947 Piper J-3 Cub, and has previously owned a Cessna 140, Cessna 150, Super Decathlon and Cirrus SR22.
Dennis has flown his PA-46 to Alaska, the Bahamas and places in between. He and his wife, Natalie, also enjoy renting airplanes wherever they travel, including Hawaii and Scotland. For them, flying is part of the adventure.
He brings an aircraft owner’s perspective and an engineer’s curiosity to instruction, with an emphasis on understanding the airplane and preparing for the flying ahead.
Dennis is also a former Governor of the Cirrus Pilots Association.
Commercial Pilot
Airplane single-engine land · Airplane single-engine sea · Airplane multiengine land · Instrument airplane
Flight Instructor
Airplane single-engine · Instrument airplane
Ground Instructor
Advanced · Instrument
Remote Pilot
Small unmanned aircraft systems
SENIOR INSTRUCTOR
Mike Ely
Mike is an Airline Transport Pilot with an extensive range of aircraft type ratings. He retired from FlightSafety, where his FAA Designated Pilot Examiner role was tied to his work with FlightSafety.
His background spans airline, business aircraft and glider flying, with instructor qualifications in single-engine and multiengine airplanes, instrument airplanes and gliders.
Airline Transport Pilot
Airplane multiengine land
Commercial privileges
Airplane single-engine land · Airplane single-engine sea · Glider
Flight Instructor
Airplane single-engine and multiengine · Instrument airplane · Glider
Ground Instructor
Basic
Remote Pilot
Small unmanned aircraft systems
Aircraft type ratings
- ATR 42 regional turboprop (ATR-42)
- ATR 72 regional turboprop (ATR-72)
- Canadair / Bombardier Challenger 600 (CL-600)
- Embraer ERJ 145 family (EMB-145)
- Gulfstream G100 (G-100)
- Hawker Siddeley / British Aerospace 125 family (HS-125)
- Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Astra (IA-1125)
- Learjet 60 (LR-60)
- Learjet aircraft covered by the LR-JET type rating
Mike’s examiner experience is part of his professional background. Contact us about current instruction availability.
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SENIOR INSTRUCTOR
Ross (Marshall) Bess
Known as Marshall, Ross Bess is a local from Anahuac, Texas, and a certificated flight instructor.
His students have achieved a 100% first-attempt checkride pass rate to date—a record of preparation that speaks to the work he and his students put in together.
Flight Instructor
Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI)