BRANDON WUNDERLICH

Commercial Pilot | CFI Candidate

Flight Hours

0.0Total Flight Time (TAA)
0.0Pilot in Command
0.0Cross-Country
0.0Single-Engine
0Multi-Engine
0.0Night
0.0Solo
0.0Instrument (Actual)
0.0Simulated Instr. (Hood)
0.0Simulator (FTD)

Credentials

4Certificates & Ratings Held
Private PilotHeld
Instrument RatingHeld
Commercial PilotHeld
Multi-Engine CommercialHeld
Certified Flight Instructor (CFI, on waitlist)In Progress
Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII, pending)In Progress
Complex AircraftEndorsement
Brandon Wunderlich, commercial pilot and CFI candidate, at the controls of a Piper aircraft during a training flight
Brandon Wunderlich, commercial pilot and CFI candidate, at the controls of a Piper aircraft during a training flight

Built in the Cockpit

With 263.2 total flight hours — including 171.3 as Pilot in Command, 19.0 in multi-engine aircraft, and 8.2 hours of actual instrument time — Brandon's experience is grounded in real conditions, not just ideal ones. A commercial, multi-engine rated pilot, he is now completing CFI and CFII training at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology, with a clear path toward instructing the next generation of pilots.

Brandon Wunderlich tutoring a student in ground instruction for private pilot training at Spartan College of Aeronautics
Brandon Wunderlich tutoring a student in ground instruction for private pilot training at Spartan College of Aeronautics

Teaching That Sticks

At Spartan, Brandon tutored more than 15 pre-private pilot students in ground instruction. His approach centers on the Airman Certification Standards as a genuine framework — not a checklist to memorize, but a way of thinking through decisions. Three of his students, whom he worked with extensively, passed their oral exams on their first attempt.

“I called Brandon every single night for 2 weeks and we would go over material for hours until I understood and felt confident for the checkride.”

— Paul Tobin, Former Student
Brandon Wunderlich and a fellow Spartan College aviation student seated on a commercial aircraft landing gear assembly
Brandon Wunderlich and a fellow Spartan College aviation student seated on a commercial aircraft landing gear assembly

The Mechanical Foundation

Before flight training, Brandon built the kind of hands-on technical aptitude that makes a better pilot. As a maintenance technician at Topgolf, he was promoted for reliability and work ethic. A stint as an automotive intern at Dobbs added another layer of mechanical fluency. At Spartan College, those instincts carried directly into the cockpit — reading systems, working through failures, and understanding why aircraft behave the way they do.