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Benjamin Reed Thigpen, operating professionally under the moniker True North Evaluations, serves as the Director of Advanced Aviation Programs at the Liberty University School of Aeronautics in Lynchburg, Virginia. His aviation career includes a ten-year tenure at the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, where he worked as a Flight Manager and Lead Flight Instructor, teaching courses in instrument regulations and flight instructor certification. Prior to his time in collegiate flight training, Thigpen graduated from Mead Senior High School in Spokane, Washington, and attended the United States Air Force Academy. Today, he administers private, commercial, instrument, and flight instructor practical tests in single-engine and multi-engine land airplanes.