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Evelyn Anne "Lyn" Carlson is a highly distinguished FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) based in Santa Ana, California, primarily operating out of John Wayne Airport (SNA). With an aviation career spanning over four decades, Carlson has amassed more than 8,000 hours of flight instruction and has administered over 2,600 practical exams. She holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate along with CFI, CFII, and MEI ratings. Her commitment to education was recognized on a national scale in 1995 when she was named the FAA National Flight Instructor of the Year.
Before her tenure in aviation, Carlson was a nursing instructor with a Master of Science in Nursing and served in the Peace Corps in Kenya. This medical background provides her with unique expertise in aeromedical factors, a subject she emphasizes during pilot evaluations. Her adventurous history includes a notable solo transatlantic flight in a Rockwell 114, flying from California to the Channel Islands. Currently serving as the Director of Training at Sunrise Aviation, she is widely respected for her thorough, safety-oriented examination style for Private, Instrument, Commercial, and Flight Instructor candidates.