Charlie Thompson

Charlie Thompson graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1978 with B.E.E. degree and is an engineer by profession with 32 years of semiconductor circuit design and management experience. He has worked for multiple Austin companies including Cirrus Logic and Silicon Laboratories. For the past 4 years he has operated his own technology consulting company.  He is the inventor/co-inventor of 16 U.S. Patents.

He took his first flying lesson in a Grumman AA1 Yankee on July 11, 1973 at age 19. After a total of 6 lessons he ran out of time and money as he attended college and raised a family. Charlie kept his little log book from 1973 and vowed to fly again some day. The next entry in that same logbook was December 1st, 2006, almost 34 years later, followed by his Private certificate on April 5th, 2008 and his Instrument rating in September of 2009. Now, he is again flying a Grumman (AA 5B Tiger) that he co-owns with four other pilots.