Dr. Tiziano "Tizi" Bernard
"When my parents took me along their travel adventures, I wouldn't want to go unless we were flying. That was the beginning on my journey as an aviator."
Who is this dude?
I'm an FAA Gold Seal Certified Flight Instructor in the Greater Savannah Area. I currently fly with Savannah Aviation out of Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. I was trained at Florida Tech (KMLB) and at GARMIN in the midwest. I'm a CFI/CFII, CPL SEL/MEL, a Cirrus Training Center Instructor, and an IGI. I was born and raised in Trieste (Italy) and moved to the U.S. in 2011.
I strive to provide a more in-depth and technical education. My background is in engineering, with degrees in aerospace engineering (B.S.), flight test engineering (M.S.), and cognitive engineering (Ph.D.). My flight test and doctoral education is focused on flight operations, avionics systems design & evaluation, and cognitive engineering. My main area of expertise is in instrument flight, but I've also done formation flying and advanced aerobatics.
For my day job, I fly as an experimental flight test engineer for a large OEM, specialized in aircraft systems and flight operations. I gained most of my avionics knowledge at the Human-Centered Design Institute (HCDi) at Florida Tech and during my tenure as a human factors engineer at GARMIN. I continue serving academia as an Adjunct Professor of Human Factors and Cognitive Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and a guest lecturer in both Italy and the United States.
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24
LICENSED
PILOTS
13
INSTRUMENT
RATINGS
1,100+
HOURS OF
DUAL GIVEN
Meanwhile, over Savannah...
"Tizi is quibbling with ATC" - Jason, test pilot
"Imagine that" - Christian, flight test engineer
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"Traffic on 2NM final for 19, it's Tizi" - SAV ATC
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"Pizza One, you are cleared to land runway 28" - SAV ATC
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"We don't take the birds out" - Atlantic FBO (CHS)
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"Traffic will be holding in position, a SkyChicken" - SAV ATC
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"I smell ham" - Tizi
"I smell something burning. Let's land" - Philip, Cirrus student
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"Approach, can you give my student a dirty and nasty hold?" - Tizi
"Oh my God" - Jason, test pilot
"That's Tizi" - Christian, flight test engineer
"Did he say...dirty and nasty?" - Allan, test pilot
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"Hey Tizi, how have you been, man?" - Beaufort FBO (ARW)
"Is there anyone you don't know?" - Will, IFR student
"Sir, Tizi told me that you were awarded best controller in the US, congratulations!" - Nate, student
"Thank you, I appreciate it. And tell Tizi I'll start charging every time he tells someone!" - AF, SAV controller
