ATP Codie Sharpe Joins Duncan Aviation’s Avionics Sales Team

Codie Sharpe has joined Duncan Aviation's Avionics Sales team in Provo, Utah. Sharpe has been a long-time aviation enthusiast and joins the Duncan Aviation team after obtaining her Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) licenses. During her career, she has spent several years flying as a commercial pilot in both business and regional airline settings. Click image for high-res download.

LINCOLN, NEB. — Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that Codie Sharpe has joined the Avionics Sales team at the company’s facility in Provo, Utah. Sharpe has been a long-time aviation enthusiast and joins the Duncan Aviation team after obtaining her Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) licenses. During her career she has spent several years flying as a commercial pilot in both business and regional airline settings.

Sharpe brings to this position her knowledge as a pilot and user of the various avionics in the flight deck. Her experience as a pilot has taught her to rely on the systems and the many safety features of modern avionics. This hands-on experience on the flight deck will provide our customers with a pilot’s perspective as they consider upgrades to their aircraft.

After taking an aviation technology class at Utah State University, Sharpe’s interest in flying was piqued, which lead to her earning a Professional Pilot’s Bachelor’s degree. “I was always interested in machines and seeing how they worked; however, until I took the class in college, a career as a pilot never crossed my mind.”

Sharpe learned to fly in a Diamond DA-40 equipped with a Garmin G1000 all-glass avionics suite.

After becoming a pilot, she worked three jobs while attending school in order to achieve her dream.

“It was a nice machine, and as a school teaching students to fly, it was far safer to have an aircraft with all the bells and whistles,” says Sharpe. “I found it super helpful, and I liked knowing I wasn’t going to get lost.”

Sharpe eventually found herself learning the old-school gauges while teaching flight lessons in a Cessna 152 and Piper Arrow. As a pilot, though, she prefers the more complex avionics systems and finds them critical to flight safety.

The most fun aircraft she’s ever flown is a Pilatus.

“I love the Pilatus here at Duncan Aviation. It’s beautiful inside and out—the paint scheme is absolutely wild!” says Sharpe. “The Pilatus aircraft I’ve flown were old and tired inside, so this one with its complete interior refurb is gorgeous. It’s equipped with a Garmin G600Txi Flight Deck, too, and I’m a huge fan of that system.”

While she was still a student, Sharpe became familiar with the Duncan Aviation facilities because the school practiced landings at Provo. After several years working as a commercial pilot, Sharpe decided she’d like to pursue a career in aviation that didn’t have her flying and away from home for much of the month. With Duncan Aviation in mind, she started researching what kinds of careers were available, and she came across the position for Avionics Sales Rep in Provo. Her decision to apply for the position was successful and is the beginning of her career with Duncan Aviation.

She is excited to meet with customers and help them find the perfect avionics systems for their aircraft.

When not learning from her fellow team members at Duncan Aviation, whom Sharpe says have been warm and welcoming, she enjoys various outdoor adventures, such as regularly snowboarding, camping and hiking—so she can go fly fishing—and she’s recently started learning to ride motorcycles.

About Duncan Aviation

Duncan Aviation is an aircraft service provider supporting the aviation needs of business aircraft operators, government agencies, and other aircraft service providers. Services include major and minor airframe inspections, engine maintenance, major retrofits for cabin and cockpit avionics systems, full paint and interior services, engineering and certification services, fabrication and manufacturing services, and preowned aircraft sales and acquisitions. Duncan Aviation also has international aircraft components solutions experts available 24/7/365 at +1 402.475.4125 who can handle any aircraft system problem with immediate exchanges, rotables, loaners or avionics/instrument/accessory repairs and overhauls. Complete service facilities are located in Battle Creek, Michigan; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Provo, Utah. We also have dozens of other facilities strategically located throughout the United States to provide customers with scheduled regional support and the quickest response possible to avionics, engine and airframe Aircraft On Ground (AOG) situations.

For more information about any of Duncan Aviation’s services, call +1 402.475.2611 or visit https://www.DuncanAviation.aero/services