{"id":136,"date":"2021-05-02T23:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T23:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiav.com\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2023-01-24T04:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T04:17:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Rick Bodee<\/strong> &#8211; &#8211; President of Chicago Aviation and Head of Aircraft Sales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email Rick:      <a href=\"mailto:rick@chiav.com\">rick@chiav.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call Rick:         630-728-9651<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"378\" src=\"http:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Webpage2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Webpage2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Webpage2-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduated in Spring 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.  Completed all flight training at the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holds the following licenses and ratings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ATP<\/li><li>CFIA<\/li><li>CFII<\/li><li>CFIMEI<\/li><li>Gold Seal Flight Instructor<\/li><li>All ground instructor ratings<\/li><li>Logged 16,000+ hours<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1974 &#8211; 1983<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worked for one of the largest light single engine Cessna\/ Mooney dealers in the United States, based at Midway Airport in Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accomplishments included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Chief Pilot for dealership and Cessna Pilot Center (CPC)<\/li><li>Chief Instructor FAR 141 Flight School<\/li><li>Chief Pilot and FAR 135 Charter Service<\/li><li>Obtained Veteran&#8217;s Administration (VA) Approval for the Flight School<\/li><li>Aerobatic Instructor<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1983 &#8211; 2001<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded Chicago Aviation In February 1983<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Large rental fleet consisting of: (5) Cessna 152&#8217;s, (5) Cessna 172&#8217;s, (10) Complex\/High Performance aircraft, (7) Line CFIs<\/li><li>Pilot supply store with hundreds of items in stock<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2001-Present<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago Aviation currently concentrates solely on sales, brokerage, and acquisition of pre-owned aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sheila Cronin Bodee<\/strong> &#8211; &#8211; Secretary of Chicago Aviation and Aircraft Sales Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email Sheila:  <a href=\"mailto:chiavsheila@gmail.com\">chiavsheila@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call Sheila:     630-728-9652<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2735r-604x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" width=\"162\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2735r-604x1024.jpeg 604w, https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2735r-177x300.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2735r-768x1302.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2735r-906x1536.jpeg 906w, https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2735r.jpeg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduated in 1984 from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Completed all flight training at the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1984 &#8211; 1986 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight Instructor\/Charter pilot and aircraft sales for Chicago Aviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1986 &#8211; 1987 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Eagle First Officer on Shorts SD360 based at Chicago  O&#8217;Hare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1987 &#8211; 1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Midway Airlines Captain on Dornier 228 based at Chicago Midway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1989 &#8211; 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United Airlines First Officer on Boeing 727 and 737 based at Chicago  O&#8217;Hare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2006 &#8211; Present<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft sales agent for Chicago Aviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kevin Bodee<\/strong> &#8211; &#8211; Aircraft Sales Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call Kevin at 630-706-0718<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email Kevin at:  <a href=\"mailto:kevinbodee@gmail.com\">kevinbodee@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_2477.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-865\" width=\"188\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_2477.jpg 667w, https:\/\/chiav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_2477-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin is a graduate of TCU Texas Christian University in May 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a student pilot working on his PPL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin heads up Chicago Aviation&#8217;s Westwood office in Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Bodee &#8211; &#8211; President of Chicago Aviation and Head of Aircraft Sales Email Rick: rick@chiav.com Call Rick: 630-728-9651 Graduated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiav.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}