About

Meteorologist Chris Dunn is the Flying Weatherman. He is an award winning television broadcaster with more than 30 years of on-air experience.  He also has “in-air” experience, becoming a Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) in 2019.  He currently is a captain for a fractional ownership aircraft operator, flying across North America.  You can also occasionally catch his weather forecasts on 12News in Phoenix, AZ.

He passed his first check ride in 1997. Chris has taught aviation meteorology at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Mesa, Arizona, combining his knowledge of meteorology and love of aviation.

In 2005, Chris became one of the first television meteorologists in the country to achieve the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society.  That same year he won AOPA’s Max Karant award for excellence in aviation journalism for a television news story he did on Angel Flight West.

He currently holds a BA in broadcasting from California State University, Chico and a MAS in Aviation Safety from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Chris is a past member (and a mission pilot) for Angel Flight and a member of NAFI, the National Association of Flight Instructors.  He also spent time flying with the Civil Air Patrol .

 

 

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