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Dr. J. Scott Hamilton is an Adjunct Professor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide & Prescott, AZ campuses. He previously served as executive director (chief operating officer) of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), after serving as the national organization’s general counsel. CAP owns and operates the world’s largest fleet of single-engine piston-powered aircraft, some 560, plus a few dozen gliders and hot air balloons. He is an experienced pilot (Private Pilot with airplane, single engine, land & sea, instrument airplane, advanced & instrument ground instructor ratings, and about 1,700 hours flight time) who has owned several aircraft and flown over 70 types. He is also an experienced skydiver (with 2,500 jumps) who served as a combat demolition specialist and HALO instructor in Army Special Forces.
Dr. Hamilton founded a law firm specializing in aviation law in Colorado, where he practiced law for 25 years and served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Denver, and as an Adjunct Instructor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and for the Aerospace Science Department at Metropolitan State College of Denver, then served as Senior Assistant Attorney General in Wyoming.
He holds a B.A. degree in economics and business from Hendrix College; J.D. from the University of Denver; and LL.M. in aerospace law from Southern Methodist University, where he was named the Easterwood Foundation Scholar, and a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle.
Hamilton has published widely on aviation law, including the Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law textbook, workbook and teachers’ manual, now in the 7th edition, and Amazon.com’s bestseller in the category of "Air & Space." He also co-authored Kaps, R., Hamilton, J., and Bliss, T., Labor Relations in the Aviation and Aerospace Industries, (Southern Illinois University Press, 2012) textbook & study Guide.
He has received many honors, including induction into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame (1988) and Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame (1998).