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  **Civil Air Patrol**

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Southwest Region Headquarters

Office of Public Affairs

P. O. Box 4773

Wichita Falls, TX 76308-0773

**Major Lawrence Mattiello**

![](media/image2.jpeg){width="2.5833333333333335in"
height="2.348611111111111in"}Larry Mattiello received his pilot's
license at the age of 17 after attending the flight school at LaGuardia
airport in New York City. He continued with his passion of flying by
joining the Air Force ROTC in College and entered the USAF in 1977 with
the hopes of continuing his pilot training and experience. With the end
of the Vietnam War and reduction in force taking place compounded by an
eye medical problem Larry was discharged one year later and decided to
establish a Career in the Aviation Insurance industry. Since then he has
had a successful corneal transplant and holds a current class 2 medical
with FAA Commercial license with Instrument Ratings and over 3,000 hours
of flight time.

Larry has continued in the Aviation Insurance industry for over 28 years
as an Underwriter and Broker and is now President of the largest
aviation Insurance brokerage firm in the U.S.; AirSure Limited, LLc.
Located in Addison Texas. During his career Larry has managed many
different forms of aviation risk management, safety programs and design,
and aircraft accident review and investigations. He worked with
international aviation risk and developed relationships with insurance
markets in the U.S. and Europe.

In his professional capacity in the aviation industry Larry has served
on the Board of Directors of the Helicopter Association International
for over 14 years and is Chairman of the HAI Insurance Committee. He is
also serving on the HAI Safety Committee over 12 years and is a member
of the safety team responsible for the Helicopter Platinum Program for
Safety. He writes safety articles for a variety of aviation trade
organizations and has held safety workshops around the Country. Larry
also works with members of Flight Safety International to develop and
promote a variety of aviation safety programs and is currently
developing a Safety Management System program for the CAP with
specialist from Aero-Safe in Australia. Larry is certified from the
University of North Dakota in Aircraft Accident Investigation and his
currently earning his certification in Aviation Safety.

Larry first joined the Civil Air Patrol in 1974 and was a member of the
Southern Dutchess County Squadron in Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1987 he became
a member of the Catskill Mountain Group as the Safety Officer and served
in that capacity until he moved to Texas in 2001. There he transferred
into the Nighthawk Squadron and moved up to Wing as the Texas Safety
Director and in 2005 was asked to serve on the National Staff as the
Assistant National Safety Officer for Air Ops. He was also tasked to
become the Editor for the Sentinel and write many of its articles on
safety. He has also been requested to serve as the SWR Safety Officer
and is close to receiving his Level V achievement. In 2005 Larry was
recognized for his efforts in the CAP safety programs by being awarded
the Safety Officer of the Year at National, Region, and Texas Wing.

Larry maintains his Mission Pilot, Observer and Scanner status, as well
as Mission Safety Officer and Counter Drug; and has flown some high
profile missions such as the John Kennedy Jr. search for NY Wing and the
Space Shuttle Recovery for the Texas Wing. His passion for flying and
dedication to safety has made him committed to the success of the
countless CAP volunteers to conduct their missions for America and to do
so safely.