Carter is a fourth year member of the U.S. Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Demonstration Team flying the F4F/FM2 Wildcat. He holds an ATP with type ratings in 737, DC9, CE500, F4F, F6F, and A6M.

Carter has over 2000 hours in many WWII aircraft, both friend and foe, including the Navy training aircraft N2S “Kaydet”, N3N “Yellow Peril”, and SNJ “Texan”. Additional WWII aircraft include the Polikarpov Po-2 and I-16, Fieseler “Storch”, Mitsubishi A6M “Zero”, F6F “Hellcat”, and FM2/F4F “Wildcat”.

In addition to sponsoring and flying several CAF (Commemorative Air Force) aircraft, Carter is a demonstration pilot for Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington. He is a formation check pilot for the JLFC (Joint Liaison Formation Committee) and the CAF’s TRARON.

Carter presently lives in the Seattle Washington area, with his wife Beverly, where he works as a Pilot Instructor for Alaska Airlines. He is a Vietnam veteran serving with the U.S. Army during 1967-71.