LEARN TO FLY WITH AN EXPERIENCED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN A FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENT.
Christopher Braun
Owner, A&P, CFII
Eduardo G. Jiron
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP
Eduardo's experience covers more than 40 years. He has extensive aviation experience, including: flight instruction, commercial flight cargo transportation; military and FAA air traffic & flight service experience. His FAA certificates include: Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Instructor Airplane Multiengine and Single Engine Land, Instrument Airplane, Control Tower Operator & Certified Pilot Weather Briefer. In addition, he also holds a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He is married with children and is a long time California resident. His hobbies include world traveling, going to air shows, and studying the history of aviation. He is a sport nut as well, with tennis, cycling, skiing, back packing and mountaineering.
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Kevin Cummings
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP
Kevin began flying in 1998 earning his private pilot certificate just prior to joining the United States Air Force. He flew C-130s and C-17s for the Air Force most of his military career. He recently returned to the world of general aviation and now flies regularly around California and all the neighboring states. He is really passionate about teaching and is dedicated to helping his students reach their flying goals.
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Ross Fuentes
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI
Shiraz Souliman
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII
Shiraz has a lot of airline experience after working for Emirates Airlines Operations for 11 years being based in Dubai. He learned how to fly in Florida in 2016 and has been flying ever since. He is now a CFI/CFII and is also now currently working on his MEI. Super passionate for aviation and flying, his ultimate goal is to rejoin Emirates Airlines as a first officer on the Airbus A380. Shiraz loves to travel around the world and go skydiving. He is an active volunteer at Aerospace Museum of California.
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Keegan Kilby
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI
Flight Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI

Keegan began his flight training in 2021 after years of working in the airline operations industry with multiple major airlines. Throughout his career in aviation, he has gained a large amount of knowledge about the industry. Before starting in aviation, Keegan attended college in Mississippi, Arizona, and Santa Barbara with a focus on American History. After working with Delta Airlines, he made the jump to flying airplanes with ATP Flight School in Sacramento, graduating with all CFI Certificates in March of 2022. His long term goal is to fly for a commercial airline flying an Airbus. His hobbies outside of flying include all sports, off-roading, playing video games and spending time with family.
Angelo Gabriel
Flight Instructor, CFI
Flight Instructor, CFI

Angelo has always wanted to be a pilot as long as he can remember. His profound fascination of the mystique and marvel of flight has been and always will be an inherent trait of his. He learned how to fly shortly after graduating business school in 2017. He got his private pilot certificate in Canada, then all certificates and ratings after that were completed in the northern California area. He aims to share his passion for aviation and produce safe and competent pilots.
Ryan Pavey
Operations Manager, PPL
Operations Manager, PPL

Having been around aviation his whole life, Ryan has always loved airplanes and had an interest in aviation. Ryan graduated from the University of California, Irvine with his B.S. in Biological Sciences with a minor in Earth System Sciences. Ryan’s studies in meteorology and other Earth systems rekindled his interests in aviation, and Ryan became even more interested in aviation after trying Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. In 2021, Ryan decided that he would like to become a pilot and pursue aviation as a career. Ryan’s goal is to become an airline pilot, and he is currently working on becoming a CFI.