Jeremy Peres

by | Aug 1, 2018

Aviation has been a passion of Jeremy’s for as long as he can remember and as a result he flew solo in a Cessna 172 before he ever even drove a car! After earning his Private Pilot Certificate while still in high school, Jeremy attended the University of Florida and...

Jeff Hartig

by | Aug 1, 2018

Jeff’s introduction to flying came in 1966 when he first flew in a Cessna 172 at sunrise over Phoenix Arizona. He then discovered an Aviation Explorer Post at Deer Valley Airport, where he learned more about flying and pursued his Private Pilot license. He received...

Mike Nance

by | Aug 1, 2018

Mike first fell in love with aviation after getting an opportunity to fly in a WW2 replica fighter plane when he was 16. He has spent most of his life performing on stage and screen as well as training young performers in theatre. The longing to be back in the sky was...

Nick Slabakov

by | Aug 1, 2018

“I cannot believe they will let me fly an airplane by myself,” thought Nick in amazement when he moved to the US over 25 years ago. That amazement propelled his persistence to learn to fly, earn advanced ratings, and now to teach, whether his students intend to fly...

Danny Smith

by | Aug 1, 2018

Daniel’s first flight was at age 16 with the Boy Scouts and was fortunate enough to have a Scout Master with an airplane who loved to fly. That passion and feeling of freedom that you get from being in an airplane that you are in control of wouldn’t go away. After...