Chao Huang

Chao is from the beautiful Pacific Northwest and he started flying back in 2018. He trained out of Gig Harbor, WA and has more than a year of flight instructing experience in challenging weather and over 600 hours of instruction in a variety of Cessna 172 models and...

Matt Liles

Originally intending to pursue Aerospace Engineering, Matt moved to Denver in 2019 from New Mexico to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. Shortly into his studies, he decided that being in a cockpit was far more enjoyable than being in an office and...

Andrew Shacker

Andrew is a Professional Engineer at the Lawrence Livermore Lab. He came to Bay Area Flying Club to pursue his interest in aviation, completing both his instrument and commercial ratings there. Andrew is most excited about coming back to teach at the school that...

Mike Kapner

Mike grew up in Colorado and attended the University of Colorado Boulder where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering. After working in the industry for a few years, he decided to pursue his passion of aviation. Mike completed his flight training at Western Air and...

Carl Gallaher

Carl is a Navy Veteran that flew in the back of P-3C Orions for 5 years and then he went to CSU for Construction Management. He worked for Mechanical Contractors for 10 years. He is now on his third career on his way to becoming an airline pilot. He looks forward to...