Flight Instructors
Name: Mike Venturino
Experience Level: Master
Certifications / Type Ratings: Airline Transport Pilot, Airplane Multiengine Land, Commercial Privileges, Single Engine Land, Types: B727, B737, B747, B757, B767, DC-3, L-300 (Civilian designation for Lockheed C-141) Flight Instructor: Airplane, Single and Multiengine Land, Instrument Airplane; Turbojet Flight Engineer
Years Flying: 54
Total Flight Hours: 17,000
Total Instruction Hours: more than 2500 hrs
Why do you like to teach and instruct?: Give something back from the experience that I was fortunate to have in the aviation business and to meet interesting people and see them develop the skills to enjoy & perform the craft that I love.
Name: Oscar Joel Martinez
Experience Level: Master
Certifications / type ratings: Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land, Multi Engine Land, Instrument Airplane, Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
Flying since: 2011
Total Flight hours: More than 1000
Teaching since: 2019
Dual Instruction Hours: More than 1000
Why do you like to teach and instruct?: Aviation is my passion. Since I was a kid I always wanted to become a pilot. I know that learning to fly is not easy, and I want to make sure that I am there for my students through every step of the process of learning to fly. It is a great feeling and responsibility to help someone become a safe and proficient Pilot, and I’m proud to be a part of that journey and of the local aviation community.
Name: Andrew Low
Experience Level: Professional
Certifications / type ratings: Commercial Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land, and Multi Engine Land with Instrument Rating. CFI.
Flying since: 2019
Total Flight hours: More than 400
Teaching since: 2025
Dual Instruction Hours: Less than 400
Why do you like to teach and instruct?: More soon.
Name: Alli Dickey
Experience Level: Advanced
Certifications / type ratings: Commercial Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land, and Multi Engine Land with Instrument Rating. CFI, CFII, MEI, and IGI.
Flying since: 2022
Total Flight hours: More than 400
Teaching since: 2024
Dual Instruction Hours: Less than 400
Why do you like to teach and instruct?: I found my passion for flying after I was a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines. After my first month working I realized I was on the wrong side of the flight deck door and wanted to pursue becoming a pilot. I was looking for a career that would challenge me on a daily basis, and with flight instruction I have never found something as challenging yet rewarding in my life. I love to play a role in someone else's decision to pursue this dream of flying and see their progress from day one. I also grew up playing sports and was a Division 1 track and field athlete at the University of Nevada, Reno. I have found that instructing is just like being a coach and I love that aspect of it.
Name: Shamim Mohamed
Experience Level: Professional
Certifications / type ratings: Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land, Glider, Instrument Airplane, Certified Flight Instructor
Flying since: 1994
Total Flight hours: More than 2000
Teaching since: 2023
Dual Instruction Hours: Less than 400
Why do you like to teach and instruct?: I've been crazy about airplanes since childhood – first balsa gliders, then radio control models, and finally airplanes. I’ve also always wanted to teach, my first job was as a math professor in Idaho. I quit and moved to Silicon Valley so I could afford to keep flying, and started flying gliders and tailwheel. I’m a glider tow pilot at Byron and fly around in the Glasair Sportsman that I built. I love to teach and I love to fly, so of course teaching someone to fly is in my opinion the best possible thing to do.
Tour Pilots
Name: Andrew Low
Name: Kendra Fisher
Name: Alexis Calderon
Front Desk Staff
Name: Kevin Castellanos
Instruction Rates
Professional: $100-$115/hr.
Advanced: $110-$125/hr.
Master: $120-$135/hr.
Gold Seal: $130-$145/hr.
Professional: CFI with up to 2 Years Experience and 400 hrs. Dual Given
Advanced: CFI/CFII with more than 2 Years Experience and more than 400 hrs. Dual Given
Master: CFI/CFII with more than 3 Years Experience and 1000 hrs. Dual Given
Gold Seal: Gold Seal/ CFII with more than 5 years Experience and 2000 hrs. Dual Given
