Instructors

Dave Breeding – Chief Pilot

CFI ($100/hr)

Dave is a fourth-generation pilot dedicated to preserving and passing on the knowledge, discipline, and art of flying. His approach to instruction emphasizes strong fundamentals, sound judgment, and respect for aviation traditions built over generations. Outside of instruction, he enjoys flying his wife and two young children whenever time allows, sharing the passion for flight that shaped his own path into aviation.

Alex Miller

CFI ($90/hr)

Alex is an agricultural pilot and A&P mechanic who is accustomed to flying and maintaining tailwheel airplanes in austere environments.  He enjoys the mission of assisting farmers, as well as the stick and rudder aspect of the job.  

When Alex isn’t needed at the farm, he is dedicated to sharing his experience and knowledge with other pilots as a tailwheel instructor.  He’s passionate about introducing pilots to tailwheel flying and helping them build up their skills and confidence in tailwheel airplanes.

Bill English

CFI/CFII/MEI Gold Seal ($95/hr)

Bill has been flying for over 40 years and has an extensive depth of experience in aviation. He was an air traffic controller, and he is retired from the NTSB after 23 years as an accident investigator. Flight safety is integrated into everything he does. He has a passion for instruction and has been a chief instructor at a large flight school. He flies his 1953 STOL-equipped Cessna 170B “Cessquatch” at a nearby small grass strip.

Robb Hohmann

CFI ($90/hr)

Robb grew up in the back seats of Pipers and Cessnas — his father was a flight simulation engineer and private pilot at Wright-Patterson AFB, and the hook was set before he was old enough to do much about it. He’s been flying since 2009 and holds commercial certificates in airplane, seaplane, and glider, with CFI ratings in both airplanes and gliders and an instrument rating to round things out.

More than half of his 1,000-plus hours have been logged in tailwheel aircraft, and he’ll tell you that’s not an accident. As a tow pilot flying the Husky and Pawnee at Skyline Soaring Club, he’s made hundreds of takeoffs and landings in the kind of conditions that keep you honest — thermal days, gusty grass strips, tight patterns with a glider on the rope. That repetition is what he draws on when he teaches. He also owns and flies a Van’s RV-4, so if you’re transitioning into one, he’s not working from a textbook.