WVFC Instructors
40+ flight instructors are authorized to instruct in WVFC aircraft. They are independent contractors who offer a wide range of budgets, desired training levels, and ratings. If you are starting as a new student, who has never flown before, browse the list of instructors below and explore your options. You pick the instructor and are free to change instructors at anytime you choose. If you would like to learn to fly in a Tailwheel aircraft, then check that the instructor has a “Yes” in the Tailwheel column.
If you are already a private pilot and want earn an instrument rating, or check out in an advanced airplane, then check the columns labeled Instrument, Cirrus, Tailwheel, or Multi.
Please note, most instructors accept credit cards, cash or check. Payments are made directly to instructors as independent contractors and not West Valley Flying Club.Â
- 1-Gold:Â CFI with FAA Gold Seal endorsement. 2+ years and 1,000 hours teaching experience.
- 2-Senior:Â 2+ years and 1,000 hours of teaching experience.
- 3-Advanced:Â Over 400 hours of teaching experience.
- 4-Instructor:Â Up to 400 hours of teaching experience.
- Instrument:Â Teaches instrument rating
- Cirrus:Â Teaches in Cirrus aircraft
- Tailwheel:Â Teaches in tailwheel aircraft
- Multi:Â Teaches in multi-engine aircraft
Instructor | Rate | Experience | Accepts New Students | Available Days | Instrument | Cirrus | Tailwheel | Multi | Bio Page |
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Abraham, Edward | 100 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Agranovich, David | 100 | 3-Advanced | Yes | Mon-Fri | No | Yes | No | No | Bio |
Ali, Rozh | 140 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | No | Bio |
Babcock, Drury | 180 | 2-Senior | Yes | Mon-Fri | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Ballew, Sue | 150 to 160 | 1-Gold | Yes | Mon-Fri | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Baser, Orhan | 140 to 160 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bio |
Blanck, Greg | 105 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Blonstein, Steve | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | Mon-Fri | Yes | Yes | No | No | Bio |
Dalvand, Mehdi | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | No | Yes | Yes | No | Bio |
Dietz, Lou | 140 | 1-Gold | Yes | Mon-Fri | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Bio |
Druch, Ian | 110 to 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Eames, Geoffrey | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Eater, Ben | 90 | 4-Instructor | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Eliff, Sydney | 100 to 110 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Farsaie, Nariman | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Floersch, Eliot | Quote | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bio |
Gaffney, Nathaniel | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | Yes | Bio |
Gauvin, Steve | 140 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | Yes | Bio |
Higgins, Jim | 170 to 200 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Irish, Wes | 160 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | No | Bio |
Kamel, Melek | 120 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Kosovskiy, Dmitriy | 130 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | No | Bio |
Kumar, Gopal | 125 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bio |
Maruyama, Daisuke | Quote | 4-Instructor | Yes | Sat-Sun | Yes | No | No | No | |
May, Michael | 100 to 125 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Miller, Terry | 125 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Monaco, Peter | 100 | 4-Instructor | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Moseley, John | 120 | 4-Instructor | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Neville, Sean | 110 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | No | Bio |
O'Dea, Kelly | 150 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
O'Leary, Jack | 100 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Oz, Doron | 130 | 2-Senior | No | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Pashchenko, Oleksii | 100 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Popovici, Radu | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | Yes | Bio |
Regenstein, Elie | 100 | 4-Instructor | Yes | 7 day | Yes | No | Yes | No | Bio |
Rick, Ramon | Quote | 1-Gold | No | Sat-Sun | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bio |
Savidge, Greg | 140 to 145 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Bio |
Schwartz, Scott | 140 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | Yes | No | Bio |
Serra, Edoardo | 100 | 4-Instructor | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Shea-Burgess, Patrick | 80 | 4-Instructor | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Sloan, James | 120 | 2-Senior | Yes | Mon-Fri | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |
Smith, Jonathan | 125 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | Yes | Bio |
Trescott, Max | 180 | 1-Gold | Yes | 7 days | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bio |
Vandevoorde, Nicolas | 100 | 2-Senior | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Woo, Raymond | 80 | 3-Advanced | Yes | Sat-Sun | Yes | Yes | No | No | Bio |
Zhang, Huiru | 110 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | No | No | No | No | Bio |
Zhou, Jason | 90 | 3-Advanced | Yes | 7 days | Yes | No | No | No | Bio |