Our Team

Greg Porter- Owner

Commercial Pilot-ASEL, AMEL, Instrument-Airplane. CFI, CFII, MEI, Gold Seal Instructor, Pilot Examiner for the FAA. Greg has 25 years of experience with over 8700 flight hours, including 7900 hours of instruction given.

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Drew Watkins- Chief Instructor

Commercial Pilot-ASEL, AMEL, Instrument-Airplane. CFI, CFII, MEI. Drew has 15 years of experience with over 7000 flight hours, including 6400 hours of instruction given.

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Mike Sherman- Instructor

Comercial Pilot-ASEL, AMEL, Instrument-Airplane. CFI, MEI. Mike has 14 years of experience with over 800 flight hours, including 500 hours of instruction given.

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Gabriela Falks - Instructor

Hi everyone! My name is Gaby and I’ve been flying since 2010. I started instructing in 2013 when I was 20 years old and I’m now a Gold Seal CFI/CFII and hold a commercial airplane single/multi-engine land with an instrument rating. Although I got my private pilot certificate during high school, I did most of my flight training at Arizona State University, where I majored in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.

My dream of becoming an astronaut will never end, which is why I started flying in the first place.

I am happily married to my husband Brennan. We live in Goodyear and enjoy watching the airplanes fly overhead with our son Eleazar. When I’m not flying airplanes, I enjoy cooking, traveling, and working real estate as a REALTOR.

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Andrew Martin - Instructor

I began flying in 2004 and I became a Certified Fight Instructor in 2017. In 2016 I earned a Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and I am currently working on my Masters of Science in Aerospace Operations. In addition to being a flight instructor with FLY Goodyear, I am also currently serving as a F-35 Lightning II Crew Chief in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to F-35's, I was a crew chief on the F-16 Fighting Falcon for 7 1/2 years. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my son Aaron

Ron DeCandia - Instructor

ATP, CFI-AIMG, A&P, IA, B.S. Embry-Riddle '73, MaEd. Fairfield Univ '85

Currently working at West-Mec Aviation H.S. A&P Instructor. Originally from Brooklyn, NY and married to Terri, who's also a Brooklyner, for 46 years. We live in Litchfield Park.

Mike Chapman - Manager

Private Pilot - ASEL.

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Ian Shere - Phones & website

Gidday all! Gidday, but don't call me Australian! I'm originally from New Zealand (we're called "Kiwis" after the national bird), and married an American in 2007, moving to Sacramento in 2009, then to Buckeye, AZ in January 2014. I'd started my private pilot training in NZ way back in January 1980, but never finished. In May 2015 I decided (with wifely encouragement!) to finish it which I did in June. Since then I've been working on my commercial license.

I got to know the school's owner really well and suggested I install a landline at my house to answer the phones for them, which I've been doing for about a year. So, if you phone, the strange sounding guy on the other end is me! My wife and I run a website design business and were proud to rebuild, and maintain, the Fly at Goodyear website. So I guess you contact me if you're having website issues!!

Oh yes, that's me in the video on the front page too.

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