Our Team

With tens of thousands of hours of combined flight experience, our team of professional flight instructors is committed to providing the quality flight training that you deserve.

Adrian Van Zyl, the school's owner, wearing a headset with a microphone, smiling inside a plane.

Adrian Van Zyl

Founder

With a flying career that spans many decades and types of flying under his belt, Adrian created AVZ with the goal of training the next generation of pilots. If you see him around at the school, ask him for some stories from his career—he has a plethora of stories and pilot wisdom, and he loves to share it with students.

A headshot of our chief flight instructor, Stephen Abrew. In this photo, Stephen is wearing a gray shirt with our school's old logo, and is looking slightly to the left.

Stephen Abrew

Chief Flight Instructor

[Bio coming soon]

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Leo Beale

Assistant Chief Instructor

[Bio coming soon]

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Janna Crow

Flight Instructor

[Bio coming soon]

Young man sitting in the cockpit of an airplane simulator surrounded by flight controls and instruments, with a view of the sky outside the windshield.

Marco Artero

Senoir Flight Instructor

[Bio coming soon]

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Colby Killian

Flight Instructor

[Bio coming soon]