Our Instructors  

A true service pilot, who has devoted 33 years of unblemished service in various important positions in the Indian Air Force. Trained in HT 2, Harvard and Kiran aircraft, he opted for fighter flying and flew many single and twin jets like Vampire and Hunter single engine fighters and Canberra twin-engine bomber. Having completed Instructor's course, he instructed in both Elementary school and Advanced Flying colleg, holding the post of Chief Flight Instructor.

The pilot has had an illustrious career in the sky. He joined the IAF as Transport pilot and flew a number of aircraft like HT 2, Harvard, Texan, Devon, Twin-engine Dakota DC 3 (one of the best fluke design, which has outlived all fancy aircraft of the era), Twin turbo-engine Russian IL - 14, various categories of oeing aircraft like B - 707 and B - 747. He has logged more than 12,000 hours. He was an einent Ground and Flight Instructor. His other passion is golf and he is happy to meet both his hobbies in the lush grren fields of Royal Palms.

Marcel Pinto,aged 58 years,B.Sc(Hons) from Bombay University.Professional Banker and Investment Banker.Over 30 years experience in financial Services with SBI, SBICAP, The Chatterjee Group amongst others.An associate of Shikar Outward Bound Institute.Facilator in outward bound training .Mountaineer and adventure sport enthusiat.Has keen interest in aviation field,particularly reforms.Advisor to the Academy in Administration, Finance and training methods.

He joined the IAF as a Medical Officer and served for 30 years. He has been posted to the length and breadth of the country and done wonderful work not only for sick airmen but the civil population whenever required in all places he has been posted. The high point in his unblemished career was to be posted as Senior Medical Officer, Air Force Station Cotten Green, Bombay. This prestigious posting authorises the SMO to check the civil airline aircrew ( both domestic and foreign) apart from service pilots. Renewing airmen's Flying Licence rested in the ambit of his clearing them fit for flying. A highly trained officer in the field of Aviation medicine, he can impart sound knowledge in the hazards of high altitude flights in the modern day jets poised to climb to over 2 lakh feet above mean sea level.

A highly trained and respected officer of the IAF. He has excelled in the field of navigation and as such was posted to The VIP Squadron of the IAF and entrusted to safely navigate the aircraft in all types of weather conditions around the globe. Flying VVIPs like the President, Prime Minister, other Cabinet ministers and their key personnel is no mean task and to meet their strict schedule calls for a high degree of sophisticated training.

He is a well qualified Air Traffic controller. Now retired and teaches Corporate sector clients in the art of public speaking, relaxing through yoga and the art of proper public appearance and speaking before an audience. Students will greatly benefit from his vast experience

A retired senior Air Hostess from Indian Airlines. Instructing cabin crew has been her forte in any airlines including the domestic Indian and Air India. Her foreign sojourn and being stationed in London has taught her many tools in this field of the aviation industry as she undertook special courses duning that period.

A very enthusiastic student aspiring to become a pilot under my tutelage, he could not complete the course due to financial constraints. Now an official in Mantralaya, Govt. of Maharastra he wishes to extend a helping hand to the keen but needy students, so they may fulfill their ambition. We are pleased to have him in the team.

He is also an Air Force retiree as a maintainance engineer with Jaguar fighter squadrons. He is a specialist in aircraft electrical systems and trained in simulalator systems of Jaguars. He was awarded the best Flight safety for maintenance by the Directorate and is a member of rotable LRU procurements. Presently, he specialises in Pilot councilling. He also looks after procurement of aircraft parts for clients in India and neighbouring countries.