Our Team

Martyn Smith
Managing Director, Chief Flying Instructor,
General Aviation, Recreational, Tailwheel & Floatplane Instructor,
Simulator Trainer
Discover Martyn’s Story

Gaylene Smith
Creative Director & Story Writer

Bonnie Cesco
(Martyn and Gaylene’s daughter)
Flight Operations Manager and Director Platinum Aircraft Charter, Commercial Pilot

Steve Cesco
Director Platinum Aircraft Charter, Commercial Pilot, GA, Floatplane and Recreational Tailwheel Instructor


I WISH I COULD FLY
I wish I could fly,
just like eney bird can fly!!!!
I wish I could fly as grasfall as bird,
It would be fantastik, to see all the erth,
The grass rushing bye,
as we zoom abouve the ground,
People saying good luck as I go up, up
I say to myself, what a thing this is.
Written by Matt Smith, April 1997, 9 years old after a flight in a P51 Mustang


Karl Klocke
Chief Flying Instructor, Commercial Pilot,
GA, Floatplane and Recreational Tailwheel Instructor


Stewart Bond
Commercial Pilot, Recreational, Tailwheel and Weight Shift Instructor

Leo Howard
Commercial Pilot,
GA and Recreational Tailwheel Instructor, IT Support

Tom Klocke
Recreational and Tailwheel Instructor

Shannon Archbold
Commercial Pilot,
GA and Recreational Tailwheel Instructor

Riz Motala
Commercial Pilot,
GA and Recreational Tailwheel Instructor
Lesley Mole

Andrew Bampton
