About the chief instructor Arvindh:

Arvindh is an FAA certified flight instructor (CFI) authorized to instruct in airplanes and helicopters. He started flying in 1998, here in the SF bay area, out of Palo Alto airport. 

He enjoys both basic Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flying as well as Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights in modern, technologically advanced, "glass-cockpit" aircraft. He can train you for the private pilot, instrument pilot, commercial pilot and airline transport pilot certificates, and, most important of all, make you a safe, smart and skilled pilot. 

Arvindh has degrees in physics from Caltech and in electrical engineering (DSP, ML and audio technology) from Stanford. When he's not flying, he also works in hi-tech