Our team is the key to our success - and yours!
Please stop by to let us introduce you to your new flight instructor
or maintenance technician.
Are you looking to join one of the most innovative aviation companies?
We need you! Please call or email us your resume today.
Addison TX: 972.735.9099
Fort Pierce FL: 772.595.9996
Punta Gorda FL: 941.268.4532
Cincinnati OH: 859.496.5777
Houston TX: (coming soon)
Don Ayres - President
Don holds a Private Pilot and Instrument Rating. Don Is
the founder and CEO of US Sport Aircraft. With many
years of management and engineering experience he is
the reason for our rapid growth and expansion.
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Donato Martino - Partner
Donato has been flying since 1978, he holds the Sport Pilot-CFI,
Private-Instrument Rating, and Light Sport Repairman Airplane
certificates. Donato is a member of the FAA Safety Team
and is also a voting member of the ASTM F37 Light Sport
Aircraft Committee -the committee that develops the industry
standards for LSAs. He is also on the EAA National Speakers
Bureau and has presented at numerous EAA Chapter meetings,
Forums and FAA Safety Seminars. Donato has been the driving
force behind the Aircraft Assembly and Certification for the
PiperSport and SportCruiser LSAs.
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Patrick Arnzen - Partner
Patrick brought 12 years of aviation experience to the US Sport
team. Patrick has flown for the airlines, corporate, off shore
survey, fire patrol, and flight instructed. Patrick holds an
ATP certificate with CL-65 type rating, single & multi engine
instrument airplane land, and Airframe and Powerplant ratings.
Patrick is currently oversees all US Sport flight
school locations, coordinates the assembly and certification
of the US Sport West Assembly facility, and is working hard
at establishing new locations.
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Dick Solar - Manager/Instructor
FPR Location
Dick manages the Punta Gorda location in Florida. Dick has a BS
in Engineering and an MS in Management and Business. Disk
has worked for Piper, Honeywell, and was a Helicopter Pilot
and Instructor for the US Army.Dick holds holds an A&P,
Single- and Multi-Engine Land and Single engine Sea,
Instrument Helicopter, and a ground instructor rating.
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Stuart Stevenson - Manager/Instructor
ADS Location
Stuart manages the Addison location, as well as overseeing
corporate technology initiatives. He holds Commercial
Pilot, Advanced Ground Instructor and Certified Flight
Instructor ratings. Stuart is a member of the FAA
FAASTeam and has a background in accounting, business
management and engineering.
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Bryan Woodward - Instructor
FPR Location
Bryan got his start in aviation at the age of 15, working in an
an avionics shop. Bryan completed his Sport Pilot CFI, at the age
of 18 in 2008. Bryan has accumulated approximately 1800 hours
of instruction given in the SportCruiser.
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Klint Keeling - Manager/Instructor
FPR Location
Klint started flying one month after graduating high school in 2007
at a flight school in Fort Lauderdale where he became a Multi- and
Single-engine Commercial pilot with an Instrument rating.
Klint is now finishing up his CFI to begin instructing in
the SportCruiser. Klint has been flying with US Sport
Aircraft since February 2010 and began managing the flight
school at the location in Fort Pierce, FL in March 2011.
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Alex Boyd - Instructor
ADS Location
Alex has been instructing for US Sport Addison since March of
2011. Alex has over 400 hours in the SportCruiser.
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Kyle Wilson - Instructor
ADS Location
Kyle Has worked for the Airlines and currently flying
Cessna Citation. Kyle moonlights for US Sport as a part
time flight instructor.
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Ryan Manchester - Instructor
ADS Location
Ryan is a part time flight instructor for US Sport AIrcraft.
When Ryan isn't instructing at US Sport he is flying a Cirrus
at Plane Smart.
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Larry Eckhart - Instructor
ADS Location
Larry Instructs for US Sport Addison and teaches a very popular
ground School for both US Sport and at the collegiate level.
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Stewart Stoll - Instructor
ADS Location
Stewart is an experienced instructor in both part 61 and
formal part 141 programs. He holds certificates for single
and multi-engine aircraft and has over 1500 hours of flight
time.
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Mike Camp - Mechanic
FPR Location
Mike holds his A&P License and is also a pilot. Mike, along
with Donato, assembles the aircraft imported to the Fort
Pierce assembly facility. Mike also helps to maintain the
Ft. Pierce aircraft fleet.
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Sam Huff - Aircraft Sales, Mechanic Assistant
ADS Location
Sam received his Private Pilot rating with
US Sport Aircraft Addison. He leads the Texas sales team and
helps to assemble and maintain aircraft in
the Addison fleet.
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Michael Doorey - Mechanic Assistant/Photographer
ADS Location
Michael is a very talented young photographer. Michael has taken
most of the photos on this website. Michael is very close
to completing his Private Pilot rating with US Sport.
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