Flight Instructors
The Team
We All Love What We Do
Alpha One’s flight instructors will take you from zero flight time to being a fully qualified private pilot or any other rating you are pursuing
Chris Hyldburg -President
CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP
Chris founded Alpha One after attending Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
John Greenlaw – Chief Pilot
CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP
John is our Chief Pilot and he has over 16,000 flight hours and attended Umass Boston.
Renee Taft
CFI, CFII
Renee has over 1000 flight hours and completed her training at Westfield State.
Derek Creutz
CFI, CFII
Derek has over 1,800 flight hours and completed his training at ATP Flight School.
Justin Brochu
CFI, CFII
Justin has 500 hours and completed his training after graduating from Bridgewater State
Josh Fortin
CFI, CFII
Josh has over 1000 flight hours and completed his training at Thrust Flight Zero Time to Airline.
Sarah Ciabattoni
CFI
Sarah has 1000+ hours and she trained across the country while working as a flight attendant.
Buddy Macdonald
CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP
Buddy has been flying since 1972 and he has been on all sides of the aviation industry.
Dave Sanford
CFI, CFII
Dave has been flying since 1982, has over 1,700 flight hours, and attended Umass Amherst.
Kevin Costa
CFI, CFII, MEI
Kevin has been flying since 1994 and he has over 1300 flight hours with 800 in flight instruction.