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

Chris founded Alpha One after attending Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.


John Greenlaw – Chief Pilot

John is our Chief Pilot and he has over 16,000 flight hours and attended Umass Boston.


Renee Taft

Renee has over 600 flight hours and completed her training at Westfield State.


Derek Creutz

Derek has over 1,100 flight hours and completed his training at ATP Flight School.


Justin Brochu

Justin has over 400 flight hours and completed his training at Bridgewater State University.


Josh Fortin

Josh has over 600 flight hours and completed his training at Thrust Flight Zero Time to Airline.


Sarah Ciabattoni

Sarah has 800 hours and she trained across the country while working as a flight attendant.


Buddy Macdonald

Buddy has been flying since 1972 and he has been on all sides of the aviation industry.


Dave Sanford

Dave has been flying since 1982, has over 1,400 flight hours, and attended Umass Amherst.


Kevin Costa

Kevin has been flying since 1994 and he has over 1000 flight hours with 500 in flight instruction.