Chris Kreske, who was recognized as the best flight instructor in the southern region and nationwide in AOPA's 2019 Flight Training Experience Awards, never intended to open a flight school. "I decided I would teach my little girls how to fly, so I bought an airplane," said the airline pilot and retired Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and instructor. "To pay for the airplane, I decided I would help some of my Strike Eagle brethren with their airline transport pilot ratings, and everything was born out of that. It became so popular so quickly that we bought another airplane, so we'd have a spare, because guys were traveling from around the world to do our course." He didn't want a broken airplane to delay their training. The second airplane was quickly booked, so he bought another spare. "I think we're up to six [Piper] Seneca lls now."
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