Ayers Aviation comes from a long line of aviators ranging from Great Uncle Jim whom learned to fly in World War I and later flew air mail across the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s, to Lt. Colonel Robert Ayers who is currently a C-130 Instructor Pilot in the United States Air Force.
Ayers Aviation strives to make your flying experience safe, fun, and memorable. Learning to fly is very challenging, but it is also very rewarding. We want to make sure that not only do you learn how to fly safely, but also you have fun doing it.
Rule Number 1: Be Safe!
Rule Number 2: Have Fun!
Ayers Aviation takes pride in providing the best possible instruction available. We don’t train students to the bare minimum to only pass tests. We train pilots to be as safe and professional as possible. We go above the bare minimum required and show our students advanced skills and techniques that they will not find at another flight school.
Meet the instructors
Brandon Ayers
FAA Designated Pilot Examiner
CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI
Chief Flight Instructor for Ayers Aviation
FAA Certified A&P Mechanic
FAASTeam Representative - WINGS PRO
Brandon has accumulated over 6000 hours flying, including over 5000 hours of flight instruction given. He is an experienced instructor with time in over 50 makes and models of aircraft including all models of Cessnas and Pipers. Brandon is an American Bonanza Society approved Instructor, and also instructs in a wide range of aircraft from Light Sport Aircraft to Cirrus, Mooney’s, Pitts, Stearmans, RV’s, Ercoupes, and many more. He holds the following Pilot ratings:
Commercial Pilot Flight Instructor Mechanic DRone
Airplane Single Engine A&P Mechanic Commercial Drone Rating
Instrument Airplane
Multi-engine Instructor
Ground Instructor
Advanced & Instrument
Airplane Single Engine Land
Airplane Single Engine Sea
Airplane Multi Engine Land
Airplane Multi Engine Sea
Instrument Airplane
Matthew Balak - CFI , CFII, MEI, A&P Mechanic
Faith, Family, and Flying are Matt’s top priorities. Matt has been married to his wife Deni since 2015, and they welcomed their first child April of 2022. Matt has been working in the industry for ten years now, first as a mechanic and now as a pilot. While in the USAF, He worked on C130s and F35’s. After completing his enlistment began working on general aviation aircraft; mostly single engine Cessnas and multi-engine Pipers. While working as an A&P part time, Matt pursued his flight training beginning in January 2019 and completed his MEI and Bachelors Degree in Aviation with Liberty University in August of 2022. He been working as a CFI/CFII since 2022, and has enjoyed sharing his love of flying and knowledge with his students, friends, and family.