Learn To Fly
Genesis Flight Academy prides itself on having some of the best and most experienced instructors in the area.
Kyle Keeling: Chief Pilot | CFI, CFII,MEI, ATP
Kyle is the owner and Chief Pilot of Genesis Flight Academy. Currently he has accumulated almost 3500 total flight hours with 3000 of those being dual instruction given. Kyle attended Utah Valley University where he earned his bachelor's degree in Aviation Science. Kyle has earned his CFI, CFII, MEI and ATP ratings.
Chris Mauser: CFI, CFII, AGI
Genesis Flight Academy - Georgetown
Originally from Southern California, Chris earned his first flight hour on December 17, 2003. From there he has gone on to earn his Commercial AMEL, Airline Dispatcher, CFI, and AGI certificates. Chris also graduated with honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott Arizona, with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Science. When not flying, Chris enjoys spending time with friends and family as well as taking advantage of Austin’s many outdoor activities.
Michael Lemp: CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI
Originally from southern Germany Mic has lived in the USA 5 years with a majority of those years spent in Texas. He began his flying career in 1995 where he started flying paragliders in the alpine mountains of Austria and Italy. Since 2003 he has had his private pilot certificate for single engine planes and gliders. Every free minute he spent towing glider planes and doing scenic flights in the mountains of central Germany accumulating hundreds of flying hours. As an exchange student at the University of Texas at Austin he was impressed with the southern hospitality of the people here and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Texas on long motorcycle tours. So Texas was his first choice when it came to completing his instrument rating and commercial pilot and flight instructor certificates. After a brief trip back to Europe to convert his US flight certificates into European certificates he is now working as a full time flight instructor at Genesis Flight Academy.
Matt Shidler: CFI, CFII
Genesis Aero - Killeen
Matt has been a flight instructor for the past 2 years and flying for over 6. In 2009 he graduated from Indiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Aviation Flight Technology. Matt has logged 1200 flight hours of which 500 are instruction given. He also has experience as a corporate pilot flying throughout the United States and Canada in both a Cessna 414 and a Piaggio P180 Avantii. Matt enjoys passing the knowledge and experience that he has gained on to his students and seeing them succeed.
Joe Dittmar: CFII
Steve Gladwin: CFI, CFII, MEI
Genesis Flight Academy - Georgetown
Steve’s love of flying started while flying with his father’s business in the mountains and islands of Papua New Guinea. He served as an Avionics Engineer in the Royal Australian Air Force working on a wide variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. During his RAAF career he also was a skydiving instructor and served with the Australian Defense Force and the Australian National Skydiving teams. Following his arrival in the USA Steve has earned his CFI, CFII and MEI ratings. Steve also serves with the Civil Air Patrol as a Mission and Check Pilot, and to the United States Air Force and US Army as a contract instructor.
Leonard Laws: CFI, CFII
Genesis Flight Academy - Georgetown
Leonard Laws has been a flight instructor since 1993 and holds a PIC type rating in the Cessna Citation (CE-550B). In addition to flight training, he works as a contract pilot in King Air and Citation aircraft. Leonard also serves with the Civil Air Patrol as a volunteer Mission Pilot, Check Pilot, and Cessna factory-trained G1000 instructor. Leonard enjoys working with pilots of all ages and prefers simple methods to make flying easier and more fun.
Don Garrison: CFI
Genesis Flight Academy - Georgetown
Don earned his pilot wings thru the USAF in 1972 at Vance AFB, Oklahoma after receiving his commission thru the University of Tulsa AFROTC program and graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. Having flown the T-41, T-37, T-38, O-2, and the C-130 Hercules to fulfill his 6 year commitment to the Air Force he began his surgical instrument business in the upper Midwest and transferred to the South Dakota Air National Guard where he completed his MBA from the University of South Dakota in 1980. He accepted the assignment to fly their C-131 Convair for the Governor of South Dakota for another 8 years before transferring to the Air Force Reserves at Bergstrom AFB and retired in 1995 with 20 yrs of service. He retired from his surgical instrument business in 2008 and continues his passion for flight instructing on a part-time basis. He has approximately 4700 flying hours of which approx 1900 hrs are flight instruction with 40 years of instructing is several types of aircraft.