Our Instructors
Greg
Greg has been flying for over 10 years including hang gliders, paragliders and speedwings. Formally an international mountain guide, Greg is no stranger to high places. Having summitted hundreds of mountains throughout the world, including Aconcagua in Argentina which is the highest point in South America, at nearly 23000ft. “It has been my great joy to lead people into some of the most wild, remote places on the planet, and now to help people experience the joy, beauty and freedom of free flight here in one of the premier flying sites in North America has become my newest passion”!
If Greg looks familiar, it might be because you have seen him on TV. Greg has hosted several outdoor adventure, television series, including Nature Gone Wild on the History Channel and Motion/Outside with Greg Aiello on ABC and PBS.
Alex
Alex first found his love for being in the air through skydiving with his first jump in 1995. He just finished working the last 10 years training the U.S Navy SEAL’s and now has over 19,800 plus skydives. He started paragliding over 11 years ago and has been doing tandem paraglide flights for over 6 years. He loves sharing the gift of flight with whoever wants to go.
Billy
Billy Learned to fly in 2000 in SLC, Utah at point of the mountain and has travelled all over the world with his solo and tandem paraglider. He has competed in numerous cross country competitions all over the and has several podium awards from solo and tandem flying. Billy has been a full time instructor for over a decade and He brings an enormous amount of knowledge to the school at the gliderport as our head instructor and has an extreme passion for teaching the next generation of pilots and making sure they have a solid foundation. When billy isn’t teaching or flying tandems he can be found throwing acrobatic tricks in the sky or sliding around launch or some sand dunes and whoo hooing out loud.
Milly
Milly started her flying career in 2009 in Utah and has travelled all over the western US paragliding and also internationally and in that time has accomplished thousands of hours of flying. She started her journey as an instructor in 2014 and grew a large passion for teaching while apprenticing under the top instructors of the US. She understands that we are shaping the future generations of pilots and takes massive pride in the job that she does. Milly joined the Torrey pines gliderport team in 2021 and that same year was awarded the USHPA instructor of the year. She also services all the gliders doing repairs and inspections at the gliderport and brings her knowledge from apprenticing under the top repair people and working as a lead seamstress for a skydiving company. Milly loves to share free flight with others as a tandem pilot here at the gliderport as well. When she is not teaching she loves to fly solo and ground handle and can often be seen doing acrobatics, back flying her glider or doing toe drags on launch.
Jay
Jay grew up in the 80s when playing outside after school until sunset was mandatory. Today, he’s older and still acts like a kid, but he’s been fortunate to have turned his hobbies into professions as an Emergency First Response Instructor, Spearfishing and Sea Kayaking Guide and Scuba Diving Instructor. And if you ever asked him he’d say he was “livin the dream”. Then in 2016 he discovered paragliding and it was another dream come true! He learned in New Mexico and has flown all over the Southwestern United States and recently Valle de Bravo, Mexico. He is extremely passionate and loves sharing the sport of free flight with people! Jay joined the Torrey Pines Gliderport team in the summer of 2022 as a USHPA Basic Instructor. He is dedicated to the safety and growth of pilots, the community and the sport of paragliding. And don’t forget about Duchess, the blue heeler cattle dog who is always by his side. Come fly with us!