FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS

Gordon Alvord
Owner
gordon@rainierflight.com

Bradley Donaldson
Owner
bradley@rainierflight.com

Amanda Hartley
Instructor / Office Manager
amanda@rainierflight.com

Larry Freer
Instructor
larry@rainierflight.com

Michael Cox
Instructor
michael@rainierflight.com

Nyle Campbell
Instructor
nyle@rainierflight.com

John Cadia
Instructor
john@rainierflight.com

Wendell Beitzel
Instructor
wendell@rainierflight.com

Scott Kanlyn
Instructor
scott@rainierflight.com

Kevin Zeznick
Instructor
kevin@rainierflight.com

Todd Lindley
Instructor
todd@rainierflight.com

Gordon Alvord

Like most kids I wanted to be a pilot the first time I heard the roar of an airplane overhead defying gravity as if by magic.

My first flight was a birthday gift from my grandfather in an Aeronca Champ. After that flight it was clear my future belonged in the sky.

In 1999 I graduated from the University of North Dakota with a BS in Aeronautics. With the ink still wet on my CFII I began teaching at a small airport in Spanaway, WA. After a year of learning everything I thought I knew from textbooks I moved to St. Louis and worked my way through the ranks to become Chief Instructor of a flight school with 30 aircraft and a dozen instructors.

Commercial aviation brought me back to Puget Sound in 2001 flying for Horizon Air. I flew turbo-prop aircraft around the Pacific Northwest becoming an airline captain in 2007. In 2008 I began flying jets for Alaska Airlines from the Arctic Circle to the Hawaiian Islands, and everywhere in between.

In 2009 my passion for teaching led to the creation of Rainier Flight Service. The future of general aviation depends on the next generation of pilots learning and becoming involved in the aviation community. I hope to provide an opportunity for people to learn in a safe, affordable and fun environment.