Austin is a cargo pilot for an Alaska based carrier. He continues to enjoy sharing the experience of flight with other pilots as time permits. He focuses on instructing students to fly airplanes as the utility machines they are, without losing sight of their inherent novelty and the joy that it brings.​​​

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As an  'all in' member of the aviation community he relies deeply on the formative experiences of his childhood (having grown up in a legacy airline family on the east coast) and enjoys reading classic and contemporary literary works about the aviation industry. 

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While having grown up back east, Austin has been a resident of Montana for almost 20 years and has a deep understanding of the local mountains and valleys not just from the standpoint of an aviator but also as a former ice climber and backcountry skier who continues to take much more mellow hikes and backpacking trips ito the mountains with his family. 

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If there's an opportunity to share this excitement with you, whether it's in a flying machine, in the FBO on a weather day, over coffee early in the morning, or a cold one at the end of a long day, then all the better. He looks forward to sharing his love of aviation long into the future.