Brian has had his head in the clouds since he was born. His first word, according to his mother, was “plane”. At the age of 14, Brian attended an airshow called the Flying Circus in Bealeton Virginia, a barnstorming style airshow that has operated old biplanes off a big grass airport every Sunday, May through October, since 1971. Brian went back every Sunday until he was hired onto the ground crew to sweep out hangars and take out the trash. He then began his flying lessons shortly thereafter in many of the biplanes at the airshow, which cemented his passion for old-time aviation.

After obtaining his Private, Instrument, Commercial and Multi-Engine ratings, Brian became a Certified Flight Instructor in 1996 and has remained current as a CFI ever since. He worked his way up from ground crew member to ride and airshow pilot at the Flying Circus, flying numerous antique aircraft. In addition to flight instructing, he has also towed banners, dropped skydivers, performed aerial mapping for the USDA, ferried aircraft around the country, taught aerobatics, and flew traffic reporters around the Washington D.C. beltway. He graduated with honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor's Degree in Aviation Science.

Brian now lives in Denver NC and has been a professional airline pilot since 1999. He currently flies the Airbus 319, 320, and 321 aircraft. He is also qualified to fly the Embraer 120, Embraer 145, and Boeing 737 aircraft. He has flown  sightseeing, aerobatic, and instructional flights in Stearman biplanes for more than 25 years and has logged over 14,000 hours in the air, of which more than 2000 is giving flight instruction. Additionally, he won 1st place in the Aerobatic Competition at the 2015 & 2022 National Stearman Fly-Ins.