Meet Our Team
Get to know the passionate and experienced team at SimpliFly Flight School. Our leadership and certified flight instructors are dedicated to helping you succeed in your aviation journey.
Dakota Rice
CFI & Office Manager
Dakota has wanted to fly for as long as he can remember, largely inspired by his childhood love of Star Wars and a dream of flying in X-Wing Rogue Squadron. After graduating from Washington State University he began flying in Salt Lake City, Utah, before moving to Arizona to complete his flight training with SimpliFly. He is a CFI dedicated to helping students become safe and smart pilots, and is currently working toward his CFII. In his free time he enjoys skiing, mountain biking, reading, and writing science fiction.
Fly with the team that makesbecoming a pilot simple
We are a team of aviation experts in Mesa, AZ with decades of combined experience in the flight training industry. Our simple and effective training programs are designed to get you safely in the air as quickly as possible.