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.
Riley Lemley
CFI/CFII
Riley Lemley, CFII, brings energy, encouragement, and a fun, supportive teaching style to every lesson. His aviation journey began in March 2023 after a discovery flight in Washington sparked a passion for flying and set him on a new career path. Before aviation, Riley earned degrees in Business Administration and Management from Brigham Young University–Idaho and Western Governors University. He and his wife relocated to Arizona to train year-round.
Riley completed all of his flight training with Simplifly and is proud to now instruct where his own aviation career took shape. He’s passionate about helping students feel confident in the cockpit and creating a relaxed, positive learning environment with a strong focus on safety and skill-building. Outside of flying, he’s a big fan of the Seattle Seahawks and Gonzaga Bulldogs men’s basketball.
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.