Mark Munn
Chief Flying Instructor: Fixed Wing

Mark holds an ATPL(A) and has Australian and United Kingdom CAP509 (JAR) Flight Instructor Ratings.  He has been an instructor since 1993. Mark spent ten years employed by the Civil Aviation Authority (Aust) with his last role with them being Engineering Surveyor Airways & Aerodromes.

Mark has worked for Federal and Local Government departments and for private business in numerous flying and survey roles.  He has been Airline Operations Controller for National Jet Systems and QANTAS AirLink.  Mark was founding CEO of MALI Enterprises, an aviation consulting and property development company.

Mark has been a charter pilot, flight and theory instructor and spent 6 years with British Aerospace/ BAE systems instructing international airline cadets.  Mark's extensive experience includes being Chief Pilot of an aircraft charter company and Check and Training Officer for seaplane operations.

Colin Schulte
Grade 1 Fixed Wing Instructor

After working for many years in IT Operations with a number of Government departments, Colin completed his aeroplane instructor rating with Chopperline Flight Training in 1996 and subsequently worked as a fixed wing instructor in Redcliffe and Caboolture.

Later that year Colin commenced a full time position with Chopperline Flight Training as a Grade 1 Fixed Wing Instructor and was appointed Chief Flying Instructor/ATO Fixed Wing in 2000. Shortly after, the fixed wing school began operating under the new name of Coastline Flight Training.

Colin took a break from flying in 2003 to pursue a retail business in Brisbane but returned to instructing at Coastline Flight Training as CFI in 2006 until his business commitments meant changing his CFI role to part-time Grade 1 Instructor.  After 18 months Colin was able to return to Coastline Flight Training full time as a Grade 1 Fixed Wing Instructor.

Shawn Kelly
Grade 1 Fixed Wing Instructor

Shawn Kelly, our resident Yank, comes to us with 5,000 hours total time and over 3,000 hour of instruction given. Prior to moving to Queensland, he owned and was Chief Flight Instructor of, a flight school in Salinas, California. He has a passion for flying and for teaching. While he can teach you to fly in any of our aircraft, his specialty is tailwheel. He has a long list of happy students with whom he has shared the "Art of Flying". He currently holds a Commercial Multi-Engine Pilot Certificate with instrument rating, Certified Flight Instructor and Advanced Ground Instructor Ratings in the US, and in Australia a Commercial Pilot Certificate and Grade Two Flight Instructor ratings.

Darren Joe
Grade 2 fixed wing Instructor

Darren gained his Commercial Pilot Aeroplane Licence in 2008 and immediately pursued an instructing career at Brisbane’s, Archerfield Airport. He has a Bachelor of International Business and has worked for companies abroad in Fiji and more notably the Virgin Australia group. He joined Chopperline in June, 2011 as Grade 2 Fixed Wing Instructor and has experience in charter, scenic, ferry flights across Australia and specialises in theory instruction and training international airline cadets. He currently holds a Multi Engine Command Instrument Rating and is passionate about helping his students achieve their career goals in the aviation industry.