Flying for over 30 years, Paul holds FAA's highest ratings for Weight-Shift Control with a Private Pilot rating, a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) rating, and is an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) to test pilots for FAA sport pilot licenses.

Paul is also a Master Rated Hang Glider Pilot and Advanced Rated Paraglider Pilot with the USHPA, United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association.

Paul began as a flight instructor 30 years ago teaching Hang Gliding with a local ski shop, as well as, developed and taught Hang Gliding with the University of Nevada Reno as a credit course in the athletic department.

In 1978 Paul was issued a Patent # 416406 for a variable camber inflatable wing. He graduated from the University of Nevada Reno with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Aeronautics. Paul went on to work as an Engineer in Design, Analysis, and Flight Testing with Lear Fan, developing the business turbo prop jet.

After his work at Lear Fan, Paul founded Adventure Productions in 1988, a full service multi-media production company specializing in adventure sport aviation productions. Adventure Productions produces features, DVD / video series, books, and CDs. With a specialty for capturing Point Of View (POV) adventure sport aviation footage, Paul is Producer of over forty films on ultralights and light sport aircraft - fixed wing, trikes, powered paragliders, powered parachutes, paragliders, and hang gliders featured at Adventure Productions online store.When the Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft new FAA rule became effective in 2004, Paul combined forces with the largest aviation publisher in the world ASA to publish his works.

Paul is a Professional Engineer, registered in Nevada and California and is a consultant to aircraft manfacturers and the FAA. Today, specializing in weight shift aircraft, Paul operates a flight academy to bring the freedom of flight to many. Working with students and Instructors keeps Paul aware of student pilot needs and ensures Adventure Productions training DVDs, videos, books, and CDs meet those needs.