Pilot John Ferguson developed a love of planes early, building models and training in Air Cadets then flying floats starting in the late 1960’s. John, a career Air Canada Captain, purchased and revived Fort Langley Air in 1999.  John has flown thousands of hours on floats on the BC Coast and still keeps coming back for more!

Kyle started his flying journey in Manitoba where he completed his flight training and became a flight instructor at Harv's Air. During his commercial training, he came to Fort Langley Air to earn his float rating and told his training pilots, "I'll be back to work here one day!". As if student pilots weren't exciting enough to fly with, Kyle also became and aerobatic instructor to share the full range of available flight conditions. After instructing, his desire for adventure took him to Northern Manitoba and Southern Nunavut for a job flying Caravans to remote and rugged bush strips. As fun as this flying was, his real passion is flying floats and there's no better place to do that than the West coast. Kyle and his wife, Sarah, along with their dog, Duke, moved to the lower mainland and Kyle fulfilled his promise, starting a job instructing with FLA. Along with float instruction, Kyle flew a variety of float planes as a contract pilot including 180s, 185s, and beavers. In the fall of 2024, he was offered the chief pilot role at FLA and he jumped on it!

Samantha Porter is a pilot, adventurer, and explorer with a deep love for British Columbia’s breathtaking landscapes. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geography: Environment and Sustainability from the University of British Columbia, with a minor in Geographic Computation. When she’s not flying fixed wing aircraft, Samantha enjoys paragliding, and exploring BC’s mountains and coastline, always seeking new perspectives from the sky!!