Paul is both a flight instructor and mechanic. Paul grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin and graduated from Green Bay High School. Paul pursued his pilot certificates and ratings at Gateway Flight School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. After Gateway, Paul flew as an instructor and charter pilot for Green Bay Aviation. Subsequently, Paul worked for Basler in Oshkosh flying a DC-3, for American Airlines in the Convair 440, managed the Sturgeon Bay FBO, worked as a mechanic in Denver, and finally landed at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a pilot for 25 years. Paul has accumulated over 14,000 hours of flight time with over 4,000 hours of dual given as an instructor. When Paul is not flying for a paycheck, he is flying for fun and occasionally takes a day to go fishing here and there.