Timothy J. Brill owns and operates a flight school, where he teaches aerobatics, unusual attitude recovery techniques, and test flies airplanes. He spent three years as an infantry officer in the US Army, traveled extensively as an international mountaineering guide for ten years, ran for the US House of Representatives, and has been imprisoned for civil disobedience. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Fordham College and also holds an MA in theology. He currently lives in Reno, Nevada.