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Meet the Staff

Donovan Chandler
Donovan ChandlerAs a physics major at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, Donovan specialized in bio-mechanical physics – the physics of a body’s motion. This was the best way for him to merge a joy of physics with an intrigue into the musculoskeletal system, and a pure love for gymnastics. He learned how the body functioned in physiology class, how to manipulate gravity in physics class, and ended his day with gymnastics team practice, putting things in motion. After the Naval Academy, he spent some time at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he learned overhead partner balancing on the cheerleading team. From there, he left college athletics to pursue a career in construction and engineering with a specialization in underground tunnels, while also keeping active by teaching higher-level gymnastics teams across the country. It didn’t take long before this lifestyle landed him on a tunnel project in Washington, D.C. Within the first year, an old friend invited him to a flying class. Little did he know he would begin friendships that would last a lifetime. After a year of working for TSNY DC he took a long-term sabbatical from tunneling to pursue a performing career. Spending the next year touring the country training and performing with various groups, it became clear that, while performing was amazing, there was more that he could offer. It seemed like there was no better time than the present to open a training facility in Dallas where he and others could share some of the knowledge and love of human activity to anyone interested in learning to fly.
Mike Delima
Mike DelimaMike moved to Addison in 2014 as a career stepping stone in Facilities Management. He discovered flying trapeze because of his sport rock climbing community at the beginning of our 2015 season and quickly fell in love. He became one of our best lines pullers and even stepped up as General Manager during our 2016 season. While he has since devoted his attention back to his Facilities Management career (after receiving a significant promotion that requires FAR more hours) he still picks up the occasional trapeze class. Consider yourself lucky if you get to have him teaching one of your classes!
Mackenzie Miller
Mackenzie MillerMackenzie was working as an engineer for a renewable energy start-up when she took her first recreational flying trapeze class and fell in love with it! The exhilaration and freedom of flying combined with the physical and mental challenge of learning new tricks had her hooked from the start. Mackenzie graduated from the Hockaday School in Dallas, received her B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA and has worked in breadth of industries, from pharmaceuticals to biofuels. As luck may have it, a temporary engineering assignment brought her back to Dallas where she could enjoy flying trapeze full-time! When that project ended she decided to take a break from the traditional career path and pursue her newfound love. She has been with us since 2015.
Scott Rosen
Scott Rosen
Ashlyn Peters
Ashlyn Peters
Kate Prusock
Kate Prusock
Shayna Ambers
Shayna Ambers
Ryan Schneider
Ryan Schneider
Bill Dawson
Bill Dawson
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