Family History

The Eaton’s have a long history in Kodiak and with aviation. Marty & Linda Eaton originally moved to Kodiak in 1965, and they raised their three sons here, Andy, Glen & Kyle. Flying has been in our family’s heritage for generations, starting with Linda’s father, George Iley Steinke, who purchased his first airplane in 1925 and taught himself to fly. He earned pilots license #1582 (when the licenses were issued in numerical order). After decades of barnstorming, being a corporate pilot, starting an airline and all aspects revolving around aviation, George Steinke was inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of fame in 1991.

Glen Eaton

Pilot - Kingfisher Aviation

Glen started flying in 1991 and has been flying commercially since 1995. He has accumulated over 6,000 hours of flight time, most of that being in Alaska. Working for different air taxi services - Island Air (Kodiak) & Pen Air (Kodiak, Bethel, Dillingham) has given Glen a broad range of experience with different aircraft and management styles.

We have taken his experiences and developed our company policies to focus on a safety first approach. Glen graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a B.S. in Biology. Although not professionally employed as a biologist, he gets to utilize much of the knowledge in the everyday aspects of flying around this remote and wild country, especially while taking our clients on the bear viewing tours.

Kyle Eaton

Pilot / Mechanic - Kingfisher Air Inc

Kyle started flying in 1998 and has been flying commercially since 2001. He has accumulated over 10,000 takeoffs & landings over 4500 hours of flight time, most of which is in floatplanes around the Kodiak Island area.

Working at Zachar Bay Lodge since the age of 10 provided great opportunity to spend countless hours in and out of floatplanes, bears and the remote lakes and rivers throughout the Island. Kyle also has experience flying in along the Central California coast, Western Arizona, and throughout the Idaho and Washington mountains while attending college at the University of Idaho. Most of his flying took place in his Aeronca Sedan, which he would take out on weekends and days when not attending classes. Kyle earned a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Idaho in 2003. In 2014 acquired enough time apprenticing as a mechanic to earn his Airframe & Powerplant licence. In 2018 he added his Inspector Authorization (IA) certification.