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Born: Bath, England in 1958. Passport: British with US visa.
Current home: Lindau (Near Friedrichshafen), Germany.
EDUCATION
68-74: Wallingford Grammar School. 7 O levels.
Summer 1974: RAF Cadets Gliding A&B License.
74-76: Abingdon College of Further Education.
3 A levels: Maths, Physics and Computer Science.
Summer 1975: RAF Flying scholarship award. CAA PPL
76-79: University of Kent, Canterbury.
BSc (Hons) Computers and Cybernetics.
79-80: Delivery pilot for the Pilots Country Club, based in Fort Worth. Also several
summers from 76 to 79, driving a fork lift truck to pay for additional flight training.
EMPLOYMENT
80-85: CSE Aviation / Oxford Air Training School.
Sponsored flying instructor (OATS paid for all training) 5 year contract teaching pilots for
various middle east air forces and private customers of CSE for PPL and instrument
ratings. Also worked part time for the marketing and sales dept during the winters.
CAA Senior CPL (ATPL equivalent), instrument rating and multi engine instructors rating.
85-90: Airship Industries (UK) LTD.
Joined as flight test co pilot for test flying of Skyship series.
Qualified as full captain in 1986. PIC Fuji tour, Resorts Casino,
Australia transit flights and Samsung Korea.
Promoted training captain then flight standards manager.
CAA & FAA designated examiner.
90-02: SAILING AND FISHING.
Pacific Seacraft Dana 24, North and South Atlantic circle from
Florida, Bermuda, Azores and Canary Islands, for a few years
sport fishing as deckhand. 2nd cruise to Brazil for a year then
Caribbean, Bermuda and back to Canary Islands.
Captain Billfish Fever 2, a Cris Craft 46 fishing for Marlin and
Tuna for few years.
2nd Yacht: Dicha, a steel Van der Stadt 34
3 year singlehanded circumnavigation (See sailing page)
Last year as first officer of Starry Night an Oyster 72, sailing
around Med, N.Atlantic, Caribbean and Ireland.
02-03: Zeppelin DZR. Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Flying Zeppelin NT no 2, for just over a year until it was sold to the NAC in Japan.
03-07: Skycruise Switzerland.
Lucern passenger Ops. Various EU advertising tours and security ops. for the
Olympics.
07-10: Airship Management Services (US).
Trinidad flying military Ops. and assisting the AMS marketin dept.
2011: Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd (UK)
Part time contracts as a consultant for the LEMV and civil HAV programs.
(P1 time on HAV 3 and nearly 100 hrs on the HAV304 simulator)
2012: ABC Business school / Advanced English trainer for Zeppelin ZF (High tech transmission systems).
2013: BBC 2 CLOUD LAB tour (Double coast to coast tour, including Florida and Las Vegas.
Note: The 2 one hour films are available as an I-player download from the BBC shop. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hn0n9
2014: SS Inc GrowMO Skyship 600 tour of Missouri. http://www.growmissouri.com/create-a-great-state/
Total hrs: 7000 hrs airships (Skyship 500, 600A&B, 600L, AT10 and Zeppelin NT)
1850 hrs fixed wing (With about 1000hrs instructing).
Licences: CAA airships, FAA LTA, LBA, Swiss, Korean, Australian exemptions.
Former CAA and FAA examiner, CAA and FAA flight test approval.
2015 TRAINING IN THE USA:
C172: 15hrs IR course
BE58: 15hrs Multi engine & ATP training.
Unrestricted fixed wing Multi engine ATP with current instrument rating.
FAA no: 2413700 (Issued 16 December)
FAA AIRCRAFT DISPATCHER LICENSE (ADX) no 2413700 issued 17 September 2015
Accidents and incident reports: Nil, including all flight testing and training.
On mast losses as PIC: Nil. Marine losses: Nil.
Current home: Lindau (Near Friedrichshafen), Germany.
EDUCATION
68-74: Wallingford Grammar School. 7 O levels.
Summer 1974: RAF Cadets Gliding A&B License.
74-76: Abingdon College of Further Education.
3 A levels: Maths, Physics and Computer Science.
Summer 1975: RAF Flying scholarship award. CAA PPL
76-79: University of Kent, Canterbury.
BSc (Hons) Computers and Cybernetics.
79-80: Delivery pilot for the Pilots Country Club, based in Fort Worth. Also several
summers from 76 to 79, driving a fork lift truck to pay for additional flight training.
EMPLOYMENT
80-85: CSE Aviation / Oxford Air Training School.
Sponsored flying instructor (OATS paid for all training) 5 year contract teaching pilots for
various middle east air forces and private customers of CSE for PPL and instrument
ratings. Also worked part time for the marketing and sales dept during the winters.
CAA Senior CPL (ATPL equivalent), instrument rating and multi engine instructors rating.
85-90: Airship Industries (UK) LTD.
Joined as flight test co pilot for test flying of Skyship series.
Qualified as full captain in 1986. PIC Fuji tour, Resorts Casino,
Australia transit flights and Samsung Korea.
Promoted training captain then flight standards manager.
CAA & FAA designated examiner.
90-02: SAILING AND FISHING.
Pacific Seacraft Dana 24, North and South Atlantic circle from
Florida, Bermuda, Azores and Canary Islands, for a few years
sport fishing as deckhand. 2nd cruise to Brazil for a year then
Caribbean, Bermuda and back to Canary Islands.
Captain Billfish Fever 2, a Cris Craft 46 fishing for Marlin and
Tuna for few years.
2nd Yacht: Dicha, a steel Van der Stadt 34
3 year singlehanded circumnavigation (See sailing page)
Last year as first officer of Starry Night an Oyster 72, sailing
around Med, N.Atlantic, Caribbean and Ireland.
02-03: Zeppelin DZR. Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Flying Zeppelin NT no 2, for just over a year until it was sold to the NAC in Japan.
03-07: Skycruise Switzerland.
Lucern passenger Ops. Various EU advertising tours and security ops. for the
Olympics.
07-10: Airship Management Services (US).
Trinidad flying military Ops. and assisting the AMS marketin dept.
2011: Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd (UK)
Part time contracts as a consultant for the LEMV and civil HAV programs.
(P1 time on HAV 3 and nearly 100 hrs on the HAV304 simulator)
2012: ABC Business school / Advanced English trainer for Zeppelin ZF (High tech transmission systems).
2013: BBC 2 CLOUD LAB tour (Double coast to coast tour, including Florida and Las Vegas.
Note: The 2 one hour films are available as an I-player download from the BBC shop. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hn0n9
2014: SS Inc GrowMO Skyship 600 tour of Missouri. http://www.growmissouri.com/create-a-great-state/
Total hrs: 7000 hrs airships (Skyship 500, 600A&B, 600L, AT10 and Zeppelin NT)
1850 hrs fixed wing (With about 1000hrs instructing).
Licences: CAA airships, FAA LTA, LBA, Swiss, Korean, Australian exemptions.
Former CAA and FAA examiner, CAA and FAA flight test approval.
2015 TRAINING IN THE USA:
C172: 15hrs IR course
BE58: 15hrs Multi engine & ATP training.
Unrestricted fixed wing Multi engine ATP with current instrument rating.
FAA no: 2413700 (Issued 16 December)
FAA AIRCRAFT DISPATCHER LICENSE (ADX) no 2413700 issued 17 September 2015
Accidents and incident reports: Nil, including all flight testing and training.
On mast losses as PIC: Nil. Marine losses: Nil.