Chloe’s interest in aviation began as a young Air Cadet, with Air Experience Flying in Chipmunks and Bulldogs. Work experience at a local airfield and the odd fun flight led to an RAF Flying Scholarship on a Cessna 152 at Carlisle Airport, where she terrified herself on her first solo. Her Sixth Form tutor introduced her to the world or Rotary flying and the Army Air Corps and watching the mighty Lynx take off from Middle Wallop airfield cemented her ambitions. She attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then went on to complete the Army Pilot’s Course, completing her conversion on the Lynx Mk7. Tours in Bosnia and Iraq followed and an exciting season as part of the Lynx crew on the Blue Eagles display team. Chloe went on to graduate from the Central Flying School at RAF Shawbury, becoming a Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI). Always passionate about Flight Safety and with a particular interest in Human Factors, Chloe continued to work in Aviation after leaving the Army and worked on various projects in the field of training and regulation as an Aviation Consultant. She recently took up post as the Flight Training Liaison and Safety Officer at the BMAA.
Chloe Eriksen
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