Team: General Aviation
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Alec Trevett
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Alec started gliding with the Air Training Corps at South Cerney in Slingsby Cadet MkIII and Sedbergh T21 – solo’d at 16. Started powered flying initially as a hobby and then became a weekend flying instructor, teaching PPL, aerobatic, tailwheel and IMC Rating. Spent 30 years in the Royal Air Force as a Fighter Controller…
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Simon Oldfield
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Simon Oldfield is the current Director of the UK Airprox Board. He caught βthe aviation bugβ at an early age and first learned to fly as a glider pilot with the then Air Cadets (now RAF Air Cadets). After a brief period in the insurance broking industry, he joined the Royal Air Force in November…
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Scott Hadden
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Scott was born in Fife, Scotland in 1973 and from a very early age wanted to become a commercial pilot. However, after years of commitment to that path (he started flying at the age of 12), Scott made the difficult decision in 2001 not to pursue a flying career due to the post 9/11 employment landscape…
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Chloe Eriksen
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Chloeβs 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…
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Captain George Capon
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George started his flying career in 1976, joining the Air Training Corps and Commanding a VGS for 12 years, initially learning to fly at Southend, he obtained his ATPL ,latterly flying as a Captain on the A340 and A330. Never forgetting the grass roots of aviation he has continuously held CAA and FAA instructor single…