Hello Everyone.
I had my first air experience in 1966, a ride in a Bell 47D helicopter. In the 1980s I learned to fly and acquired a PPL licence in 1991. I still fly on a very rare occasion with an instructor. I logged time in a variety of aircraft types; Cessna C150/152/172, Grumman AA5-A Cheetah, Piper PA-18, Piper Cub, Harvard T6, Tiger Moth, Extra300, Bulldog, etc.
In 1990 I obtained a City & Guild Certificate in Aviation Studies at Farnborough Technical College. In 2014 I completed the RPQ-s training for using a drone for professional purposes and in 2015 the CAA confirmed issue of my PfAW Permission for Aerial Work (now replaced with the Permission for Commercial Operations (PfCO)).
I was a volunteer director and the webmaster for the Daedalus Aviation & Heritage Group based at Solent Airport (EGHF) for several years, and I’m the administrator for the Student Pilot Community group on Facebook, which now has in excess of 69,000 members, and the recently launched Aviation Careers community here on Skool with the intention of guiding young people into the many roles airborne or ground based in aviation.