Tony Maxwell
Chief Aerobatic Coach & Deputy Head of Training
Tony has held a pilot's licence for many years, during which time he has flown for over 2000 hours in a wide variety of light aircraft types, including some he built himself. He has competed in aerobatic competitions at advanced level for over 10 years. He particularly enjoys flying and instructing in the Extra 200 which he says is an ideal aerobatic training aircraft, being extremely strong and easy to fly yet very responsive and capable of flying almost any manoeuvre. He is married and has two grown-up daughters. His other interests include running and skiing.
Rob Barltrop
Head of Training
Rob's day job is in the airlines where he is an Airbourne Base Trainer/Instructor/Examiner on the A320. His particular interest is in Upset Recovery and Prevention Training and holds Advanced UPRT Instructor and AUPRT Instructor Trainer qualifications. However, his real passion is for aerobatics and in particular formation flying. Rob has been instructing in various forms for many years and is our in house EASA SEP examiner. He hopes to bring across some of the modern training methods used in commercial flying to the GA world. Other interests include sailing and shooting.
Ed Stephens
Instructor
Ed has been around aviation all his life. Leaning to fly initially with the cadets. He's recently retired from the RAF after 19 years. A keen aerobatic pilot, mountain biker, married with 2 young children. Ed can be found teaching tailwheel differences and SEP ratings on our Citabria.
Steven Bakhtiari
Aerobatic Coach & Director
Chloé Smith
High Performance Trainer & Social Media Manager
Malachy Allen
Operations Assistant
Nat McMurray
Operations Assistant
Daniel Blackhurst
Director
Adeline Salim
Director
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