Flight Experience
I have flown in the following military aircraft on photographic sorties, F/A-18B (US Navy), T-45C Goshawk (US Navy), Hawk (RAF) , Tucano (RAF), Buffalo (Canadian Forces), C-130 (USAF, US Navy, RAF, RNZAF), NF-5B (Turkish Air Force), SAAB105 (Swedish Air Force) and C-2 Greyhound (US Navy).
I have also flown on photographic sorties in tankers such as the VC10, Tristar (RAF), KC-135 (USAF and US ANG) and in various helicopters including MH-53 (US Navy), Squirrel, Wessex, Sea King, Puma, Chinook (RAF).
In addition to these I have also spent time on the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and the US Navies USS Harry S Truman, USS John F Kennedy, USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Enterprise and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have attended the following lectures and practical lessons with the US Naval Training Command to qualify to fly with the US Navy.
Parasail Operations
* Signal devices
* Day and Night flare operations
* Parachute Decent Procedures
* Parachute Landing Falls
* Parachute Operations Virtual Reality Training
* Parachute Drag
Aviation Physiology
* Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems
* Aeromedical Aspects of Ejection
* Static and Dynamic Ejection Seat Shots
* Stress
* Crash Survival
* First Aid
* Unaided Night Vision
* Spatial Disorientation
* Decompression Chamber and effects of decompression sickness
Water Survival
* Life Raft Operations at Sea
* Swimming whilst in Flight Gear
* Treading Water in Flight Gear
* Underwater Escape Procedures
* Life Raft & Contents
* Extended Sea Survival
* Life Raft Organization
I have also flown on photographic sorties in tankers such as the VC10, Tristar (RAF), KC-135 (USAF and US ANG) and in various helicopters including MH-53 (US Navy), Squirrel, Wessex, Sea King, Puma, Chinook (RAF).
In addition to these I have also spent time on the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and the US Navies USS Harry S Truman, USS John F Kennedy, USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Enterprise and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have attended the following lectures and practical lessons with the US Naval Training Command to qualify to fly with the US Navy.
* Signal devices
* Day and Night flare operations
* Parachute Decent Procedures
* Parachute Landing Falls
* Parachute Operations Virtual Reality Training
* Parachute Drag
Aviation Physiology
* Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems
* Aeromedical Aspects of Ejection
* Static and Dynamic Ejection Seat Shots
* Stress
* Crash Survival
* First Aid
* Unaided Night Vision
* Spatial Disorientation
* Decompression Chamber and effects of decompression sickness
Water Survival
* Life Raft Operations at Sea
* Swimming whilst in Flight Gear
* Treading Water in Flight Gear
* Underwater Escape Procedures
* Life Raft & Contents
* Extended Sea Survival
* Life Raft Organization