AVIATION CAREER
– Airline Transport Pilots Licence with 17500 flying hours
– Airbus A319/A320 Chief Training Captain at SAA
– Grade one Instructors rating and CAA designated flight examiner
– Aerobatic Instructor and Examiner
– Rated and flown 123 different aircraft types
– CAA test Pilot rating
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
– 7 times SA National Rally Flying Champion
– 5 times SA National Precision Flying Champion
– 3 times SA National Aerobatic Champion
– 2003 World Rally Flying Champion
– represented SA 5 times at World Rally Flying Champs, 4 Times at World Precision Flying Champs, 3 times at World Advanced Aerobatic Champs and twice at the Unlimited World Aerobatic Champs
– FAI Bronze at the 1999 World Rally Flying Championships
– FAIĀ Silver medal at the Jet formation event in Al-Ain
– 2 Silver medals at the 2008 Advanced World Aerobatic Champs
– 5 Medals at the 2010 Advanced World Aerobatic Champs including 2 golds, a sliver, a bronze and overall 2nd place.
– 4th at the 2013 World Freestyle Aerobatic Champs
– Has won Aerobatic events in 4 different countries
– A record 3 Aeroclub of SA Pilot of the year awards
– Aeroclub of SA Gold Wings
– Represented Aerobatic Teams flying the MX2, T28, Extra 300, Pitts Special, L29, Yak 52 and the Harvard
– South African Airways Airbus and Harvard Display Pilot