Pilot, sailor, photographer, geek!

Started flying in the RAF (1976) - Bulldog, Jet Provost, Gnat, Hawk, Harrier. Left the RAF to join the airlines - Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong (1988) - L-1011 Tristar, Boeing 747-400 and A340-200. Since 1996, back in the UK on the A330-300, A340-300 and A340-600 with Virgin Atlantic Airways. Converted to the Boeing 787 in August 2016.

Previously owned a 1980 turbo-normalised Beech A36 Bonanza, a PA-32R Saratoga and a 1947 Cessna 120. EASA/CAA light aircraft Flying Instructor FI(A). Qualified as RYA Yachtmaster Offshore in 2010 and Yachtmaster Ocean in 2023. Gained the professional Remote Pilot Qualification - Small Unmanned Aircraft (RPQ-S) Certificate in 2015.

Presently sailing around the world in our 2001 Oyster 56.