Islam

 

 

Zahural Islam

Company Director

Flight Examiner/NPPL/PPL/Night/IMC/MEP/CPL/FIC/IR Renewal

With over 30 years experience as a flight instructor and in excess of 25,000 hours in his logbook Islam has a wealth of knowledge and experience that he is very happy to share with instructors and students alike. He is kept busy with FIC and IR instruction, as well as flight tests for all levels of student from new PPL's through to IR renewals.

Jill

 

Jill Develin

Company Director

Flight Examiner/NPPL/PPL/Night/IMC/MEP/CPL/FIC/IR Renewal

Jill is Islam's wife and co-director of Redair. She is our resident RT examiner and also does some flight tests and occasional advanced training. When not grappling with the Redair accounts or putting a stressed exam candidate at their ease she can be found captaining a British Airways 747 to far flung corners of the globe.
 

Iain

 

Iain Laurie

Flight Instructor/ Operations Manager

NPPL/PPL/NIGHT

Iain is retiring from Blackbushe Aviation and moving to Edinburgh. He'll be flying the Dash 8- Q400 for Flybe from the end of July.


Marika

 

Marika Sirvio

Flight Instructor

NPPL/PPL

 

Marika has come to us all the way from freezing Finland. This however, does not stop her from turning the heat up in the aircraft!

 


Peter

 

Peter Douet

Flight Instructor

NPPL/PPL

Peter (affectionately known as Frenchie by the rest of the staff) is our lively new instructor who is equally at home in his allotment as well as a Cessna.

Graham

 

Graham Kelly

Flight Instructor (Part-Time)

NPPL/PPL

 

Graham is a Systems Analyst in his regular day job but is a qualified instructor and can be found at Blackbushe most weekends escaping the rat-race.

 


Barrie

 

Barrie Wood

Flight Instructor (Part-Time)

NPPL/PPL

 

Barrie can often be found on Friday and Saturday throwing off the shackles of his 9-5 marketing job to come and instruct. He is also fanatical about the Le Mans 24 Hr Race.

 

 

Andy

 

Andy Sewell

Flight Instructor (Part-Time)

NPPL/PPL

Andy is a First Officer with BMI but does some part-time instruction when he needs to remember what real flying is about.

Peter

 

Peter Coombs

Flight Instructor (Part-Time)

NPPL/PPL

Peter has a full-time role with the AAIB but loves his flying (both fixed and rotary wing) and he is happy to respond to requests for another instructor on busy weekends.

Ken

 

Ken Miles

Simulator Instructor (Part-Time)

IR (Simulator)

The non-flying member of the instructional staff, Ken is called upon when demand for instrument training means that we need a dedicated simulator instructor in addition to the flying IR instructors.

Mike

 

Mike Bagshaw

Flight Examiner (Part-Time)

PPL/NPPL/AEROBATICS

Rumour has it that Mike is at his happiest when looping or spinning in his shared Bulldog, but he is always amenable to being 'shown the ropes' by one of Blackbushe Aviation's PPL test candidates.

Vivien

 

Vivien J Pugh

Operations Assistant

Vivien recently joined us from running her own building firm, so is quite at home dealing with difficult instructors. Her broomstick is normally parked out the back.

 

James

 

James Wise

Operations Assistant

As a recent graduate of blackbushe aviation, James decided he liked us so much that he now working on Sundays. This job makes a change from teaching post-graduate students or looking down peoples throats in his chosen career!

Peter

 

Peter Loveland

Operations Assistant

 

Peter joins us as a replacement Saturday staff member. His is currently hoping to secure a place at a university studying Physics

 


Nigel

 

 

Nigel

Mascot

Last, but not least, Nigel, who has a penchant for Frank Sinatra, keeps a careful eye on the day to day operation of the club from his ivory tower.