Inspired by his grandfathers who were both pilots, Ben knew from a young age that he wanted to be a RAF Pilot. In fact, he doesn’t remember thinking about anything else as a career and he “loved everything to do with aeroplanes.” Ben started down the path to becoming a pilot by joining the Combined… Continue reading Ben Murphy – The Blades (GB)
Author: Sara Fulton
Robertas Noreika – Presidential Team ‘ANBO’ (LT)
The sky has attracted me since childhood: I was eager to fly, admired the stars and had tremendous respect for mountains. Thank Almighty all the three biggest dreams came true with time. When studying astrophysics at the old Vilnius University, I also learned aerobatic flying. After graduation, I took up research work, but two years… Continue reading Robertas Noreika – Presidential Team ‘ANBO’ (LT)
Steve Carver – Global Stars (GB)
At 21 000 feet I open the air brakes but I’m still climbing, only just, but climbing nevertheless: this is madness! The North East of Scotland is lying under a gin clear polar maritime air mass today, lovely straight isobars, with the wind strength increasing steadily with height. Every bit as good as the met’… Continue reading Steve Carver – Global Stars (GB)
Joel Haski – Red Baron (AU)
I was heavily influenced as a teenager by my dad and his brother into taking more than a passing interest in aircraft and flying. We would often go to Air Shows and aviation themed movies, make model aircraft, etc. So when at 16 I was given the autobiography of Chuck Yeager to read I couldn’t… Continue reading Joel Haski – Red Baron (AU)
Oleg Shpolianskii – The First Flight (RU)
In my childhood I was engaged in aircraft modelling. After first flight of free fly model, first loop, I understood, that I wanted to test real flight, to feel the air stream through the control stick of my airplane. When I was learning in high school, I started to fly in aero club. Member of… Continue reading Oleg Shpolianskii – The First Flight (RU)
Mikhail Mamistov – The First Flight (RU)
When I was 5 years old, I had seen an interesting movie about military pilots of the 2nd World War, and I decided to become a pilot. Reading books about military pilots increased my desire to become a pilot. In school, I studied the basics of aerodynamics and piloting in “Teenage Space club”. In 1982,… Continue reading Mikhail Mamistov – The First Flight (RU)