Grob G 115

Talk us through that process.

Yeah, so if any display sites want to apply to have us, it's exactly the same as the Red Arrows, BBMF, the Falcons, Tutor.

On our RAF website page, you'll see apply for the Typhoon display team.

It's a short application that goes into the Air Events team.

I grew up in South Wales and my family are all kind of aviation geeks so I went to air shows from the age of two and that's what kind of sparked the interest for me.

From there I joined the air cadets at age 13, learned to fly with them and became a gliding instructor.

I then went to university, joined the University of Wales Air Squadron flying the Grob Tutor and from there went on to join the RAF on my fourth attempt as well so it took me four goes to get in the RAF but got there eventually.

Then went through flying training,

It's a very aerobatic aircraft.

It's, it's like think of, like, a Grob Tutor if it could actually do stuff.

If it could actually be-

Yeah, that makes sense

Uh, BA appointed Tim as flight ops director of several of their subsidiary companies, including Brymon Airways, British Regional Airlines, Manx Airlines, and British Airways CityFlyer.

That is some CV, isn't it? Uh, apart from flying the Wasp with Navy Wings Heritage Flight, Tim also flies the Grob Tutor as an RAF reservist, giving air cadets their first experience in the air.

And Tim continues to fly his own DH Chipmunk, the type he first trained on in the Royal Navy at the start of his flying career.

So let's go over to Jersey now and chat with Tim.