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Al Hoy
Flying experience: 15000+ hours |
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Al is in his third season with the team as a part-time pilot. His full time job is as an A340 Captain with Virgin Atlantic based at Heathrow Airport. Prior to commercial flying, Al served in the RAF where he flew Jaguars, was an instructor on the Hawk and spent 3 years with the Red Arrows. Since leaving the RAF Al has kept himself busy displaying lots of different types of aircraft including the Vampire, Venom and Pitts Special. He now really enjoys flying the vintage Boeing Stearman during the team displays even though they are a bit slower than he is normally used to! As well as flying holidaymakers around as his main job, Al has been selected as one of the first 3 pilots to fly Space Tourism Flights with Virgin Galactic and has already completed some training in the Spaceship 2 and White Knight 2 simulator. Al normally flies as a wingman during the team displays. His favourite manoeuvre is the formation loop as he finds it very challenging in the vintage Boeing Stearman. His favourite formation position is on the right hand side as he spent most of his time there in the Red Arrows. His least favourite manouevre is landing the Stearman in a crosswind on a tarmac runway as it is notoriously tricky! |
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