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Martyn Carrington
Flying experience: 7400+ hours |
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From the age of 9, Martyn knew flying was for him the moment he went for his first flight from his little local airstrip. He had been lucky and taken seriously enough to be given a job helping out at the local flying club. He ended up working there for many years and in return, earned all of his flying lessons. He would spend every spare moment he had there, even working summer evenings after school! Gradually, Martyn learned to fly and passed all of his flight tests by time he was 16. He then had to anxiously wait until his 17th birthday to be legally allowed to fly solo which he managed at around 7am that day. He then went on to complete a total of 8 hours solo flying attempting to reach his qualifying target of 10 hours. Unfortunately, his plans were to be thwarted when the sea fog rolled in, preventing him taking off for his final navigational flight. He managed to get his licence in his hand a few days later. Martyn has always enjoyed flying vintage types of aircraft. He went on to become a flying instructor, examiner and eventually worked at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford where he flew for many years. This amazing environment helped him develop a new area of interest in airshows and display flying. As chance would have it, he saw a job advertised with Aerosuperbatics which he was lucky enough to get. Here he started learning lots of new flying skills including close formation flying, the art of landing on a trailer (Kia Cars Team 2000 - 2001) and wing walking. Martyn thoroughly enjoys display flying. He generally flies as a wingman in most of the teams displays as he enjoys the challenge of keeping his Boeing Stearman in formation. His favourite manoeuvre is the 'Mirror' formation as he loves the thrill of hanging upside down in an open cockpit aeroplane! |
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