Richard’s day job is teaching children, his holidays are spent helping pilots check out on vintage aircraft. To date he has over 2,000 hours on tail draggers.  

Like many of the Turb Team he started out on gliders at the age of 16 but his intended R.A.F. career was cut short by poor eyesight. Seventeen years in the wilderness then followed before enough cash was accumulated to take his PPL. He joined the Tiger Club in 1992.  

For him flying is a passion and his presence here today is “a dream come true”. He flew his first display at the PFA Rally in 1997 and he has since flown a displays as part as part of the Turbulent Team each year and has been leading Displays for 8 years.