Jamie Riddell - "Jamos"
Jamie was born in Perth Western Australia and was introduced to aviation through gliders while finishing high school.
He was accepted into the Royal Australian Air Force in 1990 and completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the Australian Defence Force Academy before proceeding to flight training in 1993.
On graduation Jamie flew C-130 Hercules aircraft at RAAF Richmond. He participated in tactical airlift operations in Somalia, Cambodia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
His military career highlight was providing combat aeromedical evacuations in support to US and Australian troops during the second Iraq war.
During 2005 Jamie found his passion for warbirds and has since completed training in various piston and jet warbird aircraft.
Jamie now works as an Instructor Pilot teaching Air force pilots to fly the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail aircraft at RAAF Williamtown and is also a commercial helicopter pilot (and hence a real man like Bill Lang).
Bill Lang - "Blang"
Since first soloing in 1974, Bill now has over 18,000 flight hours. A graduate of the RAAF Academy with a Bachelor of Science, Bill's time in the military included flying the mighty Huey helicopter (real men fly rotary), Macchi jets and Hercules transports.
As a RAAF flying instructor Bill trained new Air Force and army cadet pilots in the CT-4 trainer. This included aerobatics and formation. He then instructed on the C130 Hercules.
Since joining the airline industry Bill has continued flying with the RAAF Reserve and has instructed on the B767 in his “day job”.
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Bill is now happily retired but enjoys nothing more than hanging upside down in a Yak-52.
Robert Sokol - "Soky"
Rob "Soky" Sokol started flying at age 16 as a glider pilot in his home town of Melbourne. In 1990 Rob joined the RAAF where he had a 14 years of continuous flying. On graduating Pilot trading Rob flew the mighty C130H and C130E aircraft in tactical roles including special ops.
Rob graduated from Central Flying School as a Qualified Flying Instructor performing instructional duties on the PC-9 at 2FTS in Pearce WA and later instructing on the mighty C-130.
Rob left full time RAAF service in 2004 and since then has flown a variety of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Rob remains an active Airforce Reserve member now instructing on the C-27 Spartan and the C-130J Hercules.
Apart from warbird flying - Rob has a few vintage Fords in his garage. He likes his aircraft and his cars old and simple.
Les Knox
Les "the CO" Knox spent 12 years in the Royal Australian Air force, beginning by attending the RAAF Academy. After graduating pilots course he flew operational tours on Caribou tactical transports and Mirage 111O fighters (since replaced by the F/A-18 Hornet).
Although he then continued his full time flying career in the airline industry, Les continued in the RAAF Reserve and finished his military flying as a Forward Air Controller.
After nearly 30 years flying Boeing airliners, Les flew the mighty Airbus A380 before recently retiring.
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