The London Aerobatic Company

The Pilots

All our instructors are experienced and bring a wealth of aviation experience for your benefit - no hours builders here!

Chris Thompson

Chris has been flying since 1985 and instructing since 1988; he was taught aerobatics by Pete Clark, the well-known competition and display pilot. Following a moderately unsuccessful RAF engineering career, Chris now works as a freelance air transport pilot. In addition to displaying and instructing on the CAP10, during the summer months you'll find him in the cockpits of a variety of historic aeroplanes. Chris has taught aerobatics, his real passion, to both competition and display pilots.

Paul Carr

Paul flew a variety of aircraft during his RAF career, which culminated in a tour as a VC10 captain. Prior to this he was instructor at the Central Flying School and the RAF's Bulldog display pilot. Nowadays, he flies short haul for a major airline.

Tony Richards

An experienced flying instructor and display authorisation examiner, Tony has displayed a wide variety of aerobatic, vintage and warbird aircraft. Tony also has a wealth of experience as a formation display pilot with a number of teams incuding the Aerosuperbatics Utterly Butterly Flying Circus.