OUR TEAM
A friendly team of professional flight instructors, ready to help you achieve your aviation dreams
Airspeed Aviation’s Flight Instructors are all highly experienced, current multi-engine professional air charter pilots whose real-world flying experience brings you significant flight training advantages. Every one of our Flight Instructors is employed full-time and exclusively by Airspeed Aviation. Train and qualify with the best.
Whether you aspire to be a Recreational, Private or Commercial Pilot, or want to add some advanced flying or instrument skills, Airspeed Aviation’s Flight School will make your aviation dreams come true. We have successfully trained hundreds of pilots since 1997.
As the Hunter Valley’s leading flying school, with full-time Flight Training Centres in Scone, Tamworth, Gunnedah and Dubbo, we have trained hundreds of pilots since 1999 and attract novices and experienced pilots from all over NSW.
Learning to fly is a substantial investment of time, money and energy so before you book a course why not try a 30 minute Trial Instruction Flight (TIF)? Your Airspeed Flight Instructor will introduce you to the basics before giving you time at the controls during a flight. To find out more or to book your Trial Instruction Flight today please contact our friendly bookings team.
Ben Wyndham
Chief Flying Instructor and Flight Examiner
Ben is a pilot and flight instructor with 25 years of aviation industry experience. Ben’s career started in the Kimberley region of Western Australia flying tourists over the Bungle Bungle ranges and Argyle Diamond Mine. Ben moved to the Hunter Valley as a flight instructor in 1997, and established a corporate flight department for Valley Longwall Drilling in 1997. In 2007 Ben was recruited as Chief Pilot of Atlass Aviation, and was recruited to lead Aeropelican’s Safety Management System introduction and approval in 2009.
Ben Wilkinson
Senior Instructor, Tamworth
Ben began flying (gliding) through the Air Cadets while still in high school and went solo in Gliders age 15.
After several years working for a major international school training airline cadets, Wilko joined Airspeed as a Flight Instructor and air charter pilot in 2023. From an initial role as a single-engine instructor, he rapidly qualified on all 7 aircraft types operated by the flight school.
Ben was born in Gunnedah and has returned to Gunnedah to live. As Senior pilot, Wilko will be spending more time supervising new pilots and training the next generation of Airspeed Charter Pilots and instructors.
Adam Brady
Deputy CFI, Shellharbour
Joris (pronounced ‘Yoris’) is one of our most senior Flight Instructors and charter pilots.
He’s been flying since he was 19 and learned to fly in America and Europe before converting his licence with Airspeed Aviation’s Flight School in Australia.
Joris is the most experienced flight instructor at Airspeed, with experience ranging from Ultralights to the 10-seat turbine-powered Cessna Conquest. He regularly flies on charter, freight and survey ops all the aircraft types we operate; and a wide variety of client's aircraft providing advanced training and flight reviews.
Ross Carrucan
Senior Flight Instructor, Shellharbour
Alex has been passionate about flying all his life, starting flying lessons while he was still in high school. Even before learning to fly, he was already building and flying his own radio-controlled model aircraft from the age of 11.
He completed his flying training at university while studying an Aviation Degree in Melbourne. He holds extensive Flight Instructor experience, having for many years trained international airline cadets for one the world’s leading flying training organisations.
Alex truly enjoys sharing the joy of flying with our flight school students as an instructor.
Julio Nunkoo
Flight Instructor, Dubbo
Ross Pickering
Operations Manager/Base Manager, Tamworth