Dick Barton Email & Phone Number

31 years RAF Service8400 hours Rotary3300 hours Rotary Instructional1st tour as operational pilot on Puma. Instructor course in 1987. Instructed on Gazelle (CFS(H)), Wessex (1800 hours), Griffin (Bell 412) (2549 hours), Squirrel (300 hours) Merlin (1500 hours including tours in Iraq), Juno H135 (255 hours) and Jupiter H145 (38 hours).Officer Commanding 28(AC) Squadron at the time of the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.Staff tour in the Directorate of Air Staff MoDChief Flying Instructor of the Defence Helicopter Flying School 2000-2003. Served as QHI and Squadron Training Officer on Griffin (Bell 412) at the Defence Helicopter Flying School, responsible for Instructor training, maintenance of instructional standards and the management of ab-initio training. I retired from the RAF to take up a QHI post with FBH (now Cobham) before continuing at Shawbury with Ascent to fly the Juno (H135) and Jupiter (H145).Hold EASA CPL(H) with Bell 412 rating and UK CPL(H) with Loach OH6-A rating and Display Authorisation. Loach display pilot.

Listed skills include A2 Qualified Helicopter Instructor, Nvg And Nvg Formation Instructor, Simulator Instruction, Command, and 7 others.