The following people are the primary contributors to this blog. Want to know more about what we’re about? Read about us here.
Marty Khoury
Marty holds an airline transport (fixed-wing) licence and commercial helicopter licence with experience as a hang glider, balloonist and skydiver. He holds a grade one instructor with multi-engine training approval and various testing approvals; with a tendency to focus his efforts on advanced and IFR training. He operates an aviation media/training consultancy firm in Sydney, Australia.
Marty has flown numerous types with most of his middle aviation life consumed by check and training roles on various turboprop aircraft. He is currently employed as a 777-300ER First Officer with V Australia and flew as part of the inaugural flight crew to LAX with Captain Ken (below).
Marty’s formal education is in the area of Criminology and Law but he has worked in various fields outside aviation including IT (media) project management, finance, firefighting (with the NSW Fire Brigade), law enforcement and business management.
When not flying, Marty is an avid PHP programmer, Android software developer and Pepsi Max connoisseur.
Ken Pascoe
Ken learned to fly in between lessons his father would give to various students at a country aerodrome in Victoria, Australia. He was 7 and the aircraft was a Cessna 150 (he has many hours in the back row of the Cessna 150). With that behind him, he gained a student licence at 16, commercial at 18, airline licence at 21. He has flown countless singles, twins and turboprops, and held an instructor rating with twin training approvals.
Ken flew the Boeing 747-400 with Cathay Pacific, Airbus 310 with Emirates, and flew the Boeing 777 200/300 with Emirates for 10 years as a training captain. Ken is now the Boeing 777 Fleet Training Manager with V Australia. Ken was the Captain for delivery flight of the company’s first aircraft, and also flew the airline’s launch service to LAX (with Marty!).
Ken has a computer science degree and used that knowledge to manage two major IT projects at Emirates – including a virtual rostering system. He continues to build various web sites and other more traditional software.
Ken is married to Meg who is a concert pianist and a Lactation Consultant (two of the least diverse or her interests) and the father of three children, all living at home. Apart from Aviation and IT, Ken’s personal interests include reading, computer gaming with his kids, advanced novice level frisbee throwing, Aspergers Syndrome, and others.
Can you tell he doesn’t own a boat or play golf? He tells us that he needs to get a life. Many would argue that he already has one!
Will Horton
Will Horton has a disturbing love affair with everything aviation. Originally from New York, Will now passionately writes about the Australasian aviation market based on the east coast of Australia. Previously the author of the Wings Down Under blog on Flight Global, Will’s now a journalist for the Centre for Aviation – the regional leaders in global knowledge, data analysis and strategic planning. He also writes for a number of other publications, including the Airline Passenger Experience Association.
Will is a founding member of our new joint Australian aviation podcast.
Adam Saddington
Adam holds an airline transport licence that he obtained in company with a formal education in aviation management. Adam has a vast array of aviation experiences in both general aviation and airline flying. He started his aviation career as a meat-bomber (read: jump pilot) before taking on a number of roles in passenger and freight charter in a large number of piston and turboprop aircraft.
Saddo flew with V Australia as a First Officer (being employed before the company started operating its Pacific services) but has since opted for the domestic lifestyle. You’ll now find him flying with Virgin Australia as a Boeing 737 First Officer.
Adam, like most of the flight.org team, is part of both our Global and Australian aviation podcasts.
When Adam’s not flying, he’s playing bad guitar.
Contributing Authors
We have a large number of other contributing authors that we’ll feature when their post count increases. If you’re interested in a guest post on flight.org (with massive distribution), please get in touch with us.
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