Current status: Captain B787, WestJet. I also serve as Company Check Pilot and B787 simulator instructor.
Above: Capt. Tom Spreen and F/O Andrew Lupton departing Calgary (CYYC) on February 29, 2020
(photo credit: Alex Praglowski)
(photo credit: Alex Praglowski)
My wife and I are also the proud owners of a 1977 Yakovlev YAK-18T, a very fun radial-engine four-place aircraft built in Smolensk, Soviet Union (now Russia).
Above: Myself in our YAK-18T (foreground) in formation with Chris "Lights Out" Walker in his Nanchang CJ-6A, near Victoria BC, March 2021
(photo credit: Aaron Burton)
(photo credit: Aaron Burton)
My buddy Trevor Shaw rode along with me on a formation flight and cooked up a great 8 minute video of the experience. Check it out below on YouTube! The flight was June 15, 2022.
Above: Approaching Victoria Int'l Airport (CYYJ) in formation with 3 Nanchang CJ-6A's, November 11 2020
(photo credit: Aaron Burton)
(photo credit: Aaron Burton)
Above: Our YAK-18T at the Abbotsford Airshow, August 2019