Charlie Mcilroy "Chas"

Chas has over 10,000 hours flying experience including over 4,000 hours of military fast jet flying. He joined the R.A.F. in 1975 on the same course as Billius and went on to fly the Lightning followed by a tour as a fast jet instructor on the Hawk.

He was the Hawk display pilot for 2 seasons and joined the Red Arrows in 1984. He flew as Red 8 and then joined the syncro pair for 2 years. This was followed by 5 years of flying Harriers, both the GR3 & GR7, mostly in Germany where he served as a flight commander on 4 Squadron.

He left the R.A.F. in 1993 to join Cathay Pacific Airways initially flying the Boeing 747. He is presently a Captain flying Airbus A330 & A340 aircraft.