Jon was more qualified than most of us get to be in a lifetime and experienced more than most of us would ever dream of. We are proud of you John and we wish you were here.

John paddle boarding in Worthing.

He used to go for miles!

CURRICULUM VITAE

Jonathan David Orme Gill

Tel:           Home England 00 44

                    Mobile: 00 44

E-mail:            

Address:        

A seasoned commercial helicopter pilot, with an Airframe and Power Plant mechanics license. Twelve years experience in the following: flight instruction, agriculture arial application using herbicides, fungicides and insecticides by helicopter with the latest computerized equipment available, i.e. the Del Norte electronic D.G.P.S. Flagging System. This appointment was served in Costa Rica for their banana and rice industries both national and international. It was during this period that he acquired working Spanish.

Five years experience in helicopter operations aboard commercial fishing boats on the East, Central, and West Pacific Oceans. Boat duties required: piloting the helicopter, reconnaissance of the oceans for schools of tuna and to report their position, direction, tonnage, and also the weather and sea conditions. The duties also included: scheduled servicing, general maintenance, and anticorrosion control for the helicopter and ground/sea support equipment. Mr. Gill was also responsible for the logistics involved in the removal, installation, and shipment of helicopter timed components, as well as organization of the maintenance manuals updates, S.T.C.s , A.D.s  the aircrafts annual inspection and service bulletins, and aircraft logs. The work required to comply with insurance company directives and safety bulletin up dates.

Certificate:      U.K. C.A.A. P.P.L.A. #257112L/P

                             U.K. C.A.A. P.P.L.A. #25711IL/H

                             U.S.A. F.A.A. Commercial Pilot Hel. #2446374

                             U.S.A. F.A.A. Flight Instructor Hel. #24463 76 CFI

                             U.S.A. F.A.A. A & P License #2542391

FAA Violations:    NO

Medical Class:                     I                           Date:    11-07-2001

Flight Surgeon's Name:      DAVID A WILLIAMS MO

Flight Surgeon's Number:  171731

Flight Experience:

Date of Biennial Flight Review: 5/31/01

Total Flight Time:3766                        Total Rotor Time:3450

Total Turbine Time:1850                     Turbine Rotor: 1850

Instrument Time: -----                           Night Time: 150

Hours Fishing Spotting: 2115

Maintenance Experience:

Years Maintenance  12 Yrs                 Years Helo                          12Yrs

Years Helo A & P 7 Yrs                 Years on Type                      7 Years 47's         4Year's 369 HS

Fishing Trips       20

Last three employers:

1. Hansen Helicopters, Inc. (671) 649-9580

2. Helicopters de David (507) 775-8899

3. Agrosevios Helicopters de Costa Rica (506) 764-4056

Last Three References:

1. Helicopters de David Pan.                           Randy Stepmire                (506) 775-8899

2. Southland Aviation                                        Lance McAfee                     (770) 386-7633

3. Hansen Helicopters, Inc.                             John Walker                        (671) 649-9580

Personal Data:

DOB:   8th November 1964, Dorking, Surrey

Height and Weight: 6'1" (1.85 m), 180 lbs (82 kg)

British Passport No. 093094818

Education and training:

1987-1988   Coded by the CAA in accordance with AVP84 D505 in the following welding processes:

                       TIG Stainless Steel, Mild Steel and MIG Stainless Steel and Mild Steel.

1981-1984   Crawley College of Technology: Part One City & Guilds Engineering Studies, General Distinction, Fabrication Welding: Distinction and Part Two City & Guilds Metal Thin Plate, Technology One: Credit, Technology Two, Distinction, Drawing & Development: Distinction.

1973-1981   Secondary Education: Prep School, Belmont, Dorking, Surrey. Slindon College 5 O'levels: Maths, English, Physics, History, Geography

Flight training:

1988            C.A.A. PPL A/D No. PP/2571 IL/A

1990            C.A.A. PPLH No. PP/2571 I I/H Ratings      Hughes 269

Enstrom Series

1991          U.S.A. F.A.A. Commercial Rotor Craft License No. 24463 74

                 U.S.A. F.A.A. Flight Instructor's License No. 2446374CFI

1996            U.S.A. F.A.A. A & P License No. 2542391

1992-1996          Performing duties as mechanic under supervision: Helicopter Connection, Atlanta

Helicopters, Southland Aviation, Agroservicios Helicopter de Costa Rica

Work experience (engineering):

Aug 90 – Sept 90    Clorbrook Employment Agency, 5 Leaplale Road, Guildford, Surrey

                                  Location: Germany

                              Position: Sheet Metal Forming/Developing

                                  Machinery: Electrical Jenny, Electrical C.N.C. Shears, Automated Welding

                                  Machines, Hand-Held Tools

June 90 – July 90    Flight Training Helicopters

March 89 – Nov 90 Alfa-laval Engineering, 5 Figtree Drive, Australia Centre Homebush,

                             NSW 2140

                              Australia Position: Contract, fabricator of prototype food processor,

                                       Installation of pipe work to connect Alfa-laval products for the food

                                 industry

Nov 88 – March 89 Zapspar, 146 Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale NSW 2 1.00, Australia

                              Position: Contractor, Fabricator of masts, booms, outrigger for racing

                              Yachts, industry rigging, shade sails, fabric awnings

April 88 – Oct 88     Clorbrook, 5 Leaplale Road, Guildford, Surrey, GUI 4JX

                             Position: Contract to Johnson Engineering, Fabricator/welder, CNC

                                Plasma cutter operator

Aug 85 – April 88      Sheet Metal Products.  Wimlands road, Fagate, West Sussex.         

                                    Position: Sheet metal worker/welder, aircraft manufacture/refurbishment, structural and skin work on various fighter aircraft, i.e. Jaguar and the Hunter, to sheet metal work/fabrication for the security industry, i.e. Embassy, catering and petrol chemical industry.

Flight experience/mechanical experience:

Jan 03  – Apr 03      Hansen Helicopters

                                      Position:  Pilot mechanic on Hughes 500 Helicopter on Korean Fishing Purse Seiners. Due to rising fuel costs and lowering fish prices the helicopter was withdrawn.

Nov 01 – July 02     VASCO Enterprises Inc.

                                     Position:  Pilot mechanic on Hughes 500 Helicopter, aboard M/V Carol Linda fishing purse seiner.

Nov 00 – Nov 01     AHCOSA Helicopters of Costa Rica

                                     Position: Fumigation / crop spraying pilot in Bell 47 series. Aircraft now fitted with Del Norte electronic D.G.P.S. flagging system

Jan 99 – October 00 Hansen Helicopters, Pilot and Mechanic on Tiawanese Purse Seiners

Hughes 369HS

Sept 97 – Dec 98     Pilot/Mechanic for GS Fisheries Boat M.V. Jennifer

April 97 – July 97    Helicopter de David (Panama) Boat

El Rey (under Colombian Flag) Bell 47G2A I, Position: fish school reconnaissance

Dec 93 – Jan 97      Agroservicios Helicopters de Costa Rica, S.A. (AHECOSA) Moved to Southern – zone of Costa Rica sprayed rice with Bell 47G2 and maintained it. Flew Tom Cat G2 on the Atlantic side of Costa Rica, spraying bananas & carrying out mechanical duties

Ahecosa, which had brought the three Bell 47 aircraft from Atlanta Helicopters was expanding quickly and needed more aircraft. I took a position with Ahecosa to help assemble these extra aircraft and in return gained the ability to operate as a Agriculture Arial spray pilot 

Aug 93 – Dec 93       Atlanta Helicopters

                                       Instructor Pilot/Assistant Mechanic

                                        Small operation with a contract to build three Bell 47's for Costa Rica.

                             Instruction was flown after shop hours, weekends spent at Southland Aviation

Apr 92 – June 94     Assistant Mechanic General, for Southland Aviation

Feb 92 – Feb 94       Bell 47DI & 41G Helicopter Connection, Atlanta, Pilot Instructor, Assistant

                                  Mechanic. (Note: Helicopter Connection and Southland Aviation were on same

                                       Airport. If I was not flying I would be turning wrenches)

Nov 90 – Mar 91     Flight Instructor Training

Note: The following Annexes show a printout from the Del Norte Automatic flagging system and flying and mechanical licenses.