HAC Ground Crew Chief

Steve Barratt Steve Barratt is an occasional member of the HAC team. Steve is Chief Flying Instructor of the Tiger Moth operating Cambridge Flying Group and a trustee of the de Havilland Educational Trust. He has interests in a Tiger Moth restoration project and an active Chipmunk. In his spare time he raises a few pounds by flying a private jet around the world.

Mark Britnell joined HAC as a volunteer in 2009. Mark has been a member of Guy Black’s restoration team at Retrotec in Westfield for some five years and is currently Chief Airframe Technician on the Nimrod & Fury. Prior to this he served in the RAF for 22 years, employed on Phantom, Tornado and Puma helicopters.

Steven Burnside started with the HAC in 2008 and has a passion for second world war aircraft. He is the proud owner of a fully restored 1945 Willys jeep and has started his PPL which he hopes to finish in the future

Peta Cook, wife of Howard, has worked with HAC since 1999 and previous to that was part of the Black 6 team. Peta manages the paediatric speech & language therapy service for an NHS trust.

Glenn Denney, has been working with HAC for many years.  As well as ground duties, Glenn manages the HAC web site.  Glenn works in the IT industry. A keen pilot flying his own L4 Grasshopper

Eddie & Eileen Grover have been working for the HAC Ground Crew since 2000.  They also do voluntary work for the Imperial War Museum at Duxford one day a week restoring military aircraft.

Peter Holmes Joined HAC as a volunteer Aircraft Engineer in September 2009. He has worked full time at Retrotec/Aerovintage since 2005.

James Leach, joined the HAC Ground Crew team in 2007. Away from HAC James is also involved in building replica vintage aircraft, most recently a Fokker DR1 tri-plane. James holds a PPL having learned to fly on the Tiger Moth, and is a Senior Engineer with Cosworth.

David Petters joined the HAC in late 2008 as ground crew. Away from the group David is an airline Captain flying Boeing 737's. He has a very keen interest in WW2 military history and flies Tiger Moths at the Cambridge Flying Group and the Tiger Club.

Rob Rowley, after 13 years as team commentator and occasional transit pilot for Brian Lecomber's Firebird Aerobatics, Rob has been involved with HAC as Ground Crew volunteer for many years. An experienced PPL, Rob's current aircraft include a Yak 52, Slingsby T67M and a Cap 10. Rob is semi retired from electrical engineering but has been tempted back as a consultant at Midlands Power Stations

Mel Saggers celebrated her seventeenth birthday by making her first solo flight and went on to gain her Private Pilot's Licence. She spent all her spare time around aircraft - washing them, assisting in restoration projects, being an odd-job girl for corporate jet operators and helping out in Flight Ops and Air Traffic Control at Biggin Hill.

Eventually she saved enough money to complete her Commercial Pilot¹s Licence in 2004. She flew corporate jets for two-and-a-half years before joining easyJet, flying Boeing 737s out of Luton. Now, with 4,000 hours logged, she flies the Airbus A319 and A320.

Although flying is her day job, Melissa continues to fly vintage aircraft as often as possible. She helped restore de Havilland Gipsy Moth G-ABYA in 2002 and was eventually able to acquire the aircraft last year. She acquired her display Authorisation this year so can also be seen displaying the moth and other vintage aircraft at shows around Europe.

Bryan Simpson joined HAC as part of the Ground Crew in 1997. Bryan is works for Essex Ambulance Service on front line duties, and is on hand for any medical issues that might arise.

Simon Steggall, started working on aircraft with The Harvard Formation Team, then later with The Fighter Collection and more recently has been working as ground crew on Peter Vacher's Mk1 Hurricane R4118. Simon has been helping out with HAC since 2007. Simon works for BT as a day job but can be seen from time to time on TV and cinema screens as an extra.

Mike Webster has been a member of the HAC team since 2007.  Mike is PPL holder and regularly flies Tiger Moths with the Cambridge Flying Group and particularly enjoys formation flying and aerobatics.  Mike works for Arup as a Logistics Consultant specialising in Airport Operations.