- Royal Aeronautical Society, March 2019; New Fellows. Official Letter from the Royal Aeronautical Society. For Contributions to Aviation above and beyond the call. The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest aeronautical society in the world. Fellows and Companions of the society can use the post-nominal letters FRAeS or CRAeS, respectively.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Royal Aeronautical Society
- A Pennsylvania native; he was a US Army Warrant Officer Helicopter Pilot during the Vietnam era before starting work in the Motion Picture industry in the late 1970's.
- Regarded as one of, if not the the most talented helicopter pilots in the film business, he has earned and holds more Licenses and Credential than anyone.
He holds an FAA Airline Transport License, an FAA Endorsed Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Instructor, an FAA Certificated Flight Instructor Helicopter-Instrument-Flight/Ground and an FAA A&P Mechanic License in addition to an FAA Low Level Waiver. He volunteered in 2007 with the US Army Ft. Bragg/USASATMO to deploy to Pakistan to train Pakistani Helicopter Pilots as Battalion SIP in the art of Combat Night Vision Goggle aviation in Support on the Global War on Terror were he received numerous commendations for his actions and is a World Class extremely accoladed Night Vision Goggle Instructor.
He has revolutionized car based photography with his inventions such as the CameraKart, a 130 MPH racing go-kart(used to film the famous car chase sequences on Bad Boys 2 and 2 Fast, 2 Furious 3 & 4), and an Indy/F-1 type car for Ultra high speed photography, a world class off road race car built for off road photography and an 4 wheel steer, 4 wheel drive, H-1 Hummer that drives sideways and mounts cars inches off the ground to film simulated slides and skids with principles on board without alterations to the picture vehicle and allows the camera to shoot in any direction.
He has developed and built in his fabrication shop over 30 helicopter mounting systems and designed and built the jack knife trailer used in Matrix Reloaded.
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