ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS

James McCafferty, Chief Flying Instructor (CFI) of Microflights, used to be Deputy Head of Holne Chase Combined School in Milton Keynes.  He switched careers in 1990, joining the Department of the Environment in Westminster, and in 1997 he left the civil service to work for himself.

He caught the aviation "bug" in his teens, training on a Cessna 150 (before the money ran out) and got his A and B Gliding Certificates with the ATC.

He has been flying weight-shift microlights since 1996 and holds flying instructor and flight examiner ratings from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).  When not flying microlights, he takes his collection of historical musical instruments around schools (www.earlymusic.co.uk) and runs a business development consultancy(www.inspirience.co.uk).

He lives in the Buckinghamshire village of Great Horwood with wife Susanne, daughters Sara and Heidi and Biggles the dog.

Like James, Gareth Logan started off flying gliders as an ATC cadet and got hooked, later gliding out of Nympsfield and Blackpool.  Like most of us, he had to take a break for a few years because of work and family commitments, but during that time he kept his interest in aviation by building and flying radio controlled scale gliders.  He discovered the joy of microlighting with a trial flight from Finmere, promptly started his training with James at Microflights and gained his NPPL(M) in 2006.  He qualified as an Assistant Flying Instructor (AFI) in 2010, and now works as Microflights' second instructor, where his background in business management and driving instruction is being put to good use!