Engineers/Fabrication Team

Ian Slater

Project Lead
Quality Manager
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer “S”

Ian apprenticed as a Millwright/Machinist/Industrial Mechanic prior to joining the Canadian Air Force in 1997 as an Aircraft Structures Technician. He is a licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer “S” (Structures) with experience in both civilian and military structures overhaul, repair and restoration. Ian has experience on 16 fixed and rotary wing aircraft types. During his service with the Canadian Air Force, Ian served with many units throughout Canada and the Middle East including 438 and 440 Squadrons, two of the three Canadian Wartime Typhoon units. Ian has been working towards the goal of an airworthy Typhoon since 1991.

Graham Allen

Propulsion/Systems Lead
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (NZCAA)

Graham has been working in aerospace for 24 years. Initially Graham joined the RNZAF in 1991 as a helicopter mechanic, after completing 8 years of service he continued work as an Aircraft Maintenance engineer in the civilian sector with some of the largest rotary wing operators in the world. Graham left New Zealand when he was 29, and has worked in 42 different countries in his career. During this time he worked not only on rotary wing aircraft, but also spent 2 years with the Subritsky Collection in New Zealand, working on Spitfire Mk. XVIe TE330 and Gloster Meteor NF.11 WD767.

Martin Cherneff

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer “S”

Martin is an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer “S” (Structures) who has been in the aviation industry for 25 years. He has directly overseen 20 rebuilds of DH legacy products, and many conversions to turbine. Martin is also an avid modeller and restorer of vintage cars.

Rob Roy

Bio In Progress

Design Team

Bruce R.N. Slater

Mechanical Designer

Bruce has 40 years Product Design & Development work history; primarily in the Marine and Tension Fabric Structure industries. Bruce received formal drafting training ‘on the board’, changing to computer drafting in the early 90s. The result is 20 years of 3D computer modeling experience with extensive materials and manufacturing process knowledge.

Martin Oldfield

Retired Aeronautical Engineer

Martin has spent nearly 50 years in the Aerospace Industry starting as an Engineering Apprentice at Armstrong Whitworth in Coventry, England. He immigrated to Canada in 1966 and worked on a variety of projects in many disciplines including manufacturing, engineering mock-ups, production support, value and design engineering.
Projects included Douglas DC 10 Wing in Malton, Ontario; Saunders Aircraft ST-27 Regional Aircraft in Gimli, Manitoba; Canadair Challenger and Bombardier Regional Jet, Montreal, Quebec; Lavi Multirole Fighter, Israeli Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv; IPTN N250 Regional Commuter Turboprop, Bandung, Indonesia; Boeing 747, 767, 777, 787 and SFAR88 Fuel Systems Safety Analysis, Everett, Washington. Was also briefly involved in the Comox Spitfire Project providing reverse engineering support until it was taken over by Vintage Wings and eventually moved to Ottawa.

Chris Humphris

3D CAD

Retired RF Technician/Project Manager
20 years’ service with Royal Australian Air Force where I trained as a Radio Technician Ground.
30+ years with Australian RF Microwave Communications Industry as Project Manager.

Media and Development Team

Graeme Sutherland

Project Historian Mechanical Engineer

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Canterbury University, Christchurch NZ. Graeme has worked for 33 years as a mechanical engineer, with experience in forestry transport, paper mill systems, and marine inspection. Throughout his career, Graeme has focussed his efforts on energy saving projects where he drafts his designs and alterations to existing systems using CAD.
While his aviation interests began in high school, they have been rekindled through the return to flight of Mosquito KA114, and the study of the marvellous Napier Sabre H24.

Andy Wallace

Pilot

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	Ian McInerney
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	Jiří Strouhal
Bio In Progress

ALUMNI

We recognize our amazing volunteers who have provided their time and expertise to this project and understand that there are often other priorities in life. The contributions of all alumni members are significant in getting us where we are today, and we hope to have the opportunity to work with each of you again!

	Nicolas Walter
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Jonathan Cook

Jonathan has been an active member within the DND for 8 years with 3 of those being in the Airforce. While the military has assisted in refining Jonathan’s technical skills, he has long possessed a wide scope of abilities ranging from textiles to refinishing and composites. His family history in aviation combined with a keen interest in fabricating led to the birth of his company, Avro Fabrication, where Jonathan’s skills are constantly being challenged.

Cam Wallace

Cam is the son of 193 Sqn Typhoon pilot Emerson Wallace. Growing up listening to stories of his father’s Typhoon operations, and around his post war career as a pilot, Cam developed a strong interest in historic aviation with direct links to the dangerous operations flown by Typhoon pilots. Cam started his career in aviation as a teenager with B.C. Forest Products, and as a licensed AME M1/M2 he has experience on 20+ fixed and rotary wing types. The Wallace family truly has aviation in their blood with his mother, father, sister and brother all being pilots.