Aerobatic pilot trained by Ken Erickson at Sean Tucker's School of Aerobatic
Flight in US. Now his mentor and trainer is the famous Bulgarian
airshow pilot Ret.Col. Svilen Ivanov. Stefan is may be the only one
in Bulgaria who holds SES (Single Engine Sea) rating in Bulgaria. He
is a member of IAC
(International Aerobatic Club).
Chief Pilot Ret.Col.
Svilen Ivanov
Over 4200 flight hours(over 1200 aerobatics and
aerobatic instruction). He is the only acting airshow pilot in
Bulgaria. His last performance was at the "Sky for everybody 2002"
airshow at Graf Ignatievo airfield.Svilen is a member of the former
Bulgariaon Nationall aerobatic team. He is a vice champion of the
Bolkan Air Rally compettition.
Svilen is a test pilot for the DAR
Accent and DAR Vector Bulgarian build Ultralight Planes. Svilen was
the head of Bulgarian sports aviation (Pre-military training in
those days) for long years. He was the chief instructor for Balkan
Airlines flight school. Svilen has long years of experience instructing
ultralight
pilots.
Chief Engineer Msc. Eng.
Valeri Miladinov
Aviaiton
engineer with a lot of experience with light powered and unpowered
airplanes, as well as with the airliners. He started his career
maintaining the airplanes for the Bulgarian sports aviation, than he
was an engineer for Bulgarian Cropdusting Aviation Unit. He was the
Shift Engineer, Airplane Type Leading Engineer and Chief Engineer of
a Unit in Balkan Airlines Flight School.
Flight Instructor Ret. Major
Veselin Valkanov
Over 1300 flight hours.
Veselin is one of the people in Bulgaria who
know the most about Ultrlights and Ultrlight flying. He is the designer (constructor)
of the DAR Accent and DAR Vector Bulgarian build
Ultralight Planes. At the moment he is at the finall stages of
test flying of his new construction - the replica of DAR-1A the
first airplane to manifactured in Bulgaria in old days.
Veselin is a former military fighter
pilot and flight instructor with a lot of experience. After
his retirement he was flying for Balkan
Airlines.
