THE TEAM
The success of POLO Aviation, rests on it's team of highly experienced and versatile personnel. We have a mixture of Civilian and Ex-Military Pilots at the coal face of operations, delivering the highest standard of flying and professionalism expected of them by Myself and the Managing Director.
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Behind the scenes we pride ourselves on the commitment of our experienced ground crew and admin staff, which, due to their continued drive and passion for aviation, aid in the successful and safe delivery of our events and services.
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R.Kellie
POLO Aviation - Chief Pilot
STAFF
Peter Hall
Founder & Managing Director
Peter qualified with the Army Air Corps in 1976, flying in Germany, Northern Ireland and the UK. Upon leaving the Army he completed his commercial pilots exams and formed Polo Aviation Ltd in 1984.
Type Rated: R22, B206, AS350 and AS355,
Type Rating Instructor (TRI), Type Rating Examiner (TRE), Abanitio Instructor (FI)
Robert Kellie
Chief Pilot
Robert qualified with the Army Air Corps in 1971, flying in the UK, Northern Ireland, Norway, and Ethiopia. Upon leaving the Army in 1976 he completed his commercial pilots exams.
Joined Polo Aviation Ltd in 1997 as Chief Pilot
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Type Rated: Bo105, B206, AS350 and AS355
Sotirios Karvountzis
Pilot
Sotirios has been a Commercial helicopter pilot since 2007, qualifying with Heliflight UK. His experience includes pleasure flying and charter work.
Type Rated: R22, B206, AS355
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Instrument Rated (IR)
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Sally Hall
Financial Director
Sally has been a director since the company was formed, not only can she manage the finances but can often be found working with ground crew at various events.
Ian Purnell
Operations Manager
Ian joined Polo full time in 2005 having been a part time member of the ground crew for several years. He has a background in logistics and data analysis.
David Lomas
Pilot
David completed his Commercial Pilots Licence on leaving the Army.
He has his own Helicopter Company and worked alongside POLO Aviation since the 1990's. His experience ranges from fire-fighting to aerial filming for Athens Olympics, Doha Asian Games and South African World Cup.
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Type Rated: AS350, B206, B407
Graham Barnes
Pilot
Graham gained his commercial pilots licence in 2009. He is also a type rated engineer on AS355, Bell 206 and EC135.
Graduating from Kingston University with a BEng Honours in Aircraft Engineering, he trained as aircraft engineer in the Royal Navy between 1991 and 1996.
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Type Rated: B206
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Julie Blundal
Accounts
Julie has the morning shift in the office, and not only deals with the day to day accounts but also handles general enquiries.
Hamish Eyre
Pilot & Safety Manager
Graduated with a commercial pilots licence for helicopters from Oxford Aviation Ltd in 2004. Experienced in pleasure flying, charter and aerial filming work.
Alongside flying duties, Hamish manages the company Safety Management Systems
Type Rated: R22, R44, HUGHES 269, HUGHES 369, B206, AS350, AS355
Duncan Urch
Pilot
Duncan qualified in the UK with a Private Pilots Licence in 2004, with the ambition of pursuing a career in aviation he completed his Commercial Pilots License in 2011.
Joined Polo Aviation Ltd in 2012.
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Type Rated: B206
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Lucy Quinn
Administration & Enquiries
Lucy can be found in the office in the afternoons dealing with general enquiries and the administration of Polo Aviation.