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We welcome Russ Brannan to the Leadership Team

7 June 2022

We are delighted to welcome Russ Brannan to the Leadership Team, who has joined Ascent in the role of Head of Safety Engineering & Assurance from Airbus Helicopters UK.  Russ has spent 20 years in the Aerospace industry, initially training as an Avionics Technician in the Royal Air Force, where he

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Tim James, Managing Director

Tim was appointed Managing Director of Ascent Flight Training in November 2018 and has over 20 years’ experience in the

Tim Croydon – Qualified Instructor 3FTS RAFC Cranwell

Having served a full career of some 32 years in the RAF, I wanted to harness my extensive teaching roles

Richard Thorpe, Qualified Observer Instructor

What attracted you to work at Ascent? One of the biggest draws to this job having left a long career