THE TEAM

There are a lot of people who continue to be involved in World Flight from its inception and without their help World Flight would not be able to continue and grow.

The following are some of the World Flight Australia Team members who work together planning and development of Worldflight Australia.

Matt Sheil
Matt is the owner and developer of the 747-400 Simulator - Virtual Cockpit Project and has been working tirelessly since January 1998 on its construction. He is responsible for ensuring that our aircraft is serviceable at all times for the event as well as a majority of the planning associated with World Flight Australia.
Matt is married with 4 children and he is the Managing Director of a Truck Accessories company in Australia. Matt holds a Private Pilots Licence and a Command Instrument Rating.

Terry Scanlan
Terry is responsible for Training and Fund Raising in World Flight .
Terry is retired and married with two daughters. A qualified Private Licence holder with 250hrs experience (although none since 1972..LOL) He is the OCEANIA Regional Director of VATSIM

John Golin
John is responsible for IT Management and Ticketing for all Worldflight projects (including this page... !)
John is an IT manager with an Australian television network, and is an integral member of the Worldflight team.

Peter Wyer
Peter is responsible for the Accounting aspect of World Flight and assists with the Fund Raising.
Married with 2 children, he is a Partner at V J Ryan & Co Chartered Accountants. Peter has been an aviation buff for over 25 years and held a RPPL for a few years. Interests are bushwalking, golf and aviation. Peter has promised not to discuss tax in the sim as in the past this tends to put people to sleep!

James Lacey
James is responsible for... entertainment.
A Musician and tele-communciations manager, he has used PS1 since 1998, and has been lucky enough to fly (sic) Matt's sim on many occasions.

Ed Parker
Ed is our specialist in Route Planning for World Flight .
Ed recently reached the age 50 milestone, the last 30 of which have been spent as a practising communications engineer. He has been a PS1 user since its release in 1996, with an interest in FMS and navigation. He holds of an amateur radio licence and a keen cyclist and resides in Melbourne.

Rob Hooley
Rob coordinates the flight crew and ATC rosters at World Flight and is responsible for ensuring we have ATC to talk to wherever we fly. He recently graduated from UTS and is currently a consultant software engineer based in Manly, NSW. On the weekends Rob is usually “smashing bugs” as he completes training at a local flying school, holding endorsements on a number of single engine types. Rob is the Director of the Australian Division of VATSIM, VATPAC