Current LMSC Coaches

Aircraft
Sites and availability
Ad hoc coaching
Guiding and/or mentoring
Specialism
Background
Name and contact info
PG North Wales, Mynd, France and Spain Yes Yes Hill. Groundhandling techniques, flying without the use of instruments. 200 hours Les Bibby
Les Bibby
lesthefez@hotmail.com 07972501464
PG John Bowman
John Bowman
01562 850885
PG Mainly Longmynd, North Wales and Snowdonia areas. Plus a fairly broad range of sites flown abroad Yes Yes Hill and XC 200 hours Sam Buckland
Sam Buckland
email@sambuckland.com 07969 416177
HG Long Mynd or Malvern club sites Yes Yes XC / thermalling P rated for HG, with areo tow rating. 20 years. Gary Carter
Gary Carter
01527 596331
PG LMSC, Malverns. Yes Yes Tandem rated Flying since 98, P rated and tandem rated, about 200 hours. Roy Dade
Roy Dade
01743 361975
07745 836699
Any day
PG James Davidson
James Davidson
01547 540226
PG Mostly Mynd and North Wales sites. Have flown in Turkey, France, Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Morocco Yes No XC, thermalling. Flying since 93, AP rated Hill Paraglider Pilot with 1300 hours. Malcolm Davies
Malcolm Davies
07710738846 Mainly weekends.
HG Mynd, Sarn, Corndon, St Andre (home for much of the year) Yes No Hill and Towing, XC. Senior coach. 30 years Tim Dunn
Tim Dunn
rtdunn@computassist.co.uk
PG Tony Flint
Tony Flint
01952 257123
07967 789829
PG Mynd and Aravis (Grand Bornand) Yes Yes Hill and XC, speedwings, PG Tandem, Skydiving. Parachute packing 19 years Tony Goodridge
Tony Goodridge
01480 351928
Available from May, summer only.
PG LMSC and some of the more Southern N Wales sites Yes No Confidence in getting back in the air after an accident. Forward launching. 200 Michaela Hardwick
Michaela Hardwick
07799 527689
PG Chris Haynes
Chris Haynes
07973 166456
PG Long Mynd area, Snowdonia. French Alps Yes Yes Hill and XC. Long term coaching. Competitions 5 years Martin Knight
Martin Knight
martin@cloudbasephotography.co.uk 07787 226279
PG Mynd Yes Yes PG and Sailplane. XC. Weather forecasting. Tandem flights. 16 years Nigel Lassetter
Nigel Lassetter
ndlassetter@blueyonder.co.uk 07976 125887
HG and PG Mynd, Wrekin, Sarn, Corndon, Bache Yes Yes Hill. FPLA HG. XC HG 10 years - all levels of wing. PG 6 years Wayne Millichope
Wayne Millichope
wayne1-_@tiscali.co.uk 07812 340757
HG and PG LMSC sites - only in UK during the summer Yes Yes Long term Mentoring. Hill and XC. HG and PG and recently competition. Flying since 1996. Judith Mole
Judith Mole
judithm@directlearn.co.uk 0771 721 4365
Spring/Summer only
HG Long Mynd sites + Malvern, Llangollen, Swinford (aerotow). Some european locations Yes - weekends Yes Rigid wing, Hill and XC. Weather forecasting All levels of HG experience over 28 years Jason Smith
Jason Smith
jsmith@uvintegration.com 01384 373864 or 07966 652972
HG and PG Long Mynd or Malvern club sites to the south and east of the LMSC area (Mynd, Wrekin, Sarn, Corndon, Malverns, Much Marcle, Leckhampton, Edge hill) Yes No UK only. Hill, Towing and XC. Conversion between aircraft types. Weather forecasting. Entry level competitions HG and FLPA HG 30 years 600hrs, Sailplane 300hrs, GA 60hrs and now mostly PG (230hrs). Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas
dgwt@hotmail.co.uk 07867 829563
PG Keith Woodville
Keith Woodville
07773765644