The
Incredible Team
We’ve assembled
a highly-qualified team of flight instructors and pilots to prepare
you for the physical and emotional challenges of space flight. You’ll
be in good hands with men like Skip Holm and Jeff Acord.
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| Lt.
Colonel Skip Holm |
Lt. Colonel
Skip Holm began his distinguished aviation career in the US Air
Force, graduating with distinction from all Air Force Flight Schools
and going on to serve as an instructor at the Air Force Test Pilot
School. Among his military service awards are three Distinguished
Flying Crosses and twenty- five Air Combat Medals. He has more combat
flight hours than any other pilot in the world. He was enrolled in
the shuttle program but gave up his dream of becoming an astronaut
when the shuttle program stalled. Skip has over 500 hours of pressure
suit flight time and was an NF104 pilot.
Skip has more
than 14,000 flight hours in over 60 types of military aircraft. From
1978 to 1994, Skip was an experimental test pilot with Lockheed’s
famous “ Skunk Works” program, helping engineer and flight test the
F-22, F-117, U-2R, TR-1 and many other still-classified aircraft.
When not training
civilians for space flight, Skip works as an aerospace engineer, test
pilot and Hollywood stunt pilot while actively competing as a race
pilot and performing in air shows around the country.
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| Jeff
Acord |
Jeff Acord
has been flying since high school, holds a Multi Engine Airline Transport
Pilot license and has over 2500 hours of flight time in 103 different
makes and models of aircraft. He graduated from Embry Riddle University
with a BS in Professional Aeronautics and spent 24 years as an air
traffic controller.
Jeff has set
five aviation world speed records (so far!) and is one of the very
few pilots in the world to hold records in three platforms. (Those
few include world traveler Steve Fossett, SpaceShip One pilot Mike
Melville and our very own Hollywood Top Gun pilot Dave Riggs.)
Jeff, call sign
"Magnum", has over a decade of experience as an Aviation Safety Counselor
and was nominated Aviation Safety Counselor of the Year in 2003. He's
delivered safety seminars and briefings to over 7500 people. He currently
co-hosts the webcast "Perspectives in Aviation Safety".
When not training
civilians for space flight, Jeff takes Incredible Adventures customers
on incredible biplane rides in Carlsbad and works as a Lear jet charter
pilot. He's also a part-time actor and model.
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