Team Pilots

Peter Wells - Team Leader

Peter started flying aged 15 and after accumulating 1000 hours gliding with all 3 diamonds, he converted to powered aircraft building hours flying tow planes such as Piper Cubs and the Pawnee. He bought an RF4D from the Tiger Club in 1990 which he operated for 13 years. Pete started learning aerobatics in his RF4 then went on to the 200HP RV8 before building his first Twister G-TWST. Pete has displayed the Twister as a solo item as well as part of the Swift Aerobatic Display Team throughout Europe and in the Middle East. Peter runs "Zulu Glasstek"- a company specialising in composite repairs for gliders and is the UK agent for the Twister. Pete is also the display pilot for the Silence Aircraft factory. Pete currently has over 2800 gliding and 2000 powerful flying hours. Over 1100 of those are on the Twister!!

Andy Preece

Andy joins the Twister Duo after two very successful seasons displaying the RAF Tutor T1 in 2007 and 2008. Andy has over 3000 flying hours and is a Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) and a Qualified Pilot Navigation Instruction (QPNI). Andy's log book includes the Tornado GR1 and Harrier GR7/T10 along with a number of different training types including the venerable Jet Provost, Tucano, Hawk and Dominie.

Guy Westgate

8 times National Glider Aerobatic Champion at Unlimited level and on the British team for 3 World Aerobatic Championships. Guy has been flying aerobatics since 1993 and displaying gliders since 1998, he has 2 World Records tandem paragliding with his brother, is an advanced aerobatic instructor and CAA Display Evaluator. Guy is an airline pilot and flys Boeing 747-400s for British Airways from Heathrow.