Bill Perrins served 19 years in the RAF during which time he flew tours on the Vulcan Bomber, Hawk and Jet Provost trainers and the Tornado F3 Fighter. He has over 12,000 hours flying and now works as a Training Captain on Boeing 747-400s with Virgin Atlantic Airways. Bill enjoys flying a variety of smaller aircraft in his spare time, having around 1000 hours in tailwheel aircraft. The Summer months see him having the privilege of displaying a Spitfire around the airshows.