AeroStories
We want to capture the amazing and diverse career ‘stories’ of aviation professionals to continue our work in inspiring future generations and underrepresented groups into a career into this sector

Freya Garrigan, Year 13 A Level Student
Freya Garrigan, a Year 13 A Level Student from St Richard Reynolds Catholic College, shares the story of her journey with...

Flight Lieutenant Elizabeth Clark – Communications and Electronics Engineer, RAF
My life. My potential #INWED21 The 23rd of June 2021 is International Women in Engineering Day, which aims to celebrate and raise...

Helen Halie – Systems Engineer
Background Since I was very young, I knew I wanted to be to become a Pilot, growing up in Eritrea and my house wasn’t far...

Deborah Thomas – Aircraft Modeler, FlyZero, Aerospace Technology Institute
Background My Aerospace interest started at 14, when my father started flying lessons at our local flying club, Welshpool, I used...

Cristina Calero Calatayud BEng, MSc, ARAeS – Lifecycle Engineer, Rolls-Royce Defence, Bristol
BACKGROUND I have always known that to feel fulfilled at my job I needed to find a place where I could contribute to build a...

Matthew Wilmot BEng, MSc, AMRAeS – Graduate Project Manager, Telecommunication Satellites, Airbus Defence and Space
Name Matthew Wilmot BEng, MSc, AMRAeS Profession Graduate Project Manager, Telecommunication Satellites, Airbus Defence and Space...

Federico Giusto, AMRAeS M.Eng. Space Systems Engineer working on the world’s first commercial lunar landing
Background My name is Federico Giusto and since 2019 I am a space systems engineer at ispace inc.’s European office in Luxembourg...

Ali Baghchehsara, a sports pilot, and professional skier & CEO of an IT infrastructure start-up GigaHub
Ali has been working in Aerospace for 9 years, he started working as an Aerospace Engineer within the Airbus design department. He...

Mohan Venugopal – Graduate Engineer at Leonardo Helicopters UK
Hi my name is Mohan and I am a Graduate Engineer at Leonardo Helicopters in the UK. Leonardo designs, manufactures and tests...

Didunoluwa Obilanade, Aerospace Growth Partnership Programme Manager
In our new ‘Aerostories’ section highlighting the life and career of Aerospace professionals, we interview Aerospace...

Kudzi Chikohora, Pilot, Chartered Engineer, Writer
What life is like working as a pilot Being honest, COVID 19 has torn apart the aviation industry: many pilots out of work, those...

Poppy Howe – Aerospace Engineering including an Industrial Year MEng Hons degree at The University of Nottingham.
Poppy is studying for an Aerospace Engineering including an Industrial Year MEng Hons degree at The University of Nottingham. She...