Meet our drone pilots

Teamwork

We’re incredibly proud of our team at Velocitair and rely on each other to make the whole operation integrate safely and successfully. We’re lucky to have specialist drone pilots around the country so we can benefit from their skills and expertise.

 

Scott Stanton

  • Drone Pilot

  • CAA Approvals; A2CofC, GVC, OA

Scott founded Velocitair on a wealth of aviation operational knowledge from the airline industry. Having piloted Boeing B737, B777 along with Airbus A320, A330 and A350 aircraft he brings that safety focused, solution driven approach to the drone industry.

“The incredible, growing, capabilities of drone technology and their use, offers exciting possibilities as we continue to develop methods and techniques in both inspection and filming".”

With a huge passion for photography and video creation, Scott loves to combine this with the flying to create stunning visual content.

Based in the South West of the UK, he’s never more at home than in the outdoors, especially if it involves a boat, a camera and a drone.

 

Rich Sims

  • Drone Pilot

  • CAA Approvals: A2CofC, GVC, OA

Rich and Scott met a long time ago in the airline industry when they were put on a course together learning the Airbus A320. They immediately became friends and have been ever since.

Rich started teaching the CAA drone qualifications in 2018 and with similar backgrounds in aviation and safety, decided to collaborate on projects with Scott. Rich is qualified as a CAT 1 thermographer and has got his own company, Sims UAV. He’s currently a Captain for BA , flying the Airbus A320 around Europe but when he’s not at work you’ll find him out on his road bike, running or walking the dog.

 

Matt Lindsell

  • Drone Pilot

  • CAA Approvals; A2CofC, GVC, OA

Matt has been involved in the drone industry since starting his own company, Aerial Image Revolution Ltd, in 2017. He has clock up many flight hours during this time and been involved in multiple projects, from marketing images and promo videos to various types of aerial inspection work, site monitoring and condition surveys.

Prior to this Matt was involved in the construction industry and energy sectors. He has utilised and brought forward many of his skills to the drone industry and is always looking to develop and improve. He is a qualified thermographer and budding land surveyor.

Safety and professionalism are his main focus on site. Matt loves collaborating in a team and getting stuck into a challenging or unusual project using as much specialist equipment as possible, to get the best and most impressive results.