Our 2026 Speakers
Details of our 2026 Speakers will be added as they are confirmed in the run up to our Convention.
Rich Pillans
FDD and Test Pilot
Richard "Rich" Pillans serves as the Chief Test Pilot for Boeing in the UK. He leads the company's Test & Evaluation (T&E) capability team, based at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, which he helped establish in 2014 as Boeing's first permanent, full-capability T&E team outside of the USA
Amelia Richardson
Media Influencer
Amelia Richardson, widely known online as "Amelia The Glider Pilot," is a dynamic and inspiring young aviator dedicated to sharing her passion for flight and encouraging more young people, particularly girls, to enter the aviation sector.
Marcus Jannitto
USAF (Retd)
Marcus Jannitto is passionate about making people think differently about how they lead, and the essential role air shows play both in inspiring people of all ages with the magic of flight and developing the next generation of aviators.
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Wg Cdr Adam Collins
EAC Board Member
Adam Collins is a former Tornado GR4, F-111 and Hawk Pilot, having recently finished his tour as the Officer Commanding of the RAF's Red Arrows.
Luke Carrico
Airshow Commentator
Luke Carrico is a highly sought-after professional air show announcer, commentator, and independent consultant known for his enthusiastic delivery and ability to connect spectators directly to the action overhead. He has dedicated his life to the art form of air show commentary since 2008, turning professional in 2015.
Joe McGrath
Airshow Commentator
Joe is a well known international airshow commentator, covering many of the worlds largest trade shows, events and activities. Joe's aviation background, combined with his media career, brings a unique perspective to airshows.
Airshow Commentator and Producer
Adam Landau
Many will know Adam for his work with PlanesTV and has branched out into Commentary. Adam has a passion for aviation and has many perspectives on the future of airshows in particular, catering for the younger generation.
GAF EF2000 Pilot
Alex Stegmair
Captain Alex 'Noble' Stegmair is an accomplished pilot for the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), best known for his dynamic role as the Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon Solo Display Pilot from the 2021 through 2025 seasons.
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UK Civil Aviation Authority
Paul Szluha
Paul Szluha is a highly experienced commercial pilot, Display Authorisation (DA) holder, and engineer who serves as a Flight Standards Officer (FSO) within the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), specifically within the General Aviation (GA) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Unit.
AeroCreativ
Rob Barsby
Rob Barsby is well known as part of the Aerosparx team. Rob joins us as part of AeroCreativ to look at some of the World Records the organisation have set with their collaboration.
Genevey Aerobatics
Daniel Genevey
Born in France, Daniel grew up in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe where he still spends most of my free time. After being part of the French team, he joined Hungary in 2015.A world class aerobatic, air race and air show pilot, he has been competing in world championships of each discipline since 2011.
F-16 Zeus Demo Pilot
Georgios Samalis
Captain (P) Georgios Samalis is the Display Pilot of the HAF F-16 Demo Team «Zeus».
He joined the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 2007. In 2013, he was assigned in 111CW/Flight Training Squadron in F-16 Block 30. Since 2014, he is assigned to the 330 Squadron. He has a flight experience of more than 1600 hours, 1300 of which are on the F-16.
EF2000 Demo Pilot
Lars Iwersen
Lars is a pilot with German Air Force, currently flying the Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon and is part of the Demo Team structure. Lars also has a passion for Human Factors and joins us to discuss aspects of HF in Display Flying.