Bob Binning has been in the aviation industry his entire working life. From a ground mechanic he rose to become a domestic and international airline captain and was appointed to Training and Check Airman status in Canada. As a Check and Training Captain he was responsible for training pilots to a standard and ensuring competency levels were maintained. He lived and worked in that and other flying capacities in the UK, Canada, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and South America. In recent years he has been lecturing as a theory instructor at a Commercial Pilot School in Sydney. Bob is the author of four published books; three on aviation and one on travel.