instructors-team

Bij E-Flight Academy werken we met een gedreven team van professionals die zich vol passie inzetten voor de toekomst van elektrisch vliegen. Ons management stuurt de academie met visie en innovatie, onze instructeurs begeleiden studenten met expertise en toewijding, en ons operations-team zorgt ervoor dat alles op rolletjes loopt – in de lucht én op de grond. Samen maken we duurzame luchtvaart toegankelijk en brengen we de volgende generatie piloten naar nieuwe hoogten! ✈️

Evert-jan Feld

Co-founder and Head of Training. Evert-jan also has a past with the ANWB Lifeliner Helicopter (EC-135), Defense, and HeliCentre.

Matthijs Collard

Co-Founder & Accountable Manager. Daarnaast is Matthijs piloot en een gepassioneerde ontwerper van digitale producten.

Merlijn van Vliet

Co-owner and specialized in marketing. Merlijn is also a pilot and works for companies that promote electric aviation.

Paulien van Luijn

Flight Operations Manager. Paulien also has a background in facility management, and was the first to complete the Fly-2-gether course.

Wesley Heimgartner

Assistant Flight Operations Manager. Wesley is also pursuing an aviation-related study on the development of charging infrastructure networks for electric aviation.

Mirella Janssen

Chief Flight Instructor and Examiner. Mirella has a history with various flight schools in the Netherlands and Germany and has flown on the Dash 8 Q400.

Ruben Fürste

Instructor and Examiner. Additionally, Ruben is a Ground School instructor at HeliCentre, and provides R/T (Radio/Telephony) lessons.

Arjan Meins

Flight instructor, also working as a pilot at KLM on the B737. Arjan has a past at the Royal Navy and Martinair.

Mitchell Bosch

Flight Instructor and Safety & Compliance Monitoring Manager. Mitchell has also taught in Norway at Pilot Flight Academy.

Matthijs Degen

Flight Instructor. Also working as an experimental test pilot at Defense on the Cougar and Chinook helicopters.

Peter Derickx

Flight instructor, and also First Officer on the B777/787 at KLM. Peter has experience on all kinds of aircraft including the Embraer E190/175 and F16.

Martijn Kersten

Flight instructor. Martijn also works for Defence on the Eurocopter Cougar, and has participated in the Flying World and European Aerobatic Championships.

Robbert Rimmelzwaan

Flight instructor. Robbert also works at PAL-V FlyDrive Academy.

Sander Hofstee

Flight instructor, and soon First Officer on the Phenom 300E. Sander has also been a glider pilot since he was 14.

Kazu Toh

Vlieginstructeur, Kazu heeft zijn Flight Instructor opleiding bij E-Flight gevolgd. 95% van de vlieguren zijn elektrisch gevlogen.

Ronald Groenink

Vlieginstructeur, Ronald is gepensioneerd gezagvoerder B737 bij de KLM, en nu opgeleid tot FI bij E-Flight.

Gert-Jan Vooren

Vlieginstructeur en daarnaast First Officer op de Boeing 777/787 bij KLM. Gert-Jan beschikt over een brede ervaring op uiteenlopende toestellen, waaronder de Fokker 70/100, Boeing 737, Airbus A330 en de F-16.

Eelke Monsma

Flight instructor. Eelke also works for KLM Flight Academy as a flight instructor and at EPST on the simulator, with a past at Aero Locarno SA in Switzerland.