Gary Mortimer
| Gary Mortimer | |
|---|---|
 Gary Mortimer | |
| Born |
September 26, 1967 Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Residence | South Africa |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | CEO sUAS News Group |
Gary Mortimer (born 1967, Bristol, England)
Editor of sUAS News [1] an unmanned aviation news website. Hot air balloon pilot and current holder of the South African Hot Air Balloon Altitude record. The record was set on 9 May 2005 when he flew to an altitude of 30,334 feet (9,246 m) with DJ Lev David, on a flight in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa.[2] The flight [3] took off from Estcourt Airfield and the landing took place just outside of Weenan
Currently living in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands and working on projects involving Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS
In 2010 with Chris_Anderson_(writer), Gary created the T3 competition on popular drone building enthusiasts site DIY Drones [4] He remains the chief judge for the competiton. In July of 2010 he was the first person to fly a fixed wing unmanned aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire,England. He flew the Boomerang[5] wing with an AttoPilot autopilot inside.
Lived in the Somerset village of Dowlish Wake and educated at Wadham Community School Crewkerne
Served in the RAF 1984-1988
Chivenor No. 63 Squadron RAF
References
- ↑ http://www.suasnews.com/about/
- ↑ "Record hot-air high for East Coast DJ". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ "Hot-air balloonists reach new record heights". http://www.iol.co.za/. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ http://diydrones.com/notes/Contests
- ↑ "Tiny drones perform in indoor arena". http://www.ainonline.com. Retrieved 07 Feb 2014.