Andy Durston

Growing up with aviation in the family, Andy had an early exposure to flying helicopters. But the spark didn’t until his teens.

After learning to fly at 17 years old, the passion grew. And Andy went on to gain his Display Authorisation in 2006, flying various Yaks and Pitts. During this time, he started to learn the art of formation aerobatics.

Andy Joined the Navy in 2005, progressing through the Fixed-Wing pipeline on the Tucano, Hawk and Harrier. Together with Jon Gowdy, Andy co-founded the FireFlies Aerobatic Display Team in 2016.

He started flying Spitfires in 2017, his first Spitfire being ML407, the Grace Spitfire. Since then, Andy has been lucky enough to fly a variety of warbirds, and some iconic aeroplanes including the Boeing 747, which he flew until it was retired from service at British Airways.