Awesome Aviation has the unique ability to adapt to the changing aviation requirements of our clients and to react accordingly. Always quick to respond to their needs, we’re willing to do whatever it takes to provide the best possible service. Because our survival depends on it.

Our non-hierarchical structure empowers every individual to take ownership of their work and grow in their careers. This inherent culture of accountability, combined with our emphasis on teamwork, ensures that we are more effective at delivering services and solutions designed to exceed our clients’ expectations.


DIETER EBELING - CEO
  Business Development · Aircraft Leasing · Aircraft Acquisition
 
Dieter founded Awesome Aviation in 1989. He has extensive experience in all aspects of aviation and is responsible for the vision, guidance and long-term financial health of the company. His hands-on leadership approach to business ensures that he is always present at the coalface and therefore able to respond swiftly and effectively to the changing needs of the company and those of its customers.

Apart from his management responsibilities, Dieter is the direct interface for aircraft leasing and aircraft acquisition. He is type-rated on all of the company’s aircraft and has extensive flight experience within the company’s value-added operations. A past Unlimited Class National Aerobatic Champion and World Championship competitor, Dieter’s passion for aviation, and in particular for Awesome Aviation, injects a vibrant energy into the company.

SAM PRENTICE - Logistics Director
  Maintenance Controlling · Logistics · Aircraft Assessment · Training
 
Sam is highly experienced in aviation logistics and maintenance management. Her portfolio entails overseeing that the company’s aircraft are maintained to the highest standards, that maintenance scheduling is optimized and that AOG is minimized. Sam has extensive Jet and Turbo-prop flight experience which was accumulated spending many years within Awesome Aviation’s value-added flight operations. Her extensive knowledge of aircraft maintenance management as well as her flying experience in the aviation leasing environment gives her the acute insight needed to run a division where she excels in meeting operator requirements and expectations.

In her capacity as the company Training Captain, Sam is able to bring a culture into the cockpit which not only sets the standard in the value-added leasing environment, but which also ensures that the company’s aircraft are operated in accordance with best practices to ensure lower long-term operating costs and operator benefit. The unusually high dispatch reliability of the Awesome Aviation fleet bears testimony to Sam’s abilities.
 
RUSSELL PATTERSON – MD Africa / Operations Director
  Value-Added Operations · Administration · Quality Control & Standards · Client Liaison · IT
 
Russell has many years of operational and administrative experience in the aviation environment. He holds an ATP and has experience from both inside the cockpit as well as the operations centre. Russell manages all operational aspects of the company including Quality Control and administration to ensure that the 24/7 flight operations service is seamless. He holds the portfolio of Managing Director of Awesome Aviation’s Africa region as well as heading up the Flight Operations Division.

Russell continually liaises with the relevant aviation authorities and statutory bodies and faces the ever-increasing challenge of assessing and implementing value-added IT solutions within the company. He has earned a reputation as being the right person to get the job done and his role is pivotal when it comes to meeting, and exceeding, our clients’ operational expectations. He regularly re-assesses the company’s systems and services in order to continually add value that is beneficial to all concerned.
ROB TURNER - Director & Chief Pilot
   
 
Back-to-back, day and night, 365 days of the year, this is where Awesome Aviation's flight capabilities in Africa lie. Having a full complement of qualified and well-rested crew, available on demand, is an ever-challenging task. Rob Turner is an ATP qualified captain on all aircraft types owned and operated by Awesome Aviation.

His extensive commitment to Aeromedical flying since 2001 has seen him accumulate thousands of hours of hands-on experience which enables him to competently lead his team. His Aeromedical and previous contract flight experience in Africa have exposed him to the many aspects of operational flying throughout Africa. Work in such a demanding environment requires a calm and co-ordinated disposition, qualities which Rob certainly has.

Scheduling crew for flights and having them available every hour of the year is managed through his ongoing commitment and dedication. Rob also focuses on each crew member's recurrent training, license and regulatory requirements; he chairs technical proficiency workshops and holds the essential post of Flight Safety Officer. His training qualifications include Flight Safety International and coupled with his vast flying experience, they contribute enormously to the all-important culture of safety within the organisation.

JOEY VICTOR - Group Accountant
   
 
Tracking and accounting for a fleet of aircraft positioned across continents with regionally represented subsidiaries and operators is no easy task. This extremely demanding function is managed by Joey who has exceptional back-end skills and acute insight into all aspects of the accounting function within this environment. Not only does this entail keeping abreast of dynamic accounting requirements, it also requires dealing with local statutory authorities in regions where Awesome Aviation is active.

The Group Accountant oversees all aspects of the accounting and bookkeeping functions within the group and its subsidiary entities. In addition to this, Joey’s portfolio also extends to dealing with exchange control, capital purchase planning, capital expenditure, foreign exchange and financial audits, as well as management of the group’s accounting and administrative systems’ integration process which maintains an effective flow of data intra-company.


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