Pilot, sailor, photographer, geek!
Welcome to my home page, Hangout. My name is Chris Parker. I’m a retired pilot (long-haul) and occasional light aircraft pilot and instructor. I’ve always enjoyed travelling and usually document my travels with photography. I live in London, in the UK.
Gained a PPL in 1972, courtesy of the RAF Flying Scholarship, started flying in the RAF (1976) – Bulldog, Jet Provost, Gnat, Hawk, Harrier. Left the RAF to join the airlines – Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong (1988) – L-1011 Tristar, Boeing 747-400 and A340-200. Since 1996, back in the UK on the A330-300, A340-300, A340-600 and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with Virgin Atlantic. Now retired from professional aviation and sailing around the world in our Oyster 56.
We owned a 1980 Beech A36 Bonanza until 2020 when we sold her and bought a 2001 Oyster 56 yacht. EASA/CAA light aircraft Flying Instructor FI(A). Qualified as RYA Yachtmaster Offshore in 2010 and Yachtmaster Ocean in 2023. Gained the professional Remote Pilot Qualification – Small Unmanned Aircraft (RPQ-S) Certificate in 2015.
Apart from links to my photo sites, you’ll find some articles on light aircraft flying around the world, a little about professional flying and some stuff on photography.
My photographs get uploaded to various places. Most of my half-reasonable ones can be found on Flickr. I occasionally put the best on my photo-blog, daily-photo.net. I also have a gallery on this site which contains aircraft photos, photos of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport, and some sailing photos.
I hope you enjoy your visit here and find what you want.
My A36 Bonanza mini-blog is here, my Mistral Sailing blog is here, and my “about me” page has some more links. Karen’s excellent travel blog is here.
To contact me please use the Contact page on this site.