Steve started flying in 1988 having been awarded an RAF scholarship and continued his flight training at Goodwood Airfield near Chichester to gain his Private Pilot Licence in 1989. Steve started working within General Aviation at White Waltham Airfield near Maidenhead, becoming Operations Manager and subsequently Airfield Manager. Whilst at White Waltham he was involved with establishing an Air Operators Certificate (AOC), managing twin-piston engine aircraft for public charter.

Steve started professional flight training in 1991 attending the Cranfield College of Air Training with an AirUK sponsorship. Here, he completed his Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) and Assistant Flying Instructor Rating, before beginning work as a flight instructor for the Cabair Group. During this time, he returned to the Cranfield College of Air Training to gain his Qualified Flying Instructor Rating and Instrument Rating.

Joining AirUK in 1995 as a First Officer, Steve flew the Fokker 50 turboprop and in 1996 promoted to the Fokker 100 jet for KLMuk. He was promoted to Senior First Officer having successfully completed an assessment for Command in 1998. Steve achieved over 4000 hours on the Fokker 100 jet, and in 2000 was promoted to Buzz, KLM’s low-cost airline, flying the Boeing 737 and promoted to Captain in 2002. Steve flew for a further two years before leaving commercial passenger flying to start his own company: a UK flying school based in France. In 2004 he created sarl AeroGB, a French Limited company, and moved to southwest France with his family. He founded AeroGB Ltd in 2005, a UK flying school based at Gloucestershire Airport holding UK Civil Aviation approvals for flight training. 

In 2005, Steve started collaborating with AirScan Inc., an airborne ISR company, in overseas training and contract work within airborne Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR), Geo-Spatial Intelligence (GSI) and aerial surveying. Gaining experience in consultancy, contracts and tenders, aircraft sourcing and management whilst adding to his flying experience in the skills required for airborne ISR and GSI special missions.

In 2007, reporting to Lord March, Steve worked at the Goodwood Aerodrome to revitalise and create a future pathway for the flying school, creating relationships with Textron Inc. and the Cessna aviation company. Having integrated a fleet of five new aircraft into the flying school, Steve was approached by Peter Varnish OBE to start a new project. In 2011, Steve restructured AeroGB and with Peter Varnish as Chairman, recruited a new CEO and launched a new managed service in airborne ISR, GSI and aerial surveying. This new venture worked within the private and public sectors providing services for the intelligence services, police, security agencies, border agencies and a wide selection of industries requiring aerial surveying, including the forestry, utilities, and construction sectors.

After the pandemic, Steve decided to use his extensive experience and knowledge within aviation to launch a new consultancy service. This was quickly followed by working with AeroGB’s new creative lead in launching a new brand within AeroGB to design and produce eBooks. Steve turned to his experience with drones and interactions with new and current drone pilots, and in some cases their parents, to write help guides for those thinking about entering the exciting world of drone flying.