Ian Pringle

Ian Pringle lived and worked in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) as an industrial chemist. He was later drafted into the Police Reserve Air Wing as a pilot during the Rhodesian Bush War and was involved in numerous hostile contacts.

Pringle received his MBA in the United Kingdom and spent his career working for Castrol International and BP, mostly in Asia and Europe. He has always had a passion for being in the air, and obtained a commercial pilot license to fly helicopters and ex-military fast jets, and he has completed over 1 500 free-fall parachute jumps.

In 2004, after he retired to Cape Town, South Africa, Pringle (and his two Cold War jets) teamed up with the aircraft company Thunder City. Where he flew Hawker Hunters, Buccaneers and other aerobatic aircraft.