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1967 5BFTS First Reunion Dinner. October 14. Tony Linfield
No full textThe First Reunion Dinner for RAF pilots who had trained at 5BFTS during WW2 was held on October 14, 1967, at the Royal Aero Club, London. This image is annotated “Tony Linfield reminds”. Tony Linfield who was on Course 18 was the secretary.https://commons.erau.edu/bfts-1967-dinner-images/1005/thumbnail.jp
Jens Hennig, Participant
No full textJens Hennig is Vice President, Operations, Safety & Security at the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). He is responsible for GAMA’s activities for advancing safety, security, and operations. He is the association’s primary staff person on air traffic control modernization and issues impacting aircraft flight operations.
Jens’ engagement in policy and rulemaking committees during the past two decades covers a wide range of safety and security policy topics including ADS-B rule development and implementation, standards for navigation and communications, and pilot qualifications. He chaired FAA’s airman training and testing standards rulemaking committee which developed today’s framework for U.S. pilot training and also managed the agency’s review of the Part 135/125 air carrier regulations. He is actively engaged in the General Aviation Joint Safety Committee which is an essential body for advancing GA safety based on data-driven, systematic processes, and serves as co-chair of its Safety Analysis Team.
Jens has served in the aircraft manufacturer seat on the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) and serves as its general aviation subcommittee chair. He also served as co-chair of FAA’s Aircraft System Information Security / Protection working group on cybersecurity.
Mr. Hennig provides technical analysis about security, funding, and air traffic control modernization to GAMA’s government affairs team. He has testified about NextGen and homeland security before the U.S. Congress.
He has been a member of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Flight Standards subcommittee since its formation in 2005, focusing on the agency’s extension of scope and the establishment of a safety agreement between the European Union and the United States. He served as chair of EASA’s Operational Suitability Data rulemaking group for type design changes and was a member of the committee that developed the regulatory amendment for operation of single engine turbine airplanes in commercial service as well as rulemaking tasks focused on surveillance and data link services. Previously Jens served as the GA manufacturing industry’s representative on the Joint Aviation Authorities Operations Sectorial Team.
Hennig is actively involved with advancing data collection about the general aviation industry and frequently presents overviews of the state of general aviation, including the quarterly industry aircraft shipment report and about the manufacturing industry’s impact on the economy and a positive trade balance.
Jens has served on the RTCA Advisory Board since 2019 and the RTCA Program Management Committee since 2013. He joined the National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) board in 2022 for a three year term.
Having joined GAMA in 2003 as Manager of Operations after a stint as manager of flight operations for contract training at Embry Riddle, Jens has advanced to Vice President, Operations, Safety & Security. Originally from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, he holds a Bachelor of Science with honors in Aerospace Engineering from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a Master of Business Administration in Aviation.
Jens serves as the staff contact for GAMA’s Flight Operations Policy Committee and the Security Issues Committee.https://commons.erau.edu/avcysecworkshop-bios-2025/1021/thumbnail.jp
5 BFTS Association Newsletter No. 33 - New Year 2026
No full textThis time last year, I wrote that the New Year bought the UK very cold weather (down to -5C or 23F here but colder in other parts of the UK). The same thing has happened this year – our lowest in the UK West Midlands was -6C overnight but it was -12C in other places.
This is such a contrast to the weather the cadets found in Florida. My father arrived in October 1941 and spent Christmas at Fort Myers Beach where he wrote that the temperature reached 95F (35C). Groups of cadets went to Miami Beach at weekends to enjoy the sun and sand and the swimming pool was essential at Riddle Field. But it wasn’t all fun – Florida thunderstorms were a regular feature, and the Florida fog could be notorious. Both these weather features caused airplanes to crash and sadly, on a few occasions, cadets were killed as a result.
Chandler Mock, a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), is writing short biographies for the cadets who lie at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Arcadia, and these are being added to the 5BFTS digital archive hosted by ERAU so that their names live on. These are just some of the stories, documents and photographs that are being preserved for future generations. People are asking what their grandfathers/great-grandfathers/great-uncles, did during WW2. Thanks to this archive, if they became a pilot at 5BFTS, their descendants will be able to find out!
On January 1, 1943, the New Year Editorial in Flypaper said, “And what of 1943? Its history has yet to be written, but this we know, that each one of us will play his or her part in the writing of that history. Let us approach the coming year with our sleeves rolled up and with our heads and hearts held high. For a New Year’s resolution, let us take: In victories we shall not become too confident: in defeats we shall not be disheartened: in work we shall be faithful, that the final Victory shall be ours”.
And it was! And what of 2026? Its history has yet to be written, but each one of us will be playing our part in that making that history whatever it turns out to be. With best wishes to everyone for a Happy and Peaceful New Year
Li Yang, Organizer
No full textDr. Li Yang has been serving since 2019 as program director for the NSF CyberCorps and Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace programs, which seek to advance and bolster the U.S. cybersecurity education and workforce development. Prior to her tenure at NSF, Dr. Yang was a Guerry Professor and Director of the Information Security (InfoSec) Center at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).
Dr. Yang\u27s research encompasses network and information security, mobile security, big data analytics, massive data mining, bioinformatics, cybersecurity education, and engineering techniques for complex software system design.https://commons.erau.edu/avcysecworkshop-bios-2025/1002/thumbnail.jp
Mathew Barreras, Participant
No full textMathew Barreras is the Director of Infrastructure and Cybersecurity at Mesa Airlines, a regional carrier operating Embraer E-175 aircraft for United Express. With over 20 years of experience in IT, he has held both individual contributor and leadership roles, specializing in infrastructure, cloud computing, mobility, and cybersecurity.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Arizona State University and multiple IT and cybersecurity certifications. He is also a veteran of the Arizona Army National Guard where he served six years in the Signal Corps.
At Mesa Airlines, he has played a key role in designing and implementing the company’s cybersecurity program, aligning with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and TSA regulations. He has led initiatives to establish governance, develop policies, source staffing and tools to enhance the airline’s security posture, and secure critical infrastructure. In addition to his corporate role, he serves on the cybersecurity committee of a business association that advocates for regional airlines before federal regulators.https://commons.erau.edu/avcysecworkshop-bios-2025/1004/thumbnail.jp
Riley Montgomery, Participant
No full textRiley Montgomery is a Supervisory Special Agent over FBI Phoenix’s cyber-criminal squad. Mr. Montgomery has worked in several FBI field offices investigating national security and cyber threats. Specifically, Mr. Montgomery led several high-profile cyber investigations, including the 2020 hack of Twitter and the ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline. Immediately prior to his arrival in Phoenix, Mr. Montgomery served as a Supervisory Special Agent and Unit Chief within the FBI\u27s Cyber Division, covering criminal and national security cyber threats.https://commons.erau.edu/avcysecworkshop-bios-2025/1034/thumbnail.jp
Bound and Becoming
No full textThis poetry collection explores the theme of bound and becoming through free-verse poems that examine boundaries, inheritance, responsibility, and transformation. The poems reflect moments of pause and tension, highlighting how personal growth often occurs within constraints rather than in their absence. Through imagery of thresholds, gravity, threads, and buried seeds, the collection traces the speaker’s evolving understanding of identity and change. Together, the poems present becoming as a gradual, intentional process shaped by both limitation and choice
1967 5BFTS First Reunion Dinner. October 14.
No full textThe First Reunion Dinner for RAF pilots who had trained at 5BFTS during WW2 was held on October 14, 1967, at the Royal Aero Club, London. This image is annotated “Occasionally we drank (ii)”https://commons.erau.edu/bfts-1967-dinner-images/1016/thumbnail.jp
1967 5BFTS First Reunion Dinner. October 14.
No full textThe First Reunion Dinner for RAF pilots who had trained at 5BFTS during WW2 was held on October 14, 1967, at the Royal Aero Club, London. This image is annotated “Occasionally we drank (i)”https://commons.erau.edu/bfts-1967-dinner-images/1015/thumbnail.jp
1967 5BFTS First Reunion Dinner. October 14. Monroe S Bobst (Buddy)
No full textThe First Reunion Dinner for RAF pilots who had trained at 5BFTS during WW2 was held on October 14, 1967, at the Royal Aero Club, London. This image is annotated “Buddy instructs (1)”. Buddy was Munroe S Bobst, an instructor at 5BFTS.https://commons.erau.edu/bfts-1967-dinner-images/1012/thumbnail.jp