RAF Typhoon Display Pilot 2011

Flt Lt Tim Clement

‘Home’ to Flt Lt Tim Clement is Aberdeen and the surrounding countryside of Grampian. Though born in Swansea, Tim moved with his family to Scotland at the age of eight with his father’s work in the oil industry. Whilst attending Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen, Tim was a keen rugby player and also got out to the Highlands skiing or hiking whenever he could. From school, Tim went to EdinburghUniversity to read Mechanical Engineering. Soon after arriving in Edinburgh, Tim joined East Lowlands University Air Squadron based out of RAF Turnhouse and latterly RAF Leuchars. He was awarded a bursary from the RAF in this time and upon leaving Edinburgh in 1997, joined the RAF as a Pilot. Tim was streamed fast jet and following advanced flying training, was selected as a first tourist ‘creamie’ instructor. He spent 3 years as a Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) on Tucano at RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire and gained an A2 qualification.

In 2003, Tim went back into the flying training system, which he completed on the Hawk at RAFValley. He was selected to fly the Jaguar on16(R) Sqn at RAF Coltishall in Norfolk. Following the Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), he was posted to 41(F) Sqn where he became Combat Ready and took part in multiple overseas deployments and exercises in Europe, North America and the Middle East including Red Flag and ATLC. Tim moved to RAF Coningsby and 6 Sqn in 2006 when 41(F) Sqn became the Strike Attack OEU.

Tim remained on the Jaguar until it was finally disbanded in 2007, following which he was selected to join the Typhoon Force. On completion of the OCU in early 2008, he remained on 29(R) Sqn as a Qualified Pilot Instructor (QPI). Tim has trained many of the current serving national and international Typhoon Force pilots and has taken part in multiple overseas detachments. Tim was selected as the Typhoon Display Pilot in 2010 and is absolutely thrilled to be able to do it all over again in 2011.

Outside of ‘the office’, Tim spends as much time as possible with his family. Whilst Tim is a keen sportsman and in particular a runner, sport has taken a back seat to changing nappies in the last two years. Tim and his wife Emma celebrated the arrival of baby Grace in February of this year, who is a welcome little sister to his 2 year old daughter, Freya. Including his two cats Simba and Sabah, worryingly for Tim, the female /male ratio in the house is now 4:2!