About the Crew
Sim2do is built and run by the Mockford family, who have a history with flight and flight control.
Harry Howe
Harry started flying at Sim2do in 2020 and has completed all our in-house simulator training. Harry has now started his PPL and is determined to go solo when he turns 16 . Now a Junior Pilot Instructor at Sim2do who has worked incredibly hard and continues to keep building on his knowledge!
Qualified on the Cessna training simulator.
Qualified on the F35 Lightning
Serena Bilcock nee Mockford
A qualified Simulator Pilot Instructor who has worked incredibly hard and continues to keep building on her knowledge!
Qualified on the 737-800 and the F35 Lightning
Qualified in Emergency First Aid
Teacher Training level 3
Enhanced DBS cleared to work with vulnerable groups, including children
Kenneth Mockford
Chief Pilot :- 737-800ng / Lynx MK7 / F35-B
Instrumentation's Electro Mechanical Engineer (Nutty Professor)
SAAF Impala Jet /Kudu Electrical Engineer
Motion Simulator Designer
Builder of the Boeing 737-800 Cockpit, Lynx Helicopter and F35 Fast Jet
Enhanced DBS Cleared to work with vulnerable groups, including children
Teddy
My father Ray Mockford was my inspiration to start this business. He passed away in 2015 and his best friend was Teddy . When I was building the business and simulators they would both sat on a chair giving opinions on how I should do things and generally having a laugh.
Now that my Dad is no longer with us his best friend has decided that he will spend his time with me. He still sits on a chair and looks quizzically at me when I am working on the simulators. You may meet him when you come to fly and if he feels safe he may even join you on your flight.
Ray Mockford
Ground Electronics Avionics for Mirage Fighter Jets.
Designed and built communication systems for Mirage Fighter Jets.
Designed and built systems for balancing Puma and Alouette III helicopters blades.
Enlisted Royal Air Force and served for a total of 13 years.
RAF No.1 Radio School at Locking in Somerset
RAF Henlow
RAF Masirah Oman
RAF Rhodesia
RAF Germany
Derf Mockford
Ground Electronics U2 avionics
Enlisted for the Royal Air Force and served for a total of 16 years.
RAF No.1 Radio School at Locking in Somerset
RAF West Drayton, the London Air Traffic Centre
RAF Akrotiri Cyprus
UK and RAF Bampton Castle
Patrick Mockford
Pilot Officer (Navigator), 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. During the Second World War Patrick served with the Royal Air Force. He trained in Canada and was posted as Pilot Officer (Navigator) 145353 in 207 Squadron, his younger brother also served with the Royal Air Force.
Patrick’s aircraft was on its return flight when at 1:29 am when a German flak battery at Oddesund Bridge in north-western Denmark opened fire and hit the aircraft. The pilot, Kenneth Rees, attempted to land the aircraft in a shallow inlet off the North Sea known as Nissum Bredning, 100 yards from Remmerstrand. The aircraft broke into three parts and caught fire. All on board died as a result of the incident.
Frederick Stanley Mockford
In 1917, Wireless Officer Mockford was put in charge of training and installation of two-way radio telephones in all aircraft, No 141 Squadron, RAF.
He was the originator of the "Mayday" distress call and early development of wireless services for civil aviation.
