Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Billie Flynn
Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Billie Flynn served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 23 years and presently serves as the Chief Technology Officer and 5th Generation Expert at the International Test Pilots School in London, Ontario. He has flown more than 5000 flight hours in more than 80 different aircraft in his 40+ years of flying. He flew the CF-18 Hornet operationally in Canada, Germany, and Italy. In 1997, he was assigned as Commanding Officer of 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta. During this period, he commanded the Canadian Task Force in Aviano, Italy during Operation Allied Force. He flew 25 combat missions over Kosovo and the former Republic of Yugoslavia, where his unit received Battle Honours from Queen Elizabeth II, the first such distinction for a Canadian fighting unit since World War II.
Billie is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada. He attended the United States Naval Test Pilot School, graduating as an Experimental Test Pilot. He also has a Master of Sciencedegree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University Fresno, a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.