Our Team
Our team is comprised of Pilots and Ground Coordinators. Our team works together to carefully execute our timed flyovers.
About Our Pilots
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Jim “Killer” Kilpatrick LEAD PILOTJim Kilpatrick has an extensive flight background flying with the U.S. Air Force and American Airlines. After graduating from Western Carolina University he joined the Air Force and attended Air Force flight school. He flew 257 missions in the F-100 Super Saber in Viet Nam and among his medals he holds two Distinguished Flying Cross Medals, thirteen Air Medals, and the Viet Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Jim flew for American Airlines for 34 years in various aircraft across the United States, South American, Europe, and the Far East. He was a Check Airmen on the Boeing 757 & Boeing 767 and retired in 2006 after flying the Boeing 777. He and his wife Beverly have lived in Cary, N.C. for over 30 years where they raised their four daughters. He flies an RV-14 “Miss Bev” with the Bandit Team.Jim Kilpatrick has an extensive flight background flying with the U.S. Air Force and American Airlines. After graduating from Western Carolina University he joined the Air Force and attended Air Force flight school. He flew 257 missions in the F-100 Super Saber in Viet Nam and among his medals he holds two Distinguished Flying Cross Medals, thirteen Air Medals, and the Viet Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Jim flew for American Airlines for 34 years in various aircraft across the United States, South American, Europe, and the Far East. He was a Check Airmen on the Boeing 757 & Boeing 767 and retired in 2006 after flying the Boeing 777. He and his wife Beverly have lived in Cary, N.C. for over 30 years where they raised their four daughters. He flies an RV-14 “Miss Bev” with the Bandit Team.
About Our Ground Coordinators
Our Ground Coordinator Team works from the ground and in flight to coordinate the arrival of the Bandit Flight Team over a target on the ground at a specific time. Most of our flyovers are precisely timed to occur at the conclusion of The National Anthem, an opening ceremony, or speech. Our Ground Coordinator team is able to have the Bandit Flight Team overhead within a window of time measured in only seconds.
