Michael Bannock

Michael Bannock is President and Founder of Worldwide Aircraft Ferrying Ltd. and Jet-Share Canada Inc.  He obtained his Private Pilot licence in 1975 and earned his Float endorsement on a de Havilland Beaver that same year under the tutelage of his father, Hall of Fame member, Russ Bannock.  Commercial Pilot licence, Multi-engine endorsement and Instrument rating followed two years later.

In 1977 Michael flew for Emirates Air Service out of Abu Dhabi.  In 1979 he founded Worldwide Aircraft Ferrying Ltd.  The company annually ferries over 100 aircraft around the world.  He was Chief Pilot for Eaton’s of Canada from 1980 to 1998, and in 2002 he founded Jet-Share Canada Ltd. which operates Cessna Citation Aircraft and conducts maintenance on Toronto-based aircraft.  In 1988 he was on contract to de Havilland Aircraft Canada Flight Operations Department performing production test flying and delivery flights on DHC 5, DHC 6, DHC 7 and DHC 8 aircraft.  He has amassed 15,500 hours of total flight time, which includes over 5,500 hours of float time.  Michael lives in Toronto.