John Parker
Founder, Test Pilot, and Aerial Cinematographer
My Background
John Parker is an internationally recognized Aerial Photograher and Aerial Cinematographer, as well as professional test pilot with experience in testing systems for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning platforms. His pilot experience spans 3 decades, is type-rated in the Bombardier Challenger, Boeing 737, and with over 5,900 hours of flight time including time in aircraft from F-16, F-18, T-33, T-38 and many more, John’s knowledge of flight test, aerial photography, and aerial cinematography combine to provide clients with industry leading solutions.
John created ParkAir Vision to provide not only Aerial Photography and Cinematography solutions, but, also to provide the aerospace industry with a comprehensive flight test solution for chase support and flight test photo and video data.
John has visually documented large scale flight test programs from beginning to end, and in the process, invented new ways to better document required test data which often lead to reduced test time, and increased program efficiency.
Flight test support set list
- Initial taxi test
- First flight
- Initial Airworthiness
- Flutter
- Stalls
- Wind-up turns
- Vmo/Mmo
- Natural Icing
- Fuel Jettison
- Max brake energy
- Ground effects
- Takeoff Performance
- Weapon seperation
- Aerial Refueling (USAF/USN)
- Covert refueling operations
- The list goes on