Jerry Conley "VLAD" Vampire Pilot

Jerry Conley, President of Vampire Aviation, LLC. and chief pilot. Jerry’s flying career started at eight years old when he got a kids book titled "Jerry the Jet" and the rest is history.

STEM Certified Pilot 

• B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from The Florida State University, College of Engineering. (1990)

• Graduated in the top of his class being a member of the prestigious Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.

• Laboratory instructor designing  experiments for engineering courses at two major Universities.

• Member  of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive and Aerospace Engineers, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 

• Laboratory Instructor Florida State University COE (1984-1990)
  

• Senior Engineer Tyndall AFB for BDM International Gulf War received company Quality Award of Excellence. (1990-1991)

• Senior design engineer Mason and Hanger Engineering (1991-1993)

• Consultant for NASA, DARPA, Dept of Army, USAF (1990-present)
  

• CEO Wildcat Fuels, Inc. (1993-2013)

• President Red Alert Inc. (2004-2016)

• President Vampire Aviation (2016-present)
• Senior VP Sales PonyPay 2013-Present

• Jerry is proud to have served our country in the United States Air Force and is an honorably discharged veteran. (1980-1986)

Flight Experience

• 42 years experience, includes aircraft such as Beechraft Bonanza, Cessna 172, Citabria, Super Decathalon, SAI Marchetti, Bell Helicopters, HA-200 Casa Jet, Dehavilland DH-115 Vampire, Dehavilland DH-112 Swiss Venom, L-39, and AVL-29 and BAC Strikemaster. 

• Jerry has performed at Airshows across the country fly high performance jet aircraft for 20 years.

• Ratings include Comercial, Instrument, Multi Engine, Helicopter, and multiple jet type ratings. 

• Surface Level Aerobatic card with Solo Jet certification, and dogfight.

• Jerry is the Highest time Vampire pilot currently flying with over 700 hours in the Vampire.

USAF Colonel Andrew "Malo" Malousek

STEM Certified Pilot

• B.A. in History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1996).
• M.A. in Leadership Studies from Marshall University (2018).
• Distinguished Graduate from USAF Pilot Training.
• Distinguished Graduate from KC-135R Initial Course.
• Instructor and Evaluator Pilot in the Nebraska Air National Guard since 1999 flying the KC-135R and deployed flying the RC-700A.
• Former pilot of the USDA flying Turbine Beech 18’s.
• Former pilot for the US Department of State flying Casa’s, Twin Otters, Porters and DC-3TP’s.
• Boeing 727 Flight Engineer, Boeing 727 First Officer, Boeing 757 First Officer, Boeing 777 First Officer and current Boeing 777 Captain at a major Airline.
• His ratings include ATP MEL, Commercial SEL, SES, MES, and Glider, CFI, CFII, MEI, Flight Engineer-Turbojet, Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic.
• Andrew is also a Designated Pilot Examiner able to administer numerous types of FAA examinations.

Flight Experience:

• B-777, B-767, B-757, B-707, B-720, BBD700, DC-3TP, BE400, BE300, CN295, MU300

• Pitts S-1C, Pitts S-2B, Yak-52, Yak-55, Super Decathalon, Zlin 526, T-6

• AF aircraft..T-37, T-1A, KC-135R, RC-700
• Total hours 16,500

USAF Chief Master Sergeant Mat “Rainman” Ellison

Aviation Experience

• B.S. in Business from Peru State College (2003)
• M.S. in Aviation Safety from Liberty University (2023)
• Single and Multi-Engine Commercial rated pilot with more than 1,100 hours in over 30 unique aircraft types, including T-34, T-6, PC-12, B-24A, MAI-890, Stearman, PZL Wilga, F-16D and the Yak-52.
• Experienced warbird pilot and maintainer primarily operating and maintaining the B-29A, B-24A, T-6, Beech 18, Stearman, P-51, T-34, Yak-52, PZL Wilga, MAI-890
• FAA Certificated Reciprocating Flight Engineer with ratings in the B-29A and B-24/LB-30 Bombers
• FAA Certificated Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic
• FAA Certificated Advanced Ground Instructor
• 33 Years US Air Force service. 6 Years as an RF-4C and KC-135 Crew Chief, 27 Years as a KC-135 Instructor/Evaluator Boom Operator.  Over 5,200 military flight hours including over 1,100 combat hours.

Wingspan Aviation, based in Tyler Texas is one of the United States leading jet warbird maintenance teams.  Wingspan has the tools and knowledge to tackle just about any jet warbird project.