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Tore Granaas
» Director
Born 1934 Oslo, Norway

Education

  • Degree in Fligth Safety Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology(KTH).
  • Degree in Electronic Engineering, Technical Institute of Technology(STI).
  • Degree from the British Institute of Engineering Technology (Gas turbine engines).
  • Airline Transport Pilot Licence: ATPL *B747,*B767,*B727, MD80/DC-9,F-27,CV-440.
    (* All trained by the BOEING company).
  • Total Flying Hours: 13 500 (PIC 3500).
  • International Test Pilot's School. (Cranfield UK).
  • Aircraft Maintenance Engineer License: MII & MIII.
  • Flight Engineer License: DC8-33/55/62/63, *B747.
  • Flight Simulator Engineer License.
  • Flight Simulator Instructor and Check pilot MD80/B767.

Aviation/Management Experience

  • 1951-86 SAS-Scandinavian Airlines System and secondment to Thai Airways International, Nigeria Airways and Nordair.
  • 1979-83 TransAir Sweden (leave of absence from SAS).
  • 1984-88 Oman Aviation Services (OAS). Flight Operations Manager/Capt.
  • 1988-91 CAA-Civil Aviation Authorities, STK Inspector/Check Pilot.
  • 1991-99 IATA- International Air Transport Association, Director Flight Operations and Safety services. Adviser Flight Ops. Delegate to ICAO and IFALPA.
  • 2000- Adviser to the Aviation Industry.

note: ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organisation.
note: IFALPA stands for International Federation of Airline Pilots Association.

Tom Granaas
» Webmaster

Education

  • B.Sc- Bachelor of Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH): partly sponsored by Telia Mobile AB.

Military Service

  • Royal Swedish AirForce, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer A/C JA37C

Aviation/Management Experience

  • Employed by Saab Aerospace 1998. Currently working with Flight Simulation on A/C JA37D.

Competence

  • Flight simulation and crew handling of aircraft and simulator.
  • Test manager.
  • GUI- graphical user interface skills.
  • Modelling skills.