Meet the crew

Tim Cox

our founder

Tim Cox is the Chief Flying Instructor and has been flying Hang Gliders since the mid-eighties, and Paragliders since their conception in the late eighties. Tim has possibly taught more people to fly than any other person in the country and has won many awards including the Royal Aero club Ann Welch award. Tim is not only a keen hang glider, paraglider and microlight pilot, but is also a passionate sailor and is often out on his (home-made) wooden Catamaran.

Jess Cox

Chief Instructor

Jess has been flying since she was a nipper! Taught by her father Tim Cox and the Fly Sussex family Jess is now an accomplished pilot who has taken part in competitions and cross country flying all over the world. Jess is a keen paramotorist and burgeoning acro pilot. She has a great teaching manner and not a bad bone in her body, everybody loves Jess!

Tim Diggings

Senior Instructor

Aka Scrappy! Tim is a senior instructor with over a decade of experience. Tim will always go the extra mile to explain and help students. His expertise and energy for paragliding is contagious and his theory lectures are legendary!

Jenni Flemming

Senior Instructor

Jenni is a passionate cross country pilot whos love for travel has taken her across Europe, Nepal, Guatemala, Puru, Argentina, Colombia, Chilli and New Zealand. Jenni is the organiser behind many Fly Sussex paragliding trips.

Graham Grant

Senior Instructor - Repacker

Graham has been flying gliders since he was 13. Now obsessed with paragliding he loves nothing more than tumbling through the sky on his acro wing. Graham has travelled all over Europe and Latin America with his paraglider on his back.