The team is composed by highly experienced and talented group of pilots and engineers, all of them proud members of the Asociación Jacob 52. The team is led by Miguel "Pay" Padilla, a former Spanish fighter pilot and 6 display pilots with different flying backgrounds: Patrick Koch (flight leader), Nico Goulet (#2), Tiago Correia (#3), Manuel "Coco" Rey (#4), Fernando Marinho Pereira (#5) and David Jimenez (#6). The support team is composed by Emilio Ranz, the team's safety supervisor and reserve pilot, Miguel Salas, in the coordination and logistics role, Fabiana and Ivan Rey, the public relations and social media coordinators, Carlos Saraiva as reserve pilot and Luis "Alicates" Delgado and Pawel Kidon Dzoga, our valuable and essential engineers.

Before every new season, usually during the Winter and early Spring, the Chief Pilot evaluates and selects the most suitable pilots for the team. During that period of time all the maneuvers are exhaustively and meticulously evaluated and trained and the new season display sequence is defined.

Experience, discipline and flying skills are the top characteristics that define our display pilots.