Paul Beaver is a leading aviation historian, broadcaster and author, as well as an historic aeroplane pilot who has been flying the Spitfire since 2011. He has written more than forty books including Spitfire People, Spitfire Evolution and Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Greatest Pilot. As well as being an author, Paul has been a television war reporter, journalist with Jane's, a parliamentary advisor and served twenty-seven years in the Territorial Army, rising to the rank of Colonel in the Army Air Corps.