Brooke Whatnall

Experience

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  Getty Images

  Feb 2009 - now

  Photographer

  Contributor for Getty Image library.

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  National Geographic

  Apr 2009 - Apr 2009

  Freelance Photographer

  Freelance shoot for National Geographic Adventure Magazine covering the road trip from Adelaide to Darwin through Australia's red centre.

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  Aspect Photographics Pty Ltd

  Oct 2009 - Aug 2010

  Photographic Assistant

  Assisting in Real Estate & Commercial studio photography.

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  News Corp Australia

  Feb 2010 - Jan 2013

  Photographer

  News, Editorial, Event, Real Estate & Sports Photographer. Underwent Cadetship from 2010 to 2012.

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  High Adventure Paragliding

  Jan 2013 - May 2015

  Flight Instructor

  Apprenticeship as a flight instructor for paragliding and paramotoring, as well as instruction tandem flights.

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  SkySchool Flight Centre Ltd

  Nov 2013 - Nov 2015

  Flight Instructor

  Flight instructor in Paramotoring, based in Spain.

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  Skyhub Paramotors

  Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

  Flight Instructor

  Full time flight instructor, tandem pilot on wheel based paramotor (Xcitor Trike), as well as media management and marketing for SkyHub Paramotors.

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  U-Turn Paragliders

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2017

  Test Pilot

  Worked over two summer seasons in Spain designing and trimming the Joker, a high performance competition level aerobatic paraglider. Trimming work was mainly done on the 17m glider, with scaling calculations made in Excel and applied to the 16m, 18m and 20m wings to ensure scaling calculations were accurate. Various trim configurations were tested by flying the glider through all aerobatic manoeuvres and noting glider behaviour.

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  Wanaka Paragliding

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2021

  Operations Manager & Commercial Pilot

  Operations manager, commercial tandem pilot and marketing for wanaka paragliding.

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  Tall Poppy Real Estate

  Apr 2021 - now

  Visual Content Specialist

  Creating a wide range of high quality photography and video content for Real Estate around the Wellington and Hutt region, as well as aerial photography/videography, 3D virtual tours and floorplan creation.