The ideas and creative snowballing for Angle of Attack started in May 2005. These ideas came about when Chris Palmer, owner, saw a great lack of training within the Flight Simulation community. Aircraft of all sizes, makes, and models were being made to more realistic standards, but material to keep sim pilots up to date was not progressing. If anything, it was digressing. A leader needed to step forward and revolutionize Flight Simulation training. Angle of Attack was born.

After nearly a year, Angle of Attack received the financial stability to become a full blown business. Legal documents and official designation for Angle of Attack Productions LLC were filed in March of 2006. This signified the official start of the company.

Immediately after becoming a business entity, Angle of Attack started off running with team members Chris Palmer and Robert Treat. These two, talented individuals would prove in weeks to be a strong, unwavering team. The official Angle of Attack website was soon formed, authored by Robert, and the publicity wheel began to turn. Angle of Attack starts with training for the Level-D 767-300. "From Startup to Shutdown".

As work progressed, more and more it was injected with creativity and quality enhancements. This, in turn, has built a quality base for which Angle of Attack will soon be known. Fun, exciting and informative training will capture realism based simmers and throw them in a world of Flight Simulation Professionalism they have never seen before.

The public eye first caught a glimpse of Angle of Attack at their debut Convention at IFC Denver 2006. Whether the Flightsim enthusiast was interested in commercial, military or general aviation flight, it didn't matter. All were "wowed" by what Angle of Attack was doing. For the first time it was evident that professional flight simulation training has a place. Angle of Attack is leading the charge.

On September 23rd, 2006, Angle of Attack released their debut product in the Level-D 767-300 Training. The DVDs were prepared to the highest quality by professional printers. As soon as the news was out, hundreds of orders rolled in. Truly, all places in the world were being reached. This was a major success and a testament that what AoA does is affecting the community.

While enjoying their success, Angle of Attack continues to work toward supporting the community's goals to move toward a more professional experience. More projects are currently in the writing stages while Angle of Attack spreads the word of their first release.

On December 2nd and 3rd, 2006, Angle of Attack went overseas to the NEC in Birmingham UK. This was a great accomplishment, and the true start of this International Company.

In August of 2008, Angle of Attack released it's much anticipated product in the PMDG 747 Training. This product saw a whole new face to AoA, with improved graphics, video quality, and the implementation of many more features.

Chris Palmer

Chris lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a real world pilot of over 300 hours, aspiring to one day be an airline pilot for a major. Through high school he was heavily into video production for school sports teams, plays, etc. He was known and respected for his commitment, creativity and quality works through this period. After high school, Chris pursued his flying dreams and became a pilot. In 2005 he spawned the dream of gathering his talents in flying, education, videography and graphics to start Angle of Attack. Watch a real landing of his, HERE.

Early June, 2006, Chris went full time Angle of Attack just weeks after his 21st birthday. This risk was taken to more quickly produce training material. The voice you hear in the Angle of Attack videos is Chris. Chris acts as CEO of Angle of Attack, but still has his creative hand in the production of the training titles.

Chris is now 23. When not working with Angle of Attack, he enjoys flying his 2008 Turbonomalized Bonanza and spending time with his lovely wife.

Dan Desjardins

Dan resides in Quebec, Canada. You could say he was born to fly. With both his Mother and Father working in the airline industry at one time, he is now a 2nd generation pilot. Dan flies A320s for Air Canada. This dream came from a life in the sky, and also from family inspiration. Dan loves flying in all ways. It is his lifes passion. Aerobatics, flightsim, floatplanes, airshows and spotting, Dan does it. He is the type of guy that still gets excited every time a jet flies over, small or large.

There are many pilots out there, but few have an attention to detail like First Officer Desjardins. By being a real airline pilot and having this frame of mind, he offers a fresh set of eyes and real input for Angle of Attack. Dan was also heavily involved in our 747 DVD, offering a First Officer to our cockpit for the first time. Dan is an irreplaceable part of the team.

Trevor Bair

Trevor lives in Tampa, FL. He is a long time simmer with a lifetime of passion for aviation. Trevor has accumulated over 4,500 total hours of flight simulation experience in addition to holding a C3 rating with VATSIM, virtual air traffic control network. Trevor is currently working toward completion of his Private Pilots License. Having spent some time in Chris' Bonanza, he now has the bug to get it done.

Trevor was married recently to a doctor and has moved to Florida to continue their careers. Trevor adds a lot of humor to AoA, having mastered many accents in addition to always having a quick come-back in his comedic cannon.

A Marketing Director and Project Manager for an national eCommerce company, Trevor brings technical know-how as well as marketing and business experience to Angle of Attack Productions. He has also taken the role of spell checker for AoA, not by choice.