Edward (Ted) Walters grew up in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia and began his pilot training at 17 years of age. In 1964 Ted joined Ansett-ANA, an Australian domestic airline and after nine years as a first officer (co-pilot) was promoted to captain at 29 years of age. In 1992, Ted became the Director of Flight Operations for Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS), an aircraft leasing company, where he managed flight operations of the company’s wet leases until 2002. Ted first worked in Vietnam from the beginning of 1993, when AWAS commenced an eight-year relationship with Vietnam Airlines supporting the airline’s transition from ex-Soviet aircraft to modern western aircraft through the provision of Boeing 767 wet lease operations, as well as other support activities such as crew training, etc. After leaving AWAS in 2002, Ted returned to Vietnam as an aviation consultant to Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VietJet Air. Ted has a keen interest in Vietnamese history and being proficient in the language has been able to research Vietnamese material regarding civil aviation from its earliest days until 2020. He has also been able to draw upon personal experience and industry contacts to delve deeper into previous aviation related historical events, several of which have been inaccurately recorded. Ted lives in Hanoi with his Vietnamese wife.
