VORTEX
Andrei Popescu 🇷🇴Racing and freestyle pilot out of Bucharest. 200+ simulator hours, instructor-verified live training, chasing sub-40 laps.
Flight Time
43.4
hall sourcesSimulator
Skill Rating
89
Flights
124
Live
Hours
38.0
By Academy
Ghostwing Academy38.0h
Field Experience
service records checked by FlyborneFPV Reconnaissance Operator
MilitaryFlyborne VerifiedRomanian Land Forces — UAS Detachment · 2024 – 2025 · 14 months
Tactical reconnaissance and observation flights in active service.
Search & Rescue Air Support
SARFlyborne VerifiedSalvamont Brașov · 2025 – present
Thermal search flights supporting mountain rescue teams.
Aerial Survey Pilot
CommercialSelf-reportedFreelance — infrastructure inspection · 2023 – 2024
Training Activity
sim + verified live sessions0
sessions · 30 days
0.0h
flown · 30 days
Flight Skills — Simulator
7 training grounds · rating 0–100- Take-off & Landing94+0.0
16 sessions · 0.4h
- Slalom77+0.0
22 sessions · 1.4h
- Figure 8s91+0.0
19 sessions · 1.0h
- Gate Passing73+0.0
26 sessions · 1.5h
- Precision Landing93+0.0
14 sessions · 0.5h
- Hovering95+0.0
17 sessions · 0.4h
- Emergency Disarm97+0.0
10 sessions · 0.1h
Progression
last 12 weeksSkill rating over time
Hours flown per week
Personal bests
- Emergency Disarmgold0:38
- Figure 8ssilver2:33
- Gate Passingsilver2:44
- Hoveringsilver1:19
- Precision Landingbronze1:53
- Slalomsilver3:00
- Take-off & Landingbronze1:22
Recent Sim Sessions
- Aug 19Gate Passingbronze1✕3:01
- Aug 19Gate Passingbronze03:50
- Aug 18Hoveringgold01:21
- Aug 18Gate Passinggold03:14
- Aug 17Figure 8ssilver02:51
- Aug 17Precision Landinggold02:34
Qualifications
- CR
A1/A3 Open Category
CAA Romania · Jun 2026
Verified - GA
1-Week Intensive Course
Ghostwing Academy · May 2026
Verified by R. Ionescu - FA
Acro Level 2Advanced
Flyborne Academy · Mar 2026
Verified
Instructor-Verified Log
Live flight session — LOS + FPV transitions
2.5hR. Ionescu · Ghostwing Academy
Aug 9, 2026
Night flight introduction
1.5hM. Drăgan · Ghostwing Academy
Jul 22, 2026
Acro progression block — live packs
34.0hR. Ionescu · Ghostwing Academy
Jun 20, 2026
Field qualification: precision landing (live)
R. Ionescu · Ghostwing Academy
Jun 2, 2026
1-Week Intensive Course completed
R. Ionescu · Ghostwing Academy
May 30, 2026