Keynotes by fighter pilots
Missions the speaker actually flew, matched to the outcome you need in the room.
Keynote options
Afterburner Signature Keynote
Every Afterburner pilot carries $50 million of training. They take the audience through how a mission is planned, briefed, flown and debriefed.
- THEMES: Think like a fighter pilot, operational excellence, flying as a squadron, Flawless Execution (plan, brief, execute, debrief)
- Audiences from 20 to 600+
- One loop your team can run on Monday
Matt 'Matty' Hall – CEO Keynote
Matt is a third-generation pilot who flew combat missions in Iraq, survived several near-fatal incidents, and went on to win the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He talks about what each of those cost him.
- THEMES: Excelling under pressure, recovering from adversity, leadership, teamwork, resilience, achieving goals, service and duty.
- Live, virtual or hybrid
- Written for boards, executive teams and leadership offsites
A RAAF fighter pilot
Your audience gets a pilot who flew the mission, made the mistakes, and was debriefed on them in front of the squadron.
45 to 120 minutes, built around footage from the missions being described.
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Before you ask
The questions event teams ask before booking a keynote. Anything else, just call.
Every speaker on the roster is a serving or former Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot. The roster is led by Matt Hall, a former RAAF Wing Commander and Red Bull Air Race World Champion, and Chris ‘Camel’ Chmiel, a serving fighter pilot with more than 2,000 missions across 22 years. Paul ‘Ando’ Anderton, Jasmine ‘Jazz’ Young, Emily ‘Swat’ Willis and Adrian ‘Booger’ Greener complete the team. We match the pilots to your audience.
Four themes, shaped around the outcome you need in the room: Flawless Execution – plan, brief, execute, debrief; performing under pressure and the fighter-pilot mindset; leadership and trust through the nameless, rankless debrief; and resilience, recovering from adversity and setbacks.
The Signature Keynote runs 45 to 120 minutes and the CEO Keynote 30 to 120 minutes, with 60 minutes the most common format. If you need to fill more of the day, the Top Gun Experience pairs the keynote with mission workshops – 1.5 hours for Top Gun Mini, 2.5 to 3.5 hours for Top Gun Signature, and 3.5 to 6 hours for Top Gun Plus, which suits full-day offsites and leadership intensives.
The Signature Keynote runs 45 to 120 minutes and can be delivered by any pilot on the roster – the mission that went wrong, the decisions made in seconds, and the system that made them survivable. The CEO Keynote runs 30 to 120 minutes, is delivered by Matt Hall, and is built for executive teams: how you decide when the information is incomplete and the clock is already running.
Yes. Every format is available live, virtual or hybrid, for audiences from around 20 people to more than 600.
We don't publish a standard fee, because it moves with the format, the length, which pilots present, audience size and travel. Send your event date and the shape of the event and we reply within one to two business days with a written fee range – before any call, so you know early whether we fit the budget.
What clients say
A 4.9/5 average across Google and Facebook.
"The level of energy and motivation in the room after the presentation was incredible, and the impact of your presentation was enormous."
"We have held numerous conferences and seen many keynote presentations over the years, but [Afterburner's] was like nothing we have witnessed before."
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