About Us

The Classic Cockpits series is produced by Rick Searle Productions Pty Ltd, based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Founded in 1982, our company produces documentary television, video and multimedia programs on many subjects, for a wide range of clients.

Recent projects include:

A range of soundscapes, multi-screen audiovisuals, small screen audiovisuals, and a wide screen documentary with surround sound, dealing with the social history of Mount Isa.

A large screen audiovisual conveying impressions of the seasonally changing Queensland landscape.

Soundscapes, interactive multimedia, small screen audiovisuals, and a large screen documentary dealing with aspects of the Story of the "Pandora", of Mutiny on the Bounty fame.

Aviation has been Rick’s lifelong passion, so Classic Cockpits is something special…an attempt to go beyond the mere presentation of facts, to take the viewer into the cockpit, to recapture the romance of some wonderful old aircraft from the golden age of flying.

Rick Searle – Writer/Producer

Rick Searle has had almost 25 years’ experience as writer and producer of multimedia, radio, television, and film. He has written and/or produced almost 200 films and television programs, dealing with a wide range of educational topics, ranging from pest control in the citrus industry, to operational procedures on board the Army’s Blackhawk helicopters.

He created the internationally successful children’s television series “Butterfly Island,” which was screened on ABC-TV, the Seven Network, BBC-TV, and CBN cable network in the USA. Working in collaboration with his illustrator wife, Bronwyn Searle, Rick has written two successful children’s picture books, “Slam Dunk Tim” and “Follow Me," both of which have been named Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. “Follow Me” has been translated into Korean.Rick has also written many radio programs for ABC Education.