Massimiliano Brighetti was born and raised in Kenya, he grew up around aircraft and developed his passion from there. At the age of 18 he had already completed his PPL (H) with HQ aviation in the UK as well as advanced emergency training with world renowned helicopter pilot Q Smith.
He returned to Kenya and built up his hours and experience with KIDL Helicopters during which he completed the Airbus factory training course on the H125 Helicopter in Johannesburg, South Africa. He then trained with Mauna Loa Helicopters in Hawaii completing his FAA commercial as well as external load training and high altitude flying in the Robinson R44 Massimiliano has since returned to Kenya and joined KIDL helicopters in 2019 now with over 500 hours flight time.