Moran was born in Urmston, Lancashire,[REF] and educated at Bishop Ullathorne School in Coventry in the late sixties and early seventies[REF] before attending the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to study Mechanical Engineering [REF].
Moran graduated from UMIST in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science and went to RAF College Cranwell for his initial training with the RAF [REF].