New Aviation College planned for London Biggin Hill
Training the next generation of mechanical, electronic and service engineers, as well as technicians and ground crew professionals. Biggin Hill Aerospace and Technical College is expected to address a shortage of aerospace engineers and the wider skills needs of the aviation industry. Plans for a £12m college at Biggin Hill Airport, in partnership with London South East colleges, are set to become a reality with the Greater London...
Biggin Hill flight training schools given notice to quit
Flight training schools at London Biggin Hill Airport (LBH) have been given six months to cease operations and move out. What started as a letter to tenants advising of a rise in landing fees for light aircraft operating out of London Biggin Hill Airport (LBH), which was being introduced in a bid to reduce the amount of circuit traffic, has concluded with a ban on all flight training activity within the next six months. In an open...
APPG makes progress on airfield protection
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for General Aviation has claimed an early win in its battle to protect GA airfields from housing development, announcing that a safeguarding measure has been included in the latest draft version of the UK Government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). However, while the APGG has welcomed the announcement, chairman Grant Shapps MP has said that the Group still harbours concerns over GA...
General Aviation questions for Parliament
FTN has spoken to a number of prominent General Aviation experts who are inviting the GA community to suggest questions to be asked in Parliament on matters relating to the concerns of GA. These experts believe that asking Parliamentarians to table Written Parliamentary Questions is an important way of raising awareness of issues affecting GA in Parliament and in the Government, as well as getting answers directly from Minsters. Once...
BALPA says gender or finances should not be a barrier to a flying career
The UK pilots’ association has said that the only thing that should matter for wannabe pilots is ability, not gender, background or financial situation. BALPA says that young girls shouldn’t let lack of visible representation put them off dreams of becoming a pilot, nevertheless the UK pilot population is 95% male, with only 608 women in the UK holding a flight crew licence. The pilots’ association said that with increasing training...
easyJet joins forces with Girlguiding to engage more girls in aviation
The partnership is the first to be announced as part of Girlguiding’s biggest ever overhaul of badges and activities. As part of this new programme, easyJet is sponsoring a new Aviation badge for Brownies. To earn the badge, girls will challenge themselves to think of 40 things that fly and put their engineering skills to the test, creating their own aircraft experiments with different building materials, structures and launch...
