Ted Leys awards 2025 open for applications
UK aviation charitable trust, Launchpoint, has opened applications for the 2025 Ted Lys awards. Named in honour of a former member of the British Gliding team, who flew in national and European gliding championships from the 1970s up until his untimely death in 1998, the Ted Lys awards are given each year to qualified glider pilots wishing to advance their skills in any sphere of the sport. Established by Ted’s wife Krystyna and their...
HCAP 2025 scholarships opening soon
Although yet to be formally announced, applications for the 2025 PPL, gliding and FI scholarships from the Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) are due to open over the next month or two and FTN would like to put prospective candidates on notice to get prepared ahead of their launch. Each year, HCAP provides a number of scholarships for aspiring (and qualified) pilots. In addition to scholarships funded directly by HCAP, during...
Liz Inwood Taildragger Scholarship open for applications
The Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) has opened its doors to applications for its long-running Liz Inwood Taildragger Scholarship. Established in memory of the late Tiger Moth pilot and flying instructor Liz Inwood, the scholarship is open to licensed pilots under the age of 35. The successful recipient is offered five hours flying to assist them in transitioning from flying nose wheel aircraft to tailwheel heritage types. The applicant...
Air Cadet Scholarships to relaunch
While specifics have yet to be confirmed, Air Cadet Scholarships, which provide 12-hours of flying with an aim of taking the recipient to first solo, look to be relaunching following an announcement made at last month’s Farnborough Air Show. According to AOC 22 Group, Air Vice Marshall Cab Townsend, his team have spent the last 18 months looking at how to relaunch the scholarship following its closure when Tayside Aviation – the...
BA makes a £21m investment in new pilot training
UK flag-carrier British Airways has committed £21m to training 200 new pilots in 2025 in a move which marks the largest investment in ab-initio flight training by a UK airline for decades. In a game-changing move, BA will pay the full training costs of 200 aspiring airline pilots, having already enrolled 100 pilots into its ‘Speedbird Academy’ programme in 2024. The scale of the British Airways programme is unprecedented in modern...
Grabbing the tiger by the tail
Now in its 11th year, the Sir Geoffrey de Havilland Flying Scholarship is once again open for applications, offering a £6,000 training fund towards the grant of a PPL undertaken in a DH82A Tiger Moth, the historic military trainer. The scholarship is provided by Livery institution, the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers, and is delivered by the Cambridge Flying Group (CFG), now relocated to Old Warden Aerodrome in Bedfordshire. It has...
