The Air League extends scholarship application cutoff date
The Air League has extended the application window for its powered and gliding scholarships to the end of March to coincide with its new electric aircraft scholarship initiative. The closing date for applications to the Air League’s Scholarship programme, including flying, electric flying and gliding experiences, has been moved forward by one week. The application period now closes at 23:59 on Sunday 31 March 2024. The Air League...
Air League & BGA host Inclusivity in Aviation Reception
The Air League and the British Gliding Association jointly hosted an Inclusivity in Aviation Reception, held at the House of Commons, Westminster. The event, sponsored by the University of West London, Lockheed Martin and Draken Europe and supported by Steve Baker MP and Mark Garnier MP, brought together over 200 Air League Members and representatives from across aviation, with the aim of promoting inclusivity within the industry....
BGA launches National Women’s Go Gliding Weekend
The British Gliding Association (BGA) has announced that it is running a National Women’s Go Gliding Weekend on 27-28 April 2024. The weekend event is designed to introduce more women (and their companions) into the sport of gliding by providing a friendly and informative welcome at participating gliding clubs, including opportunities for attendees to get airborne. The following gliding clubs are participating:• Banbury Gliding Club•...
CAA devolves sailplane pilot licences to BGA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has granted approval to the British Gliding Association (BGA) to act as a Delegated Authority for the initial issue of a Sailplane Pilot’s Licence. The UK Civil Aviation Authority has been working with the BGA to put in place the necessary measures for the approval which compliments the Association’s existing approval for assessing applications for the issue of ratings, certificates, or authorisations...
Boeing, Gliders, and Tomorrow’s Pilots
I’ve always had a thing about arriving at an airfield before a summer’s flying day begins. For me (and I accept it may just be me), there is often a calmness, a stillness, in the air before the airfield awakes and the business of the day begins. There is also the anticipation of the day to come, adventures and achievements waiting to be experienced, memories to be made and challenges taken up. So it is that I find myself on a rather...
