Tomorrow deadline for 2024 flying scholarship applications
The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) will be closing applications for its 2024 gliding scholarship programme on the 6 February at noon. HCAP say that interviews for the popular scholarship will take place on the 17 and 18 April 2024. The gliding scholarships are residential and are offered to people over the age of 16. Successful candidates have the opportunity to fly on a one-week course at a youth approved British Gliding...
2024 PPL scholarships open for applications
The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) has opened applications for a number of PPL Scholarships taking place next summer. Open to all-comers over the age of 17, the scholarships provide funding for a Private Pilot Licence training programme including up to 45 hours of flight training. Scholarships are open to candidates with little or no prior flying experience, individuals who are also part way through their PPL training but are...
Honourable Company of Air Pilots PPL Scholarship Applications Close Soon
The aim of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) scholarship programme is to assist the successful individual, who might otherwise not have the necessary resources, to achieve their licence. The scholarship covers only direct training and examination costs. The costs of obtaining the Class 2 Medical Certificate and any associated travel, subsistence and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of the scholarship winner....
Farnborough Airport Launches Flying Scholarship for 2020
Farnborough Airport has launched ‘The Farnborough Airport Flying Scholarship 2020’. Under the auspices of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots’ scholarship programme, Farnborough Airport grants one person a scholarship with the aim of supporting individuals to gain flying experience and ultimately achieve their Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL). The Flying Scholarship is part of the airport’s ‘Aviation to Education’ programme. Now in its...
First Officer Pilot Apprenticeships Given Clearance
The Aviation Industry Skills Board (AISB) has launched the UK’s first ever industry-led First Officer pilot apprenticeships scheme, providing aspiring pilots with a financially supported route to a First Officer position with a UK airline. The AISB sub-group which developed the apprenticeship framework was made up of UK airline representatives from British Airways, Flybe, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and TUI UK, which chaired the...