Royal Aero Club open 2023 Bursaries
Applications are now open for the Royal Aero Club Trust’s 2023 Bursary scheme, with a closing date of 21 March 2023. The Royal Aero Club Trust – who have been offering a number of annual bursaries as part of their ‘Flying for Youth’ programme since their inception in 1998 – are inviting applications for this year’s financial grants. The bursary scheme encompasses “all types of air sports and aviation-related activities” including...
BWPA launches 2022 pilot scholarships
The British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) has opened its series of 2022 aviation scholarships, provided by the BWPA, SkyDemon, Easy PPL Ground School, 624 Squadron.com, CATS, Bristol Groundschool, Flight Deck Wingman, Wings Alliance, Helicentre Aviation, and the family of Oriana Pepper. The BWPA offers scholarships every year to support women in the UK in achieving their flying dreams, underlying its key aim to promote their...
2020 aviation events calendar takes a battering
With social-distancing measures making public events an impossibility at the moment, many aviation shows, events and exhibitions have been forced to cancel. Some, however, have been suspended rather than written-off and so may yet take place at a later date this year. Here’s a round-up of what the current aviation events calendar looks like. The big shows Farnborough International Airshow – cancelled The largest...
HCAP 2020 Gliding Scholarships
Gliding scholarships are provided directly by the Honourable Company and through funding from the Air Pilots’ Flying Club and the Air Pilots Benevolent Fund as well as other private and commercial sponsors. As these scholarships will be residential, they are offered to people over the age of 16 and give the successful candidates the opportunity to fly on a one week residential course at a youth approved British Gliding...
Air BP award fifth Sterling Pilot Scholarship
Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has named its fifth Sterling Pilot Scholar as 18-year old Kristoff Ahlner from Shenfield in Essex. The scholarship is valued at around £10,000 and aims to assist aspiring UK pilots like Kristoff achieve their Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL). As the industry faces a global pilot shortage with 790,000 new civil aviation pilots needed to fly the world’s fleet over the...
