FTEJerez opens applications for Ryanair Future Flyer Academy
Spanish ATO FTEJerez has opened applications for the Ryanair Future Flyer Academy. The Future Flyer Academy, previously known as the Ryanair Mentored Programme, aims to train over 400 aspiring pilots in the next four years. The programme provides three distinct training paths, catering to individuals with varying levels of experience. FTEJerez is starting its Ryanair programme with the Integrated Ab-Initio Path, which offers a...
Thruxton Aerodrome secures new owner
According to Grant Francis from aircraft maintenance business Aerofurb Restorations, their home airport, Thruxton Aerodrome, has been sold to a private individual. Rumours of the sale of the Hampshire aerodrome and race circuit have been ongoing for some months, following the news that owners Western Air were looking to divest. Suggestions of the place being demolished and turned into an Amazon distribution hub, housing estate or...
Revamp for Parliamentary Airfields Working Group
The Airfields Working Group section of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for Aviation has announced a change of focus with aerodrome operator participation now representing a majority of its membership, ranging from small grass strips to large, licensed airports. Following the departure of former chairman John Gilder, revamped group will be chaired by Matt Wilkins, an aerodrome operator for 14 years at Old Buckenham, with Louise...
Airfield ‘greenfield’ protection petition passes 10,000 signatures
A member of the Save Nottingham City (Tollerton) Airfield campaign has started a petition to have airfields reclassified as ‘Greenfield’ sites instead of ‘Brownfield’ to help protect them from potential closure and redevelopment as housing estates. The petition to Parliament , which at the time of writing has attracted over 11,000 signatures, was started by Sarah Deacon, who said, “Airfields around the country are categorised as...
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...
