Spaceports and robots
The Queen’s Speech is Government’s way of telling the UK – and the world – what its plans are. The Queen doesn’t actually write it, of course. That’s done by the politicians. She just has to read it out. I bet she sometimes has pretty strong views about the content, but she’s diplomatic enough to keep it all to herself. One thing the Her Majesty may have genuinely found interesting is the Government’s plans for a spaceport. One of the...
2015 Royal Aero Club Trust Awards presented at the RAF Club
A raft of aviation dignitaries gathered at the RAF Club in London last month to witness HRH The Duke of York present a number of awards to aviation professionals on behalf of the Royal Aero Club, which Prince Andrew is president of. Some fifty awards were given to individuals and groups involved in a wide spectrum of aviation disciplines, too many to mention here. Concentrating on those involved specifically in flight training, a...
The Air League announce the winner of the Bristol Groundschool 2016 ATPL Scholarship
The Air League has recently awarded the 2016 Bristol Groundschool Scholarship to Cherry Charters. Cherry, who had only just completed her PPL training when she heard the good news, will now use the scholarship to undertake ATPL ground school training with theoretical knowledge training specialist BGS. Commenting on the award, Cherry said: “When I received an email from the Air League saying that I was the lucky person to be chosen for...
British Women Pilots’ Association 2016 scholarships awarded
The British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) has announced the winners of its three 2016 Scholarships. Worth a total of £3,499.00, the scholarships are assisting three women in pursuing their flying ambitions, including funding for PPL training, aerobatic training and ATPL theoretical knowledge ground school. Geraldine Hill (20), was the winner of the BWPA Flying Start Scholarship 2016, worth £1000 towards a first flying...
Air Cadet flying to be restructured
The Air Cadet organisation has announced a significant restructuring of its Air Cadet Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGS). All 146 of the VGS Viking gliders and Vigilant motor gliders have been grounded since Easter 2014 and even now there is no certain date for the fleet to return to service. The RAF Air Cadets is a UK-based, RAF-sponsored organisation with just under 40,000 members aged between 12 and 20 years. It is made up of the...
