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We have some wonderful t-shirts and fleeces. If you would like to buy anything, please download this PDF order form, and post it to us along with your cheque. Once we receive your order, we will [...]

UK Pilot, Kirsty Cameron, has just completed a multiple record-breaking XC flight across the UK, on her R11. Kirsty’s flight is significant for several reasons, and will likely stand in the [...]

On August 18th 1911 Hilda B Hewlett, a 47-year old mother of two, became the first British woman to pass her flying test; she received Pilot’s Certificate no. 122 from the Royal Aero Club eleven [...]

It was the 75th anniversary of the Piper Cub at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S.A. (Wittman Regional Airport for the rest of the year), and as owners of this lovely little type of aircraft, I thought it [...]

A founder member of the BWPA | By Daphne Poynter A proud mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Dorothy Joan Heaps was born on the Wirral peninsula in September 1927 and lived there almost [...]

It wasn’t the most ladylike way to get into an aeroplane, and it illustrated beyond reasonable doubt that the designer did not have the average female in mind! Veronica was the first to climb [...]

First of all, I have to own up to the fact that this was not my first air experience! I have been involved with aviation for quite a few years but have never got my act together to do anything [...]

Following the success of the June event, fellow BWPA flyers came from near and far in the hopes of a flight in the famous De Havilland Tiger Moth. However, arriving at Cambridge Airport after a [...]

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