First Flight
“Happy?” “Sure am,” I said, glancing sideways at Harry, my thirty-something flying instructor whose mother, I discovered, was a former British Airways stewardess just like [...]
It’s check flight time
Whether you are a new PPL holder or an experienced pilot (career or recreational), lockdown has provided us the chance to review our skills. Now that restrictions are beginning to lift, it is a [...]
Free BWPA Taster Flights
BWPA is offering 12 ‘taster flights’ from Old Buckenham Airfield, Norfolk. Six will be for women over the age of 16 years; and six will be administered through The Aviatrix Project for young [...]
BWPA 2017 Scholarships – Applications now open
BWPA 2017 Scholarships – Applications now open! BWPA is now pleased to announce that Applications are now open for its 2017 Scholarships. We are awarding up to six Scholarships to successful [...]
Carol Vorderman plans to fly around the world!
During the 2013 UK Aero Expo held at Sywell Aerodrome, BWPA friends at Freedom in the Air (an advanced flight training centre for people with disabilities) managed to get the only filmed [...]
Visit to Shuttleworth Air Display by Tricia Nelmes
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 [...]
Romney Foord, one of our Free Trial Flight competition winners, tells all…
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 [...]
The Chairwoman’s Challenge Trophy By Rosemary Clemo
Why did you learn to fly? Was it, like me, for the aerial views – to experience and explore beautiful landscapes? If so, why not take part in the Chairwoman’s Challenge of 2007? This annual [...]
