Member Articles

Happy New Year! After some biblical rain and terrible weather, some lucky members still managed to get out for some flying — well done, ladies. Let’s hope the next 40 days are slightly drier and [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! The days may be shorter, but our members made the most of the available flying days to take some stunning winter trips out. Steph Smith found the grass strip was too wet [...]

The autumn sunshine and colours have been on full display this month. We have some very high-quality photographs that show our members making the most of the flying days… Deb Dunlop [...]

Which BWPA scholarship did you win and what inspired you to apply for it? I won a BWPA Flying Start Scholarship, which is a financial scholarship for new, inexperienced pilots to gain their first [...]

August saw more airshows, air races, and cross country adventures. Some members worked on new ratings, new types of aircraft, and brushed up on their aviation skills…   Annabel Cook [...]

A summer of celebrating, SleapKosh, the big anniversary and water bottles everywhere… Flying, food and friends.   The Essex Region BWPA 70th anniversary BBQ fly in to Andrewsfield, [...]

This year’s International Women in Engineering Day theme is #TogetherWeEngineer, and we take the opportunity to highlight two of our members who share their stories of the teamwork and [...]