Member Articles

“But you don’t actually fly a balloon do you? I mean, you can’t really…can you?” This was once the question posed to me by a fixed wing pilot on discovering that I had recently gained my private [...]

It is International Flight Attendant Day – a perfect opportunity to increase awareness about the role and to highlight why it is essential for cabin crew and pilots to work effectively [...]

Talk to me Goose… and tell us all about Top Gun Day! This iconic film, and breakout role for Tom Cruise, turns 35 this year and is a staple in any pilot’s film collection. Of course many of us [...]

To celebrate World Pilots’ Day, we are sharing some of our members’ stories and their experiences of what being – or becoming – a pilot means to them. Claudia Kracher says: I am thrilled to be [...]

I was standing at Rye station about two years ago, waiting for the train to take me to work. I much enjoy working, but for me it is mostly a means to an end. On that morning, I was accosted by a [...]

“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 [...]

The BWPA Northwest Regional Group has now had three meetings and is rapidly gathering momentum. Regional coordinator Claire Hatton tells us more… “Our first meeting took place on Wednesday 12 [...]

Fiona and Angus Macaskill, both BWPA members, have just become world record holders. This week, Guinness have formally confirmed that on 7 July 2020, they landed at 71 airfields in 12 hours. Both [...]

Dad got me interested in aviation through his love of gliding. I started flying myself in 1999, when I was 10, and spent most of my teenage years on the airfield. On my 16th birthday I flew solo [...]