On Saturday 21 March, the BWPA Northwest Region gathered in Buxton with a sense of homecoming. They were there to see Spitfire Girls, the stage play that honours the Air Transport Auxiliary at [...]
With improving weather, our members made the most of the skies with training flights, GA landaways, and long-haul work trips. Always inspiring, reaching for the skies and getting there… [...]
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re excited to launch the 2026 Chairwoman’s Challenge! This year’s challenge is especially exciting as it’s the first Chairwoman’s Challenge from our new [...]
Last Tuesday our five BWPA Aviation Insider Airline Interview Scholarship winners travelled to Gatwick for their Airline Interview Preparation Course with Aviation Insider. We caught up with [...]
I kept one for 2 years… I managed to keep under wraps that I was training for my private pilot’s licence (PPL)! I wanted to surprise my family and friends at the finish line, which is why [...]
On 10 February, members of the British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) had the pleasure of visiting the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) for an insightful and thoroughly enjoyable [...]
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 [...]
Our 2025 BWPA Oriana Pepper Flying High Scholarship winner Tilly Watts used her scholarship money to help complete her commercial flight training. The funding went towards her APS MCC (Airline [...]
One of our 2025 BWPA Flying Start Scholarship winners hasn’t wasted a moment, already using her award to take meaningful steps in her flight training journey. We sat down with Lisa Hurley to [...]
