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Ground-breaking paramotorist Sacha Dench has been awarded a BWPA accolade for her record-breaking solo 7,000 km trip highlighting the plight of the endangered Bewick’s swan. Sacha was awarded the [...]

Airways Aviation awards two ab initio EASA scholarships towards ATPL worth £35,000 Airways Aviation today announced two recipients of its new female ab initio pilot scholarship, Hanna Gillam and [...]

THE ROYAL AERO CLUB TRUST Advancing the cause of air sport and aviation 2018 ROYAL AERO CLUB TRUST BURSARIES Aged between 14 years and 21 years; or for a follow-on bursary 24 years? Have a basic [...]

50 years apart, but… On 13 February 2018 the Royal Aero Club announced that it had awarded Sacha Dench the 2017 Britannia Trophy (awarded to the British aviator or aviators accomplishing the most [...]

FEWP UK 2018 sponsors Thank you to all the individuals and organisations who helped us make our FEWP UK fly-in as accessible and memorable as possible! Monetary donations kept costs down for [...]

This week, the BWPA attended the inaugural meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on General Aviation’s ‘Working Group on Airfields’. The APPG on GA includes 119 [...]

First 2018 scholarships released – the BWPA Easy PPL Ground School Scholarships!  *These scholarships have now been awarded* We are pleased to announce the first of a number of exciting [...]

2017 BWPA AGM/Christmas Lunch/Awards was the first time we had an event being snowed in. It was a challenge for those who made it to the venue and a disappointment to those who were forced [...]

***Calling all members!*** All current BWPA members should have received notification of the forthcoming AGM. If you have not received anything, please check your ‘spam’ folder! If [...]

Event Calendar: https://bwpa.co.uk/event/2017-bwpa-agm-and-christmas-lunch/ Opportunity to meet fellow pilots and celebrate with the award winners over a delicious Christmas meal. There will be [...]