Dawn to Dusk Award Presentation, London – January 2014 Women pilots, several of whom belong to BWPA, were well represented among the trophy winners at the Pooleys “Dawn to Dusk” flying [...]
Citation Sir Robert Hardingham Presidential Sword awarded in 2013 to Clare Walker The original sword was donated by Graviner Ltd to the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists [...]
The annual Christmas lunch and award ceremony was held at Hall Place, Maidenhead this year. Gautam Lewis from “Freedom in the Air” has kindly accepted as our special guest and [...]
Some BWPA girls attended the 28 International Moth Rally at Woburn Abbey 18 August 2013. Several members of the Tiger 9 display team are friends of Lesley who flew on Concorde with her over a [...]
Duxford Airfield has kindly arranged a Ladies Day with half price landing, half price museum entry and free guided tour. Due to gusty weather forecast only 2 planes, one from Stapleford [...]
A few members were planning to attend this interesting fly-in but unfortunately the weather forecast indicated gust and thunderstorm. The Stapleford group has to abandon and went for a quick [...]
UK Pilot, Kirsty Cameron, has just completed a multiple record-breaking XC flight across the UK, on her R11. Kirsty’s flight is significant for several reasons, and will likely stand in the [...]
On August 18th 1911 Hilda B Hewlett, a 47-year old mother of two, became the first British woman to pass her flying test; she received Pilot’s Certificate no. 122 from the Royal Aero Club eleven [...]