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Today is International Friendship Day, and at the BWPA we are proud of the friendships that have been created and maintained through networking amongst members. Our recent membership survey [...]

Once again, the Aviatrix Project is supporting the Nuffield Foundation by offering 25 research projects to successful applicants. All supervisors are BWPA members and supported this venture in [...]

…and be in with a chance of winning £20 of Pooleys vouchers! The BWPA needs YOU… to complete a short survey and help us deliver the best membership experience possible. This also gives all [...]

“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 [...]