Scholarship Winners Visit Aviation Insider at Gatwick

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 [...]

A group of BWPA members had the opportunity to visit Birmingham Air Traffic Control (ATC) on 14th January 2026. The ATC facility is situated on the opposite side of the runway to the terminal [...]

As 2025 comes to an end, we can look back and celebrate our members’ numerous accomplishments and milestone moments. Achievements Our members developed their flying skills, from first flights and [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! The days may be shorter, but our members made the most of the available flying days to take some stunning winter trips out. Steph Smith found the grass strip was too wet [...]

The British Women Pilots’ Association announces the winners of its 2025 aviation scholarships The British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) is proud to announce the 35 recipients of its 2025 [...]