Photo by Alejandro Henriquez: https://www.pexels.com/photo/f-14-tomcat-fighter-on-clear-sky-19237294/
13 May 2025
2025 Scholarship Application Tips
10 May 2025
2025 scholarships launched today
7 May 2025
World Pilots' Day 2025: Celebrating women's voices in aviation
26 April 2025
Members' Adventures February 2025
21 March 2025
Training for my night rating
17 March 2025
Members' Adventures January 2025
21 February 2025
Members' adventures December 2024
15 January 2025
Looking back on 2024 in the BWPA
23 December 2024
Members' adventures November 2024
17 December 2024
Aviators Ball 'name a scholarship' winner
13 December 2024
2024 AGM and Festive Weekend wrap up
5 December 2024
Name a BWPA scholarship
21 November 2024
Men are welcome here too!
19 November 2024
Members' adventures October 2024
12 November 2024
Eight of the BWPA’s most inspirational members
8 November 2024
Record-breaking ballooning
29 October 2024
Members' adventures September 2024
11 October 2024
Members go behind the scenes of the BBMF
2 October 2024
BWPA scholarships update
30 September 2024
World Tourism Day
27 September 2024
My scholarship adventure
29 August 2024
South Region fly in to Headcorn Aerodrome
14 August 2024
2024 Chairwoman’s Challenge launches today
10 August 2024
Blue plaque for our founding chairwoman
18 May 2024
The latest updates from our regional groups
15 May 2024
Launch of the BWPA sustainability strategy
6 May 2024
International Women’s Day 2024: Inspire Inclusion
4 March 2024
Flying to new heights in Portugal
23 February 2024
The BWPA volunteer platform is live!
15 February 2024
Bev’s flying journey: a story of perseverance and positive attitude
7 February 2024
Flying into 2024 with inspiration from 2023
4 January 2024
2023 AGM and Festive Weekend wrap up
10 December 2023
Call to BWPA members to share their flying experiences!
7 December 2023
An update on the 2023 BWPA scholarships
26 November 2023
A portrait of the Queen for the Chairwoman’s Challenge
20 November 2023
Lara's run of successes
10 November 2023
A special flight in a Spitfire
18 September 2023
Scholarships and partnerships – latest updates from the BWPA committee
29 August 2023
New discount for BWPA members at Manchester Flight Sim Centre
23 August 2023
Annabel's wild Mustang flight with Stallion 51
1 August 2023
Happy International Women in Engineering Day!
23 June 2023
Flight for Noor - flying a special mission from Rougham to Angers
19 June 2023
BWPA regional groups spring into action
31 May 2023
From BWPA scholarship to the flight deck
17 April 2023
Step inside a flight simulator centre open day
21 March 2023
Flying at night with a BWPA member
1 March 2023
BWPA regional groups thrive over winter
4 February 2023
Hello 2023, goodbye 2022!
1 January 2023
2022 AGM and Festive Lunch wrap up
31 December 2022
Celebrating International Civil Aviation Day
7 December 2022
Take your next step towards the flight deck with Flight Deck Wingman!
9 November 2022
BWPA Awards for 2022 - nominations now open!
16 October 2022
Announcing our 2022 scholarship winners!
13 September 2022
South region meet at Goodwood Aerodrome
5 September 2022
2022 Chairwoman's Challenge launches today
21 July 2022
Less than one month to go to the Women’s World Gliding Championship 2022!
20 July 2022
BWPA members attend Women in Aviation event
6 July 2022
Georgia Pescod wins Attagirls scholarship, in partnership with the BWPA
17 May 2022
RAF Brize Norton Visit
2 May 2022
2022 scholarships launched today
26 April 2022
Catching up with our 2021 scholarship winners
12 April 2022
Remembering Naomi Christy… Part II
23 March 2022
Remembering Naomi Christy
22 February 2022
Attagirls Molly Rose Pilot Scholarship - applications close next week
9 February 2022
Members in the north east can join a new regional group
30 January 2022
2021: a year in review
22 December 2021
Happy International Volunteer Day from our very own volunteers!
5 December 2021
Katie Stokes: glider pilot and BWPA scholarship winner
29 November 2021
In need of a wingman? Meet Andrew at Flight Deck Wingman, the pilot career advice specialists
8 November 2021
BWPA AGM to be held online
13 October 2021
BWPA member success at Pooley’s Dawn to Dusk competition
10 October 2021
BWPA Awards for 2021 – nominations now open!
26 September 2021
Announcing our 2021 scholarship winners!
3 August 2021
Celebrating our Scottish friends this International Friendship Day!
30 July 2021
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 2020. The Nuffield Foundation supports talented year 12 students from disadvantaged backgrounds ...
23 July 2021
International Women in Engineering Day
23 June 2021
Support your BWPA...
21 June 2021
Not just hot air - a journey into ballooning
5 June 2021
Flight attendants and pilots - a vital partnership
31 May 2021
Time to dig out the aviators and ‘80s music… Today is Top Gun Day!
13 May 2021
World Pilots’ Day
26 April 2021
That perfect flight...
16 April 2021
Behind the scenes of a Multi-Crew Pilot Licence
1 April 2021
2021 scholarships launched today
8 March 2021
World Engineering Day 2021
4 March 2021
2021 Chairwoman's Challenge launches today
11 February 2021
The little girl and the unicorn
2 February 2021
Help the BWPA drive forward its new strategic objectives
18 January 2021
My first landing in a jet
15 January 2021
First Flight
5 January 2021
Catching up with our sim bursary winners
16 December 2020
Remembering Jean Batten CBE OSC*
22 November 2020
Success for 2020 scholarship winners
6 November 2020
Simulator bursary winners announced
24 October 2020
A great start for new BWPA Northwest Regional Group
21 October 2020
BWPA Motion Flight Simulator Bursaries launched
12 October 2020
Across continents with Betty the Beech
30 September 2020
BWPA members set new Guinness World Record
17 September 2020
Reaching for the sky - Nuffield Future Researchers
17 July 2020
A new regional group for Scotland
14 July 2020
Restoring my dad’s glider in his memory
23 June 2020
2020 Scholarship Winners
18 June 2020
Landing into wind...
15 June 2020
It’s check flight time
4 June 2020
International Flight Attendant Day
31 May 2020
Daphne Poynter obituary
25 May 2020
My happy memories of Freydis Sharland
24 May 2020
Preparation and maintenance of aircraft in long-term storage
21 May 2020
65 years of the BWPA
15 May 2020
Volunteering opportunities in aviation
12 May 2020
Online activities for lockdown life
6 May 2020
How the A400M provides vital support during the coronavirus pandemic
29 April 2020
A highly successful first virtual meet-up
4 April 2020
2020 Scholarships launched today
8 March 2020
A video tribute to Emily Collett
25 February 2020
BWPA scholarship winner starts her ATPL
17 February 2020
Get Into Aeros!
1 February 2020
Adventure and aviation in Saudi Arabia
23 January 2020
Pilot training with the Wings Alliance
12 December 2019
Welcoming a new BWPA chair
8 December 2019
BWPA 2019 awards presentation
2 December 2019
Airborne again
29 November 2019
BWPA 2019 taster flights
21 November 2019
D-Day with the Veterans
9 November 2019
Eleanor Wadsworth of the ATA ‘Spitfire Women’
31 October 2019
Dog is my copilot
11 October 2019
BWPA 2019 Scholarship Winners Announced
21 July 2019
Coachmakers Flying Scholarship at Cambridge Flying Group
7 May 2019
Free BWPA Taster Flights
11 April 2019
2019 Scholarships
15 March 2019
The Chairwoman’s Challenge Trophy 2019
10 March 2019
2019 Scholarships
8 March 2019
2018 BWPA Award Winners
25 December 2018
Books for BWPA
1 November 2018
Wings Alliance launch a unique £59k Cadet Programme
30 October 2018
Airspace Enquiry - call for evidence
29 September 2018
The Chairwoman's Challenge Trophy 2018
6 August 2018
AGM, Christmas Lunch and Annual Awards 2018
2 August 2018
BWPA Spring 2018 Scholarship Winners Announced
24 June 2018
2018 BWPA Easy PPL Ground School Scholarships awarded
5 April 2018
easyJet celebrates female pilot record for International Women’s Day
8 March 2018
WWT celebrates pioneer’s aviation award for swan odyssey
8 March 2018
Airways Aviation champions female pilots
8 March 2018
2018 Royal Aero Club Trust Bursaries
27 February 2018
BWPA Jean Lennox Bird Trophy winner is now RAeC Britannia Trophy Winner
14 February 2018
FEWP sponsorship
29 January 2018
APPG GA Working Group on Airfields
13 January 2018
Easy PPL Ground School Scholarships 2018
11 December 2017
2017 BWPA AGM/Christmas Lunch/Awards
10 December 2017
AGM 2017
20 November 2017
Join us for our AGM, Christmas Lunch and Annual Awards Ceremony on 10th December at The Best Western East Midlands Airport Yew Lodge Hotel
9 November 2017
Membership renewal
31 October 2017
BWPA's New Female Pilot Training Scholarship
26 September 2017
23rd Sep - Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
28 August 2017
EVIE's Grand Tour of Britain
25 August 2017
‘Learning to Fly’ – Youngest female to fly with Thunderbirds
17 August 2017
Inaugural Girls in Aviation Day
16 August 2017
2017 scholarship winners announced
2 June 2017
Challenger Learning Centre Initiative
10 May 2017
60th anniversary of the death of Jean Lennox Bird
19 April 2017
2017 Scholarships Deadline
5 April 2017
Membership renewal due
4 April 2017
Fifty Ways to Fly is now available
27 March 2017
BWPA 2017 Scholarships - we now have 7!
14 March 2017
Launch of Fifty Ways to Fly
10 March 2017
BWPA 2017 Scholarships - Applications now open
13 February 2017
The Wings Alliance aims are to provide graduates from member schools with a path into employment
7 February 2017
EasyJet - Unveiling of the Amy Johnson aircraft
18 December 2016
BWPA Christmas lunch and award ceremony at Telford on 4th Dec
17 December 2016
Flyer Live 2 - 3 Dec
13 November 2016
Amy Johnson's Bronze unveiling 17 Sep, Chairwoman Julie met Prince Michael of Kent
31 October 2016
Zonta's AMELIA EARHART FELLOWSHIP
16 October 2016
15 October 2016
Congratulations to 'easyJet's youngest female airline captain' - 26-year-old Kate McWilliams
26 September 2016
BWPA Scholarship Winners 2016 announced
22 May 2016
Wings Alliance actively placing pilots with UK airlines
10 May 2016
BWPA Scholarships 2016 - deadline has passed
17 April 2016
BWPA 2016 Scholarships – Applications now open!
27 February 2016
In partnership with BWPA, easyJet launches the Amy Johnson Flying Initiative to help boost female pilot recruits
28 January 2016
Congratulations to the winners of awards and scholarships at the BWPA Christmas lunch. Ten awards were presented in recognition of significant achievements.
27 December 2015
Christmas Lunch 6th Dec - New Menu to choose....
21 November 2015
The Aviatrix Project will join forces with the BWPA to help inspire and encourage girls and women to take to the skies
8 November 2015
BWPA 2015 Diamond Jubilee Scholarships - application deadlines are now past
6 November 2015
BWPA 2015 Diamond Jubilee Scholarships application is open - now there are SIX!
14 September 2015
29th Aug 15 Fly-in to Andrewsfield and visit to Stansted Tower
8 September 2015
15 Aug Duxford Fly-in and Chipmunk aerobatics
8 September 2015
Diamond Jubilee Weekends - Star speakers delivered interesting and inspiring talks.
20 June 2015
Free Landing for Diamond event at White Waltham!
23 May 2015
Diamond Event advanced booking extended to 20th May
7 May 2015
Easter Special Offer for Diamond Event
31 March 2015
BWPA Diamond Jubilee - White Waltham Airfield 30/31 May 2015
25 December 2014
2014 BWPA Annual Christmas Lunch on 7th December
8 December 2014
Visit BWPA stand at the Flying Show at Telford 22-23 Nov
2 November 2014
Amy Johnson Herne Bay - unveiling Information Board 20th Sep
25 September 2014
Compton Abbas Lady Pilot Fly-in 20th Jul 2014
21 July 2014
BWPA Jean Lennox Pendant presented to Yvonne Sintes at Royal Aero Club on 13th May 2014
6 July 2014
Jenny Body, the first female president of the Royal Aeronautical Society
5 July 2014
FEWP Annual Conference in Chiemsee, Germany 20th-22nd Jun 2014
28 June 2014
BWPA pays tribute to Freydis Sharland who died at the age of 94 on 24 May
3 June 2014
BWPA 737 simulator and Fly-in at Sywell on 18th May
3 June 2014
BWPA Wingwalking Day on 9th May
3 June 2014
BWPA Aviation Seminar 8th Feb at White Waltham
23 February 2014
Dawn To Dusk Awards - BWPA award winners!
23 February 2014
Clare Walker got the RAeS Sir Robert Hardingham Presidential Sword!
12 January 2014
Christmas Lunch and Award winners on 7th Dec 2013
12 December 2013
Amy Johnson's Black Magic restoration project Visit at Derby on 26th Oct
12 November 2013
The flying show at NEC Birmingham 30 Nov
29 September 2013
28 International Moth Rally at Woburn Abbey 18 Aug 2013
5 September 2013
Carol Vorderman plans to fly around the world!
24 August 2013
Duxford Ladies Fly-in 17 Aug 2013
18 August 2013
Compton Abbas Ladies Fly-in 28 Jul 2013
18 August 2013
BWPA aviation clothing.
23 July 2013
Inspiring women aviators: Meet Kirsty Cameron - Paraglider
19 July 2013
Celebrating 100 years of British women pilots
17 July 2013
Amazing Oshkosh
17 July 2013
Dorothy Cheesley 1927-2012
15 July 2013
Visit to Shuttleworth Air Display by Tricia Nelmes
10 July 2013
Romney Foord, one of our Free Trial Flight competition winners, tells all…
10 July 2013
Tiger Moth Flying at Cambridge (2nd visit) By Sue Tuddenham
10 July 2013
9 July 2013
Heather McCann's story of how she got to fly biz jets
25 June 2012
What Caledonian Seaplanes taught us about flying By Beverley Harrison
25 June 2012
The Chairwoman's Challenge Trophy By Rosemary Clemo
25 June 2012
Body Flying in a Wind Tunnel
25 June 2012
Load more

Start typing and press Enter to search