Keeping Britain at the forefront of Aviation
Archive for June, 2010
2010 Scholarships and Bursaries
1 year ago
2010 saw the Air League rewarding 78 lucky members with various Flying, Engineering and Gliding scholar-ships and bursaries. Read more about the 2010 winners and details of the sponsor here.
Your Air Experience Flight Needs You!
1 year ago
by Andrew Brookes
in Insights
As a teenager, your first Air Experience Flight (AEF) as an Air Cadet can be a life changing experience. For some it is the first time in an aircraft and for almost everyone it is there first time at the controls of a powerful machine, particularly one that overcomes gravity and operates in three dimensions. It is an experience that opens a young persons mind to new horizons whether in terms of personal achievement or career aspirations in aviation, aerospace and in the services. Our industries and the armed forces need people made of ‘the right stuff’, they are crucial to the United Kingdom in terms of global communication and standing, sustaining a high technology industrial base and credible defence capability and earning valuable export revenues in an increasingly competitive World and ensuring a secure environment for international commerce.
Air League Annual Reception Recognises Aviation Excellence
1 year ago
by Scott Pendry
in News
London, 10th June: On Tuesday 8th June, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, patron of The Air League, hosted the League’s Annual Reception in the prestigious surroundings of St James’s Palace where around 100 certificates and badges were awarded to youngsters who had completed powered flying, gliding and engineering scholarships administered by the Air League Educational Trust (ALET). The evening also recognised a number of aviation professionals who have made outstanding contributions, notably Wing Commander Michael Douglas and Air Commodore Ian R W Stewart for their services to the Air Cadet Organisation, and to the British Gliding Team for winning the European Championships in 2009. The Jeffrey Quill Medal for outstanding contribution to the development of air-mindedness in Britain’s youth went to recently-retired Director of the RAF Museum, Dr Michael Fopp, while The Air League Gold Medal went to Tony Edwards for his outstanding services to the causes of the Air League over many years. (more…)
