Keeping Britain at the forefront of Aviation
Insights
Cuts for now – or forever?
Sep 1st
Filling a £37bn black hole in planned but unfunded purchases may spell doom for some Royal Air Force capabilities.
UK defence secretary Liam Fox’s recent speech on the vexed question of his ministry’s grievously overstretched budget raised as many questions as it answered.
Air League Director Andrew Brookes’ view is presented in this Flight International article along with other leading aerospace officials.
UK GENERAL AVIATION IS VITAL
Aug 2nd
UK GA – The Foundation of a Vibrant Aviation Sector
UK aviation will only be sustained for the good of national economic, defence and leisure interests if there is an active and vibrant General Aviation (GA) sector at its core.
Throughout the history of UK aviation, many of key innovations and developments have been spawned by GA. In war and peace, the GA sector and the associated interests that it catalyses in aviation have been a major source of the pilots, engineers, controllers and multiplicity of functions that sustain operations and keep them airborne.
GA covers the widest spectrum of aviation of any sector from training and private flying to specialist support for police and ambulance, to gliding, ballooning, helicopters and parachuting, air taxi and business aviation. Of the 21,000 UK registered aircraft[1], over 90% are in the GA sector!
Your Air Experience Flight Needs You!
Jun 23rd
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.
