Leaders, Pioneers & Professionals: Captain Sully Sullenberger
The 2021 Leaders, Pioneers and Professionals series got off to a fantastic start with an interview with Captain Chesley, ‘Sully’ Sullenberger on the 9 Feb. As Sully has been interviewed many times before about US Airways flight 1549, we wanted…
The Air League welcomes Supreme Court Heathrow ruling
The Air League welcomes the news from the Supreme Court lifting the ban on the third runway at Heathrow and believes this will ultimately be a boost to the UK economy and its competitive position. Aviation and aerospace are crucial…
Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper appointed President
The Chairman, Council and Board of Trustees of the Air League are delighted to announce the appointment of Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper KBE FRAeS as President of the Air League, succeeding Sir Roger Bone KCMG who is stepping down after…
Project Slingshot begins
The Air League’s Project Slingshot took a great step forward yesterday (8th October 2020) with the delivery of the first aircraft kit to our build partner in the West Midlands, which will be announced next week. Nick West, the CEO…
ZeroAvia Completes World First Hydrogen-Electric Passenger Aircraft Flight
Leading innovator in the decarbonisation of aviation makes major breakthrough with first hydrogen fuel cell flight of a commercial-size aircraft. ZeroAvia’s retrofitted Piper M-class is now the largest hydrogen powered aircraft in the world. LONDON, UK - September 25th, 2020…
Leaders, Pioneers & Professionals: Richard Browning – Gravity Industries
Join us at 5.00pm on Tuesday 29th September for the latest live Q&A session in our Leaders, Pioneers & Professionals Webinar series. Richard Browning is Founder and Chief Test Pilot of Gravity Industries which designs, builds and flies Jet Suits,…
Soaring to Success – South Essex
The Air League, together with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is inviting young people of South Essex including Southend, Thurrock, Rochford and beyond to come and take part in the Soaring to Success which is landing in the region from September 2020.…
RUSTA Drone Scholarships 2020 – Winners Announced
On the 24th August 2020, the Air League and Eagle Eye Innovations/RUSTA, held an assessment day for the 2020 Drone Scholarships. This follows the success of the 2019 programme which saw our two winners embark on careers with drones -…
Defense News – 4th Annual Conference
The Air League is pleased to announce our support and cooperation with Defense News for their fourth annual conference titled “Tomorrow’s world order amid great-power competition” taking place on Sept 9 & 10 2020. During this conference, Military, government, and…