Royal Aero Club Trust - Applications Closed for 2012
The RAeC Trust annually awards bursaries to young pilots, aged 16-21, who have already reached solo standard to enable them to achieve greater competence in their particular air sport. Bursaries of up to £1000 are available to help recipients advance from one recognized level of air sport to the next (for example, gain your bronze badge or XC endorsement). Applications for 2012 bursaries in respect of gliding have to be endorsed by the BGA. These need to be received at the BGA office 3rd March 2012. Full details are onthe Royal Aero Club Trust website.
UPDATE: 8 May 2012
We are pleased to announce that Charlie Jessop (19, Windrushers) and Andrew Monk (20, RAFGSA at RAF Halton) were both awarded a President’s Scholar bursary of £500 and Michael Gatfield (19, Booker) received the Bramson Bursary, also worth £500. Other awards were made to Peter Carter (17, Norfolk GC), Andrew Collings (19, Rattlesden GC), Oliver Giles (20, Four Counties GC), Charlotte Gordon (16, Highland GC), Joshua Hope (16, Cambs GC), Jordan Richards (18, Seahawk GC), Matthew Ruskin (18, Cambs GC), and Richard Williamson (20, Dartmoor GC).
“I am delighted to have been chosen to receive this prestigious bursary,” says Charlie Jessop, recipient of the President’s Scholarship award of £500. “The award will support and develop my skills as a glider pilot. I can’t wait to get started on working towards achieving my flying goal of obtaining my NPPL.”
Details of 2013 bursaries are expected to be available around September 2012.