The RAF Museum are proud to host the KS3 Glider Challenge 2021 as an onsite and virtual event.

Teachers please refer to : https://yesflyers.org.uk/key-stage-3-glider-challenge/

The previous “Young Aviators” tab (under Events) has been updated to show the link directly to Andre Faehndrich via his private web site www.theplaneguy.com

The deadline for the current round of applications for an Aerobility Flying Scholarship is 17:00 BST on Sunday 25th July.

There has been a brilliant response so far and we will be unable to offer a scholarship to every applicant but if you would like to make a submission for consideration then there is still time, please visit Scholarship Form — Aerobility.

Fractional ownership provider Flexjet is accelerating aircraft deliveries and hiring another 200 pilots to fly them as the industry experiences an “unprecedented rise” in demand, CEO Michael Silvestro told AIN. But while such demand has posed problems for some competitors, he said, it hasn’t interfered with Flexjet’s ability to sell shares and jet cards and arrange leases for its fleet of Phenom 300 light jets.

“Over the past year and a half, we acquired new clients who had previously never flown privately,” Silvestro noted. “That increase in business includes fractional, lease, and jet cards across all of our aircraft types. [It’s] not limited to light jets.”

A proactive approach to maintaining service levels has mitigated any service disruptions from the demand increase, Silvestro noted. While focusing on fractional sales as Flexjet’s core business, the company said it has remained mindful of the importance of jet cards to its total operation. “In this way, we can continually ensure that supply matches demand,” Silvestro said. He added that companies with a “disproportionate number” of jet cards rolled into their core business of fractional ownership shares make it “much harder to withstand moments like this when they unfold.”

The Project Slingshot students had an exciting time at RAF Cosford on 23rd June. Tim Hardy flew his Sling 2, Al Seymour flew his Sting, and Graham Wiley flew his Foxbat in. They lined them all up with G-GWFT for everyone to have a good look at and compare. Some of the Students were able to have air experience flights. Pictures have been added to the Gallery.