Youth & Education Support
Working Together in Youth Aviation
*SAVE THE DATE!* The YES event day is back this year in Wings and Wheels 2025
The YES event day is back this year in Wings and Wheels 2025 at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome on Sunday 25th May 2025.
All YES members are invited to join which is always an inspiring and fun day for all.
Please save the date in your diaries so you don’t miss out! Click the link below for event details and BOOK YOUR TICKET before they sell out!
https://www.stowmaries.org.uk/event/wings-and-wheels-2025-1046794278867
If you would like to volunteer to help with the event on the day, or have a family member/ friend who is interested, appreciate that if you can fill in the Google form, your support will definitely make a change!
For any questions, please email us at info.yesflyers@gmail.com or fill in the contact form.
Looking forward to seeing you there!!
Support YES and obtain a 5% discount off every order from the Pooleys Flight Equipment website by entering the promotional code YES at the checkout.
Thank you for your support!
YES Flyers challenge –
“2,025 YES Flyers in 2025“
For 2025 we hope for better weather and we have a new target and challenge.
As of Saturday 12th April 2025 –
9x YES Flyers have flown so far
So please download the YES Flyers spreadsheet and send it with the names flown to andre.faehndrich@gmail.com and the latest number will be posted in the box below.
2024 YES Flyers in 24 – a short summary
In 2024, we had a challenge to fly 2,024 youngsters in 2024. Despite the bad weather in the first 6 months of 2024, we managed to log 1,870 youngsters at the following airfields;
Numbers Airfield Type
34 Audley End Scouts & Private
6 Bidford Upon Avon Private
62 Blackbushe Disabled flyers flying with Aerobility
153 Bodmin Private
43 Challock Private
1 Cranfield Private
67 Deenethorpe Scouts/Private
2 Dunkeswell Private
4 East Fortune Private
1 Edgehill Private
1 Fairoaks Private
1 Fenland Private
67 Fife/Perth School
1 Glenforsa Private
2 Goodwood Private
87 Gransden Lodge Scouts
2 Headcorn Private
1 Henstridge Private
2 High Easter Private
41 Hunsdon Private
1 Inverness Private
1 Kemble Gyrocopter
336 RAF Kenley RAF VGS (01/04/24 to date)
6 Lydd Disabled flyers flying with Aerobility
490 Manston Helicopters
3 Newport Private
354 Old Hay Scouts
2 Old Warden Tiger Moth
24 Prestwick Private
3 Rochester Private
57 Saltby Loughborough University Freshers
1 Sherburn Private
7 Sleap Private
4 Tatenhill Disabled flyers flying with Aerobility
2 Unknown Private
1 White Waltham Private
1,870* Total
* This total included 336 confirmed youngsters flown at RAF Kenley VGS (Volunteer Gliding Squadron), but we have seen figures for another 2,600 flown by the remaining RAF VGS’ but we could not include these, as we did not have the actual breakdown per VGS.
Who are we?
YES – Youth & Education Support
We are a UK-wide volunteer group leading industry companies, local education authorities, schools and universities and many others to – educate, encourage and inspire young people to take part in all sorts of activities connected with aviation, through:
- Aircraft building projects (YES & other Build-a-Plane projects).
- Training in meteorology, navigation and airmanship.
- Exhibits and activities for young people at aviation shows.
- Arranging talks and practical activity sessions for schools and youth groups.
- Arranging aviation activity days for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers, Girl Guides, and others.
- Production and demonstration of training equipment for navigation and radio communications.
- Maintaining an independent web-based aviation information centre for youngsters.
- Providing guidance on a future career in the varied world of aviation
- You can download a copy of our full profile and contacts points here YES Club Profile
POOLEYS supports Youth & Education Support
You can support YES with every purchase you make through the Pooleys website. You’ll get a 5% discount off your orders. Use the promotional code ‘YES‘ during the checkout stages. Go to www.pooleys.com to select your items and save 5% and support YES
Just down load the membership form and send it to the YES Secretary and you will become part of the Youth & Education Support (YES), delivering education, inspiration and most of all fun to the Youth of today.
Did you know that joining YES is not only a great idea, but it’s free!
Download YES Membership Form 0321 (“WORD” Format)
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