Phil quit flying in 2008 after a long and disti

Andrew’s career in parascending and paragliding

Pete qualified as an instructor in 1991 and set

Skywings is widely regarded as a fair, open-min

On July 27th last year Carl set out to break th

In July 2018 Richard became the first person to

At a time when hang gliding competitions strugg

At 3.30am on July 8th 2019, James Du Pavey laun

Originally a parachutist, Bill has been invalua

Brian has been a key figure in the Sky Surfing

Since 2010 Lorenzo has been at the forefront of

Chief Coach for the Lanarkshire and Lothian clu

In 2011 Rebekah, a hang glider pilot and Met Of

Bob was very active in the Northern Ireland Ass

The Waterbird team, consisting of ‘Gerry’ Coope

Racing as Race 9 in a Bulldog and guided by Nav

Mark (founder) and Tom (leader) are the driving

Paul is an active international aerobatics comp

At the age of 17, Joel is already twice UK Adva

Jen epitomises the selfless dedication of the m

Nick started attending UK aerobatic competition

Kevin was the initial test pilot for more than

Sant is a longtime member of the Scottish Glidi

Patrick has successfully served as the chairman

Charlie started flying gliders in his teens, lo

The Upward Bound Trust has taught young people

David Roberts has dedicated much of the last 20

Graham is one of the longest standing active me

Claude flew in Lancasters long before he starte

Brian has been the Competition Director at the

Rod, an enthusiastic club hang glider pilot, br

In 1980 the British Association of Parascending

Grant is a key member of the British Hang Glidi

The very first few home-built hang gliders were

In 2013 the Cambridge Aerotow Club’s chief coac

 At the Icarus Cup competition at Sywell aerodr

In July 2018 Theo became FAI European Paraglidi

Jack was 15 when he began formal paragliding tr

John started hang gliding in the early 1980, op

Ollie’s interest in aviation was sparked by his

Derrick was a farmer in Buckinghamshire in 1984

Back in 2008 a couple of members of Christchurc

David has been a very effective CEO of the BMFA

John Jacomb has been a major player in FAI Spac

The 2018 Queen’s Cup was hosted by the British

Malcolm has been Club Secretary of the Christch

Dave has been involved in Skydiving for nearly

NFTO (Not For The Ordinary) is a 4-way women’s

Jim was a towering figure in the British Parach

Kim has been a British Parachute Association (B

Tony began skydiving in the United Kingdom in 1

Rob is an icon in the world of sport parachutin

A former Paratrooper in the British Army, John

Bob remains one of the lesser-sung heroes of Br

Peter is a retired engineer and pilot devoting

Siegfried ‘Blacky’ Schwarz is the Austrian pilo

Martin Lovell has been one of the most generous

Pooleys Flight Equipment has been associated wi

Julian has been a British International FAI jud

David has taking part in national and internati

Jeremy James has been Honorary Secretary of the

Peter rebuilt a Bucker Jungman and used it to f

Alan, an ex BA pilot, is a stalwart member of b

In the 1970s David built a Taylor Monoplane tha

David is an aviator by inclination.

Harry had a distinguished career in the RAF end

Rex claims his earliest memories of aviation ar

Brian’s aviation career began as a BEA apprenti

Tim served in the RAF and British Aerospace as

Peter is a town planner by profession but an av

In 2003 Captain Stewart Luck, a professional pi

As a young man Peter built and raced Formula 3

Mark became BHGA Assistant Training Officer in

Giles

Donald MacKenzie is the chief

Mark

On December 16th 2015, Sacha Dench touched down

On 10th August 2015 pilot Dave Shields was flyi

Jocky Sanderson started flying paragliders in 1

Alan Cassidy ranks amongst the world’s most pro

Tom has been the BHPA’s Airspace Liaison Office

Alan Horsfield began su

John Lovell’s int

has long been known throughout the World for he

Lancaster bomber pilot 93 year old Flt Lt Russe

In 1996 Phillip Cozens bought the parts of a 19

In 1916 Flt Sub Lt ‘Bunnie’ Bremner, a pilot wi

Steve Edwards, David Hempleman-Adams and Freder

Susan is the editor and producer of Sailplane a

Richard Foster and Richard Bird decided, more o

Nick is the author ot the Aerobatic Contest Res

Brian has made a significant contribution to Br

Liz learned to fly balloons in the late 80’s an

Robin is currently the Vice President of the Br

Crispin achieved his private pilot’s licence in

Bob joined the staff of an ATC squadron at Whit

Despite being paid by the Queen to fly her mili

Russell is a highly experienced and successful

Paddy Elliott was born in 1925.

Doug was born in 1932 and started parachuting i

The British Junior Gliding Team brought back gl

Martin is qualified both as a medical doctor an

In the early 1970s Noel read an article about t

Tony and Rona had their first hang gliding less

The British Microlight Team has excelled itself

Gordon founded East of Scotland Microlights mor

Rob received a bursary award as a teenager whic

Andy has single-handedly organised four very su

It has very largely been due to Jim that the wh

Peter has used his extensive knowledge and expe

Since 2007 Jeff Bell and the team at Sywell Aer

Paul has 12 consecutive FAI Championship team G

Adrian’s business and commercial skills have dr

Since the early 1990s lawyer John Korzeniowski

Martin has been the insurance broker for the BP

‘Apples’, as he is affectionately known, has be

In January 2015, Jackie was a prime mover in ac

Mikey, the Speed Skydiving Discipline Represent

Doug was born in 1932 and started parachuting i

For over two decades, Jimmy has been the Course

David, proprietor of Sloane Helicopters, has su

20 years ago Penny joined the then Popular Flyi

Steve is an enthusiastic amateur pilot who has

Lee and Dominic have been pioneering a new, low

John has worked with the Kent Strut as a commit

James joined the then Popular Flying Associatio

A tiny proportion of the British population bui

Aircraft operated on a UK Permit to Fly were, u

Mary and her late husband, Ian, were enthusiast

André joined the Light Aircraft Association aft

Jon, who started flying while still a teenager,

No Light Aircraft Association Rally would be co

In retirement, Roger joined the Board of the Po

Jeremy is the Editor of Flight Training News, w

What can you say about this man?

Bob served in the RAF for 23 years on the Vulca

The King's Cup Race is an annual British handic

l.Tim became the first qualified disabled ballo

Ed McCallum planned to fly to Oshkosh to go to

They took just 57 days to plan and organise a f

David McElroy’s aim was to attempt two concurre

First flight by Microlight from Britain to Cana

 Yvonne gained her PPL and Assistant Instructor

Devon Build a Plane Project 

Marling School successfully bid to be the lead

In 1969 Charles Boddington built a replica BE2c

Gerald Cooper won an individual Bronze medal in

Nick Buckenham joined the BAeA as a newly compe

Eric Marsh started flying in 1976 in his early

Chris Dunkley became involved in ballooning in

Dominic Bareford had an early introduction to b

Hugh Browning has expended and continues to exp

Dr Peter Saundby served as a Royal Air Force me

Andrew Perkins has worked tirelessly over many

Anne Burgess has given a great deal to gliding

Mike Grove started building glider winches in 1

Colin Davey started instructing in September 19

John Aldridge, a retired army officer, started

Johnny Carr was one of the early participants s

Joan Walsh has been a microlight instructor for

Andy Oliver has been a flexwing pilot for more

Norman Burr has been an editor of Microlight Fl

Peter and Annabel Jarvis (aka ‘The Bedford Cava

Phil Ball has been an active competition model

The BMFA F1C (free flight power) team of Neil A

Chris Tompkins started aeromodelling in 1946 wh

Bill Sharp has been a BPA Rigger Examiner since

Gary Connery made history on 23 May 2012, when

The British Parachute Association (BPA) Jim Cro

David Monks was Team Captain of the British Hel

Irvine Laidlaw has made a generous and long sta

 The 2012 British Helicopter T

Graham Newby joined the Light Aircraft Associat

When Peter Gorman and Essam Bishara left Newcas

Brian Hope joined the then PFA in February 1985

The first PFA’s annual Rally was held in 1957 a

Bob Littledale has held a PPL since he was 21 y

Wing Commander Ken Wallis was born 26th April 1

 Ian Seager is a dedicated pil

Carol Cooper gained her PPL in 1984 and became

Mike Mold joined the then Popular Flying Associ

The Royal Aeronautical Society launched the Cen

Wing Commander Dawn Lindsey was seconded to the

Gordon Bellerby was the winner of the Records R

Gordon Bellerby was the winner of Records Racin

Services to instructing

In September 2010, David Hempleman-Adams and Si

Richard Bungay, John Stevenso

Dave Sykes is the first paraplegic to have achi

Dave Sykes took off in a flexwing microlight fr

Ken won Gold and set four world records in the

The F4C Radio-controlled Scale Model competitio

Steve Noujaim broke the London-Cape Town and re

David Joyce built a Europa and has flown it ext

Dennis Kenyon started flying in the RAF in 1952

Taff Smith has been involved in aviation for ov

Brian Bramson is the son of Alan Bramson, who w

Ben Alford is 14 years old and has been flying

David Boxall is a leading balloon designer and

John Jeffries started gliding with the London G

Phillip Burton joined Norfolk Gliding Club in 1

Dave Bluett has been involved in Hang Gliding f

The British Team for the 2010 European Microlig

John Moore is the originator of the ‘Spamfield’

Alf Tunnicliffe is a lifelong enthusiast for ma

Tom Walker has been Secretary of the Sunderland

Peter Watson of Birmingham Model Aircraft Club

Dave Jones was a member of Southport MAC.

Jamie Griffin is a junior member of Novocastria

Kieran Brady has been a Parachute Drop Zone Ope

Dean Fisher started parachuting in 1965 and has

Stuart Morris is a highly experienced jumper an

Andrea ‘Pixie’ Macleod-Hodgson as the performer

Doug Gregory flew operationally in WW-2 and is

Ken Craigie's career started with Personal Plan

Mike Gaffney joined the Popular Flying Associat

Craig Attwood and Sophie Gallimore were two of

Craig Attwood and Sophie Gallimore were two of

46(F) (Kensington) Squadron, Air Training Corps

Paul Bonhomme is a Captain with British Airways

Peter Cruddas rose from humble beginnings in Ha

Jane Middleton was Chairman of the Women in Avi

Steve Green initially was a competitive aerobat

Graeme Fudge is PR Director of Mazda UK Ltd and

Derry Moore gained his private pilot's licence

Bruce Tapson started instructing in gliders in

The British Gliding Team overcame strong opposi

Roger Morrisroe (known as Romo) has recently ac

Helen Evans was Editor of Sailplane & Glidi

On 19 September, 2009, David Hempleman-Adams br

Paul Dancey is an instructor and Chairman of th

Mark Dann became a pioneer of the fledgling spo

Bob Dunthorn's hang gliding career began mid 19

Keith Negal has been British Team Leader in fou

Tom Dawson organised the first Fly UK event in

Brian Lever has consistently championed model f

Freefly Team Volare, consisting of Mike Carpent

Chris Lynch has been skydiving for 27 years and

Ian Robertson, known as 'Wobby', started parach

Hayward Aviation, the largest UK aviation insur

Brian Hope has been Editor of the Popular Flyin

Laurie Shaw was an engineer with BOAC and its s

Nigel Hitchman was an engineer with Airbus at T

Cliff Mort has been a member of the Popular Fly

David Wise followed his 1998 RAeC Silver Medal

When the Royal Aero Club ceased to have its own

John Thorpe's career started in flight research

Charles Crawley made a huge contribution to the

Andrew Dawrant was made a Trustee of the RAeC T

David Hempleman-Adams and Jonathan Mason won th

Roger Dickson is 82.

Team Bodyflight Storm is the British women's fo

Richard Winter is Executive Vice-President of t

Chris Dunkley has been flying balloons for more

Wyn Morgan has been the Technical Officer of th

Howard Torode has given many years of service t

Marilyn Hood has served for eight years as volu

Les Merritt started gliding in 1971 with the So

Richard Rawes has been FAI World Champion three

Miles Hilton-Barber is a blind pilot who flew f

Steve Slade was for many years a regular compet

Dave Clarkson has made a major contribution to

in recognition of their voluntary work as score

Bill Draper was a founder member of the Notting

Lindsey Smith served as an officer with the Arm

Claire Scott is the highest-achieving female sk

Andy Newell, Adam Mattacola and Mike Carpenter

Phil Curtis co-ordinated and took part in the f

Bob King started parachuting in 1963, and was a

Deane "Smudge" Smith was taking part in a canop

for his exceptional airmanship.

Alan Lovejoy has given over 30 years and many t

Alan Chalkley flew with the RAF, and then from

Dick Richardson served with the RAF as an engin

Dr Vijaypat Singhania has a life-long passion f

John Williams has radically moved the goal-post

Derek Piggott's RAF service included flying Lan

David Hempleman-Adams has had a prolific career

Michael Bird is known to generations of Sai

ohn Glossop started gliding while an RAF appren

John Blackmore started gliding in 1953.

Jim started flying with the Scottish Gliding Un

Derek Platt began gliding with the ATC in 1945

At the 2007 Women’s World Gliding Championships

Peter Harvey was one of the world’s leading han

Jack Harrison is well known as Weatherjack.

Graham Phipps started Hang Gliding instructing

Robert Grimwood started flying weight-shift mic

Martin Fardell has been a strong supporter of S

Daniel Billam started flying competitions for F

Julie Fisher has been Treasurer of the Model Ae

Since 1990, Keith Lomax has held several admini

Lesley Gale is a skydiver with over 3,300 incid

Between December 2006 and May 2007 Jennifer Mur

Richard Crabtree has been the Administrator of

Jane Wilson joined the time keeping team of the

Team Airkix are the British 4-Way Women’s Forma

Norman Pocock has for many years generously sup

In early 2006, Manuel Queiroz became the first

Harry Mason was 87 years old on 23rd April.

Mike Scholes has been flying hot air balloons f

Nigel Tasker was one of the first balloon pilot

Phil Jones won the Gold Medal at the 2006 World

Christopher Lawrence joined Norfolk Gliding Clu

John Henry started gliding as an ATC Cadet in 1

Peter Saundby became a RAF Medical Officer in 1

Leigh Wells won the Gold Medal at the 2006 Worl

Trevor Birkbeck has been a hang glider pilot fo

Steve Uzochukwu has been an active hang glider

Peter Grange has been regular pit man and occas

Robin Jones was responsible for introducing the

Taz Causer had been skydiving for seven years a

Rob Colpus and Darryl Moran have both been succ

Chris Gay is an experienced formation sky-diver

Cliff Piper is a retired Commercial Pilot and j

Judy Hanson became secretary of the RAeC Record

Michael Feldman has for many years audited the

Janet Folkes has been involved in Ballooning fo

David Hempleman-Adams set a new World Altitude

Neil Lawson was a professional photographer and

David Wright is a glider pilot and holds a FAI

Hugh Browning is a glider pilot.

The British Gliding Team had a very successful

Charlie Kovak started gliding in Yugoslavia in

Mark Shaw began paragliding in 1990 and trained

Vijaypat Singhania is an Indian who has had a l

Ron Jenkins joined the CAA after service as an

Gerry Breen started gliding at the age of 13 an

Bob Bailey has been a model flyer for over 50 y

Jo Halman was a control-line model flyer, and j

Daniel Billam started flying competitions for r

John Curtis has made a very major contribution

Rita Boniface is now 73 years old, and still fl

Bob Pooley's name is synonymous with his pilots

Andrew Cormack has been Keeper of Visual Arts,

Arnold Parker conceived the idea of Sky Watch t

Kevin Stass has played a major role as a volunt

Russell Cheetham started gliding in 1985 and fl

The ‘Walking on Air’ Charity was founded in 199

Roger Coote has been Development Officer for th

Harriet Pottinger became involved in hang glidi

Andy Shaw first competed in the parascending Na

Steve Elkins is a hang glider pilot who has bee

Andy Cowley started parascending in the 1960s,

Geoff Weighell started flying hang gliders and

In May 2004 Richard Meredith-Hardy flew over Mo

Matthew Hart is 17 years old, and has been flyi

The winner of this diploma is a scientist who h

Gordon Isles has been flying control line model

Rob Noble-Nesbitt started parchuting at Sunderl

Trudy Kemp joined the office staff of the Briti

Derek Thomas started skydiving in 1975.

The Red Devils are the official free-fall displ

In June 2004, Simon Oliphant-Hope established a

David Cahill is 72 years old.

Stewart Luck is a commercial pilot and has been

Andy Simpson is a historian and archaeologist.

Over the last four years, 2494 (Portishead) Squ

Andy Davis has been a member of the British Gli

Alan Cassidy retired as an RAF engineer in 1990

David Hempleman-Adams has made a series of epic

In September 2003 David Hempleman-Adams achieve

Jenny Beesley is 20 years old.

Derek Piggott is 81.

The British Gliding Team achieved outstanding r

Jez Hood won the Standard Class at the 2003 Wor

Max Bacon pursued a successful career in the RA

Skywings is the house-magazine of the British H

Gordon Rigg started flying hang gliders in 1984

Reggie Spooner became involved with hang glidin

Yvonne Jukes ran the Airsports Insurance Bureau

Phil Chettleburgh has, for 20 years, been the m

Paul Dewhurst has been representing Britain in

Nigel Beale's first sporting interest was Hover

John Hamer has been the voluntary Chief Check P

The V-max Team is the British Women's 4-way For

Victoria Osborne is Marketing and PR Manager of

Mungo Amyatt-Leir is the Managing Director of J

Jonathon Gowing is now 18 years old.

Luc Trullemans has established a reputation as

Paul Spellward was a founder-member of the Bris

Steve Fossett has made seven attempts at flight

Terry Slater has been gliding since 1961.

Kathleen Rigg started hang-gliding in 1986 and

Jim Bowyer has been hang gliding since the earl

Johnny Carr started hang gliding in 1972, in th

The 2002 UK F2A Team comprised Peter Halman, Ke

Peter McDermott has been a regular member of th

Ronnie O'Brien has been a sport parachutist for

Debbie Carter has been treasurer of the British

Beryl Thorp is now 71 years old, and has a shar

Caroline Gough-Cooper & Imogen Asker won th

David Bryan is Managing Director of Sonic Commu

Rachel McLaughlin had completed her PPL by the

Charles Ranald is a Trustee of the RAeC Trust.

Sue Hanisch was a victim of a terrorist bomb at

John Christopher has recently retired as Editor

In 2001 the British Gliding Team achieved their

After service in the RAFVR flying Lancasters an

Bob Bickers was British Gliding Team Manager fr

Brian, affectionately referred to as the Father

In the second World Air Games & eighth Worl

Since acquiring his microlight licence in 1984

During her 14 years as Chairman of the BMFA Kat

Since joining the British Parachute Association

Alistair Hodgson was serving with the Parachute

Rita Boniface works tirelessly to raise funds f

At this year’s British Helicopter Championships

Polly Vacher was the first woman to fly solo ar

Pete Thorn joined the Royal Air Force in 1953 f

Clare McLaughlin learned to fly and went solo a

Colin Bodill and Jennifer Murray made round the

Lindsay established a women's world record for

In May 2000, David Hempleman-Adams made a solo

The team won the European Championships against

Arthur Doughty has been gliding for over 50 yea

The team of eight, led by Derek Godfrey, achiev

Howard Travers has played a major role in achie

Nick Neve has served the BMFA for 25 years as a

Adrian broke the world records for free-fall en

V-max is an all-female 4-way formation skydivin

John Carter has been parachuting since 1973.

Tony Knight has been parachuting for 36 years,

Lesley Gale has been parachuting for 16 years a

Francis has been Chief Engineer of the Popular

John Houlder has been the operator of Elstree A

Tony Holden was the catalyst behind establishin

Roger has been taking part in air racing for ov

Ken Wilson has been Clerk of the Course and Sta

Michael Fopp is Director of the RAF Museum at H

In March 1999, Brian jones and Bertrand Piccard

Tim suffered serious spinal injuries in the cra

The Breitling Orbiter 3 construction team was m

Don Cameron has made a very major contribution

Andy Elson and Colin Prescott flew the Cable &a

At the 1999 FAI Women's European Gliding Champi

Steve Longland was an experienced instructor an

Marc Asquith joined the South Wales Hang-glidin

Tom Beardsley started parascending in 1974, rap

David Wootton learned paragliding in 1988.

Mary Keefe is an experienced microlight pilot,

For many years, Bill Brooks has been Chief Tech

Simon has been flying Microlights for 23 years.

Lee Shelley started flying radio-controlled mod

Bill Draper started flying model aircraft in 19

Mike Feaver has served the British Model Flying

Peter has been at the top of competitive parach

Tony Butler has been parachuting for 26 years.

Simon has been parachuting for 20 years and has

Muriel Tucker was for 30 years an air hostess a

Tony Hines and David Trefgarne have been respon

The Breitling Company has been manufacturing ai

Bert Miles learned to fly in Canada in 1944, an

John Stainer has been flying vintage aircraft f

Gordon Wansborough-White's initial involvement

John Edgley's made original use of new material

Awarded in recognition of his generous gift to

Awarded in recognition of his outstanding and g

Ian has a wide experience of flying, including

Gerry Turnbill is still regularly flying balloo

Bill has been gliding for over 40 years.

Mark Woodhams built and taught himself to fly a

Richard started paragliding in 1989.

Brian Milton achieved the first ever round the

Mark Christy is 18 years old, and has already h

John Hitchen has been Parachuting since 1973.

John Meacock has been parachuting for 35 years.

Jackie Young (formerly Jackie Smith) has been B

Lettice Curtis flew with the Air Transport Auxi

The Rescue Crew is recognised for their prompt

Mike Rockliff has managed Yorkshire Light Aircr

David has given 16 years of service to the PFA

This is in recognition of their sponsorship of

Ian Burnett has used the opportunities presente

David Greenwood has worked with diligence and e

John Scott gave many years of dedicated work to

David Bareford culminated over twenty years of

Brian Lecomber is one of Britain's most respect

The successful British Hot Air Balloon Team at

Gillian Bryce-Smith became Editor of the Britis

Dean Squire and Mark McCauley produced a master

Hugh Miller won both the first FAI World Air Ga

Bruce Goldsmith heads the team responsible for

Walter Neumark served paragliding for over thir

John Pendry has been at the top of air-sport si

Despite appalling weather conditions at home th

Paul Dewhurst has competed in international Mic

Mike Wood of the RAF Microlight Association and

Despite a serious health problem, Chris Bromley

Darryl  Moran was leader of the Another Planet

Jeff Chandler has trained over 5,000 parachute

Jeremy James has been the lynch-pin of the Heli

Steve Good , Mike Smith, Jennifer Murray and Qu

Michael Smith, with his son, has competed in ev

Ernie Horsfall's unique thirty year fund of exp

Peggy Follis gained her PPL at the age of 79, t

Stuart MacConnacher has been a Popular Flying A

Chris and Mavis Parker have jointly been the se

Brendan O'Brien obtained his PPL in 1972 and ha

Awarded in recognition of his generous support

Awarded in recognition of his generous support

Awarded in recognition of her generous support

The De Havilland Moth Club Diamond Nine Team wa

David Bareford is the United Kingdom's most suc

Bill Walker, M.P.

Jay Rebbeck is 19 years old and already holds t

Cedric Vernon has been involved with gliding's

Ann Welch set up the Surrey Gliding Club in 193

Tom Hardie was the BHGA's airspace officer and

In the twelve years of international microlight

David Cole is Chairman of the British Microligh

Ken Binks has flown models for over 40 years an

David Oddy retired in 1996 as the British Parac

John Pothecary has maintained a practical inter

For over 20 years, Pat Barker has played a sign

David Faulkner Bryant was Chairman of the Popul

Allan "Bunny" Bramson has made a very major con

Flying a two-seater ASH 25E glider from Biceste

Diana Britten won the premier British award in

Wally Kahn has made an enormous contribution to

Bob Harrison has worked talentedly and tireless

Michael Carnet has made extraordinary contribut

Judy Leden won the Women's World Champion title

Peter Lovegrove recently retired from the Counc

Joseph Turner started competitive model flying

Mark Kirkby was captain of the World For Nation

James Gilbert joined the Tiger Club in its earl

Torquil Norman and Henry Labouchere have consid

for their victory in the first trans-Atlantic b