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

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

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

Malcolm has been Club Secretary of the Christch

Brian has been the Competition Director at the

Peter rebuilt a Bucker Jungman and used it to f

Rod, an enthusiastic club hang glider pilot, br

In 1980 the British Association of Parascending

Sant is a longtime member of the Scottish Glidi

Peter is a retired engineer and pilot devoting

In the 1970s David built a Taylor Monoplane tha

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

David is an aviator by inclination.

Grant is a key member of the British Hang Glidi

Bob was very active in the Northern Ireland Ass

Harry had a distinguished career in the RAF end

Kevin was the initial test pilot for more than

Dave has been involved in Skydiving for nearly

The very first few home-built hang gliders were

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

Kim has been a British Parachute Association (B

Jim was a towering figure in the British Parach

In 2013 the Cambridge Aerotow Club’s chief coac

Patrick has successfully served as the chairman

Back in 2008 a couple of members of Christchurc

Charlie started flying gliders in his teens, lo

The Upward Bound Trust has taught young people

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

Siegfried ‘Blacky’ Schwarz is the Austrian pilo

David has been a very effective CEO of the BMFA

 At the Icarus Cup competition at Sywell aerodr

Tony began skydiving in the United Kingdom in 1

Rex claims his earliest memories of aviation ar

In July 2018 Theo became FAI European Paraglidi

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

Paul is an active international aerobatics comp

Martin Lovell has been one of the most generous

Derrick was a farmer in Buckinghamshire in 1984

Jen epitomises the selfless dedication of the m

Pooleys Flight Equipment has been associated wi

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

Rob is an icon in the world of sport parachutin

Julian has been a British International FAI jud

David Roberts has dedicated much of the last 20

Brian’s aviation career began as a BEA apprenti

Nick started attending UK aerobatic competition

Tim served in the RAF and British Aerospace as

David has taking part in national and internati

Peter is a town planner by profession but an av

A former Paratrooper in the British Army, John

Bob remains one of the lesser-sung heroes of Br

John Jacomb has been a major player in FAI Spac

In 2003 Captain Stewart Luck, a professional pi

The Waterbird team, consisting of ‘Gerry’ Coope

Graham is one of the longest standing active me

Jeremy James has been Honorary Secretary of the

As a young man Peter built and raced Formula 3

The 2018 Queen’s Cup was hosted by the British

Claude flew in Lancasters long before he starte

Racing as Race 9 in a Bulldog and guided by Nav

Jocky Sanderson started flying paragliders in 1

Giles

On December 16th 2015, Sacha Dench touched down

On 10th August 2015 pilot Dave Shields was flyi

Donald MacKenzie is the chief

Mark

Mark became BHGA Assistant Training Officer in

Alan Cassidy ranks amongst the world’s most pro

In 1996 Phillip Cozens bought the parts of a 19

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

Alan Horsfield began su

Steve Edwards, David Hempleman-Adams and Freder

Lancaster bomber pilot 93 year old Flt Lt Russe

has long been known throughout the World for he

Tom has been the BHPA’s Airspace Liaison Office

John Lovell’s int

A tiny proportion of the British population bui

Aircraft operated on a UK Permit to Fly were, u

Gordon founded East of Scotland Microlights mor

In retirement, Roger joined the Board of the Po

What can you say about this man?

Richard Foster and Richard Bird decided, more o

Jeremy is the Editor of Flight Training News, w

20 years ago Penny joined the then Popular Flyi

Nick is the author ot the Aerobatic Contest Res

Since 2007 Jeff Bell and the team at Sywell Aer

Since the early 1990s lawyer John Korzeniowski

Martin has been the insurance broker for the BP

Bob served in the RAF for 23 years on the Vulca

John has worked with the Kent Strut as a commit

The King's Cup Race is an annual British handic

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

Susan is the editor and producer of Sailplane a

For over two decades, Jimmy has been the Course

The British Microlight Team has excelled itself

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

Jon, who started flying while still a teenager,

David, proprietor of Sloane Helicopters, has su

No Light Aircraft Association Rally would be co

Mary and her late husband, Ian, were enthusiast

In January 2015, Jackie was a prime mover in ac

André joined the Light Aircraft Association aft

Martin is qualified both as a medical doctor an

In the early 1970s Noel read an article about t

Brian has made a significant contribution to Br

Crispin achieved his private pilot’s licence in

Russell is a highly experienced and successful

Despite being paid by the Queen to fly her mili

Mikey, the Speed Skydiving Discipline Represent

Paul has 12 consecutive FAI Championship team G

Paddy Elliott was born in 1925.

Doug was born in 1932 and started parachuting i

Rob received a bursary award as a teenager whic

Doug was born in 1932 and started parachuting i

Bob joined the staff of an ATC squadron at Whit

Andy has single-handedly organised four very su

It has very largely been due to Jim that the wh

The British Junior Gliding Team brought back gl

Peter has used his extensive knowledge and expe

Adrian’s business and commercial skills have dr

Steve is an enthusiastic amateur pilot who has

Lee and Dominic have been pioneering a new, low

James joined the then Popular Flying Associatio

Robin is currently the Vice President of the Br

Tony and Rona had their first hang gliding less

l.Tim became the first qualified disabled ballo

They took just 57 days to plan and organise a f

David McElroy’s aim was to attempt two concurre

Ed McCallum planned to fly to Oshkosh to go to

First flight by Microlight from Britain to Cana

 Yvonne gained her PPL and Assistant Instructor

Devon Build a Plane Project 

Chris Dunkley became involved in ballooning in

 The 2012 British Helicopter T

Hugh Browning has expended and continues to exp

Mike Mold joined the then Popular Flying Associ

Graham Newby joined the Light Aircraft Associat

Joan Walsh has been a microlight instructor for

John Aldridge, a retired army officer, started

Andy Oliver has been a flexwing pilot for more

Dr Peter Saundby served as a Royal Air Force me

Phil Ball has been an active competition model

Norman Burr has been an editor of Microlight Fl

When Peter Gorman and Essam Bishara left Newcas

Andrew Perkins has worked tirelessly over many

Brian Hope joined the then PFA in February 1985

Johnny Carr was one of the early participants s

Gerald Cooper won an individual Bronze medal in

The Royal Aeronautical Society launched the Cen

Nick Buckenham joined the BAeA as a newly compe

David Monks was Team Captain of the British Hel

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

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

Eric Marsh started flying in 1976 in his early

Mike Grove started building glider winches in 1

Bill Sharp has been a BPA Rigger Examiner since

Gordon Bellerby was the winner of the Records R

Chris Tompkins started aeromodelling in 1946 wh

Gordon Bellerby was the winner of Records Racin

Bob Littledale has held a PPL since he was 21 y

Wing Commander Dawn Lindsey was seconded to the

Carol Cooper gained her PPL in 1984 and became

Gary Connery made history on 23 May 2012, when

Dominic Bareford had an early introduction to b

Marling School successfully bid to be the lead

Wing Commander Ken Wallis was born 26th April 1

 Ian Seager is a dedicated pil

Peter and Annabel Jarvis (aka ‘The Bedford Cava

Irvine Laidlaw has made a generous and long sta

Colin Davey started instructing in September 19

The British Parachute Association (BPA) Jim Cro

Anne Burgess has given a great deal to gliding

In 1969 Charles Boddington built a replica BE2c

Richard Bungay, John Stevenso

In September 2010, David Hempleman-Adams and Si

Dave Sykes is the first paraplegic to have achi

Ken won Gold and set four world records in the

The F4C Radio-controlled Scale Model competitio

Services to instructing

Dave Sykes took off in a flexwing microlight fr

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

Steve Noujaim broke the London-Cape Town and re

Andrea ‘Pixie’ Macleod-Hodgson as the performer

Brian Bramson is the son of Alan Bramson, who w

Craig Attwood and Sophie Gallimore were two of

Peter Watson of Birmingham Model Aircraft Club

Ben Alford is 14 years old and has been flying

Craig Attwood and Sophie Gallimore were two of

David Joyce built a Europa and has flown it ext

Doug Gregory flew operationally in WW-2 and is

The British Team for the 2010 European Microlig

Phillip Burton joined Norfolk Gliding Club in 1

Ken Craigie's career started with Personal Plan

Dave Bluett has been involved in Hang Gliding f

Jamie Griffin is a junior member of Novocastria

Mike Gaffney joined the Popular Flying Associat

Kieran Brady has been a Parachute Drop Zone Ope

John Moore is the originator of the ‘Spamfield’

Dean Fisher started parachuting in 1965 and has

Taff Smith has been involved in aviation for ov

Stuart Morris is a highly experienced jumper an

Alf Tunnicliffe is a lifelong enthusiast for ma

Dave Jones was a member of Southport MAC.

Dennis Kenyon started flying in the RAF in 1952

David Boxall is a leading balloon designer and

John Jeffries started gliding with the London G

Tom Walker has been Secretary of the Sunderland

When the Royal Aero Club ceased to have its own

Graeme Fudge is PR Director of Mazda UK Ltd and

Hayward Aviation, the largest UK aviation insur

Steve Green initially was a competitive aerobat

On 19 September, 2009, David Hempleman-Adams br

Paul Bonhomme is a Captain with British Airways

Bruce Tapson started instructing in gliders in

Brian Hope has been Editor of the Popular Flyin

Peter Cruddas rose from humble beginnings in Ha

Keith Negal has been British Team Leader in fou

Freefly Team Volare, consisting of Mike Carpent

Andrew Dawrant was made a Trustee of the RAeC T

Laurie Shaw was an engineer with BOAC and its s

John Thorpe's career started in flight research

Derry Moore gained his private pilot's licence

Jane Middleton was Chairman of the Women in Avi

Paul Dancey is an instructor and Chairman of th

Tom Dawson organised the first Fly UK event in

Nigel Hitchman was an engineer with Airbus at T

Roger Morrisroe (known as Romo) has recently ac

Brian Lever has consistently championed model f

Bob Dunthorn's hang gliding career began mid 19

The British Gliding Team overcame strong opposi

Chris Lynch has been skydiving for 27 years and

Ian Robertson, known as 'Wobby', started parach

Cliff Mort has been a member of the Popular Fly

Helen Evans was Editor of Sailplane & Glidi

David Wise followed his 1998 RAeC Silver Medal

Charles Crawley made a huge contribution to the

Mark Dann became a pioneer of the fledgling spo

Alan Lovejoy has given over 30 years and many t

Richard Rawes has been FAI World Champion three

Howard Torode has given many years of service t

David Hempleman-Adams and Jonathan Mason won th

Phil Curtis co-ordinated and took part in the f

Chris Dunkley has been flying balloons for more

Bob King started parachuting in 1963, and was a

Alan Chalkley flew with the RAF, and then from

Wyn Morgan has been the Technical Officer of th

Claire Scott is the highest-achieving female sk

Dave Clarkson has made a major contribution to

Deane "Smudge" Smith was taking part in a canop

Bill Draper was a founder member of the Notting

Richard Winter is Executive Vice-President of t

Lindsey Smith served as an officer with the Arm

Marilyn Hood has served for eight years as volu

Roger Dickson is 82.

in recognition of their voluntary work as score

Steve Slade was for many years a regular compet

Miles Hilton-Barber is a blind pilot who flew f

Andy Newell, Adam Mattacola and Mike Carpenter

Team Bodyflight Storm is the British women's fo

Dick Richardson served with the RAF as an engin

Les Merritt started gliding in 1971 with the So

for his exceptional airmanship.

Peter Harvey was one of the world’s leading han

David Hempleman-Adams has had a prolific career

John Blackmore started gliding in 1953.

John Williams has radically moved the goal-post

Julie Fisher has been Treasurer of the Model Ae

Since 1990, Keith Lomax has held several admini

Derek Platt began gliding with the ATC in 1945

Jane Wilson joined the time keeping team of the

Michael Bird is known to generations of Sai

Martin Fardell has been a strong supporter of S

Lesley Gale is a skydiver with over 3,300 incid

ohn Glossop started gliding while an RAF appren

Dr Vijaypat Singhania has a life-long passion f

Derek Piggott's RAF service included flying Lan

Jack Harrison is well known as Weatherjack.

Jim started flying with the Scottish Gliding Un

Daniel Billam started flying competitions for F

At the 2007 Women’s World Gliding Championships

Between December 2006 and May 2007 Jennifer Mur

Richard Crabtree has been the Administrator of

Graham Phipps started Hang Gliding instructing

Robert Grimwood started flying weight-shift mic

Judy Hanson became secretary of the RAeC Record

Trevor Birkbeck has been a hang glider pilot fo

Steve Uzochukwu has been an active hang glider

In early 2006, Manuel Queiroz became the first

Taz Causer had been skydiving for seven years a

Peter Grange has been regular pit man and occas

Robin Jones was responsible for introducing the

Mike Scholes has been flying hot air balloons f

Nigel Tasker was one of the first balloon pilot

Norman Pocock has for many years generously sup

Phil Jones won the Gold Medal at the 2006 World

Rob Colpus and Darryl Moran have both been succ

Harry Mason was 87 years old on 23rd April.

Christopher Lawrence joined Norfolk Gliding Clu

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

John Henry started gliding as an ATC Cadet in 1

Chris Gay is an experienced formation sky-diver

Cliff Piper is a retired Commercial Pilot and j

Peter Saundby became a RAF Medical Officer in 1

Leigh Wells won the Gold Medal at the 2006 Worl

Bob Bailey has been a model flyer for over 50 y

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

John Curtis has made a very major contribution

Ron Jenkins joined the CAA after service as an

David Wright is a glider pilot and holds a FAI

David Hempleman-Adams set a new World Altitude

Neil Lawson was a professional photographer and

Charlie Kovak started gliding in Yugoslavia in

Vijaypat Singhania is an Indian who has had a l

Michael Feldman has for many years audited the

Mark Shaw began paragliding in 1990 and trained

Gerry Breen started gliding at the age of 13 an

Bob Pooley's name is synonymous with his pilots

Rita Boniface is now 73 years old, and still fl

Daniel Billam started flying competitions for r

The British Gliding Team had a very successful

Janet Folkes has been involved in Ballooning fo

Hugh Browning is a glider pilot.

Andrew Cormack has been Keeper of Visual Arts,

In May 2004 Richard Meredith-Hardy flew over Mo

Stewart Luck is a commercial pilot and has been

The winner of this diploma is a scientist who h

Russell Cheetham started gliding in 1985 and fl

Roger Coote has been Development Officer for th

David Cahill is 72 years old.

Matthew Hart is 17 years old, and has been flyi

The Red Devils are the official free-fall displ

Gordon Isles has been flying control line model

Harriet Pottinger became involved in hang glidi

In June 2004, Simon Oliphant-Hope established a

Andy Shaw first competed in the parascending Na

Rob Noble-Nesbitt started parchuting at Sunderl

Geoff Weighell started flying hang gliders and

Steve Elkins is a hang glider pilot who has bee

Trudy Kemp joined the office staff of the Briti

Arnold Parker conceived the idea of Sky Watch t

Andy Simpson is a historian and archaeologist.

Andy Cowley started parascending in the 1960s,

The ‘Walking on Air’ Charity was founded in 199

Kevin Stass has played a major role as a volunt

Derek Thomas started skydiving in 1975.

Andy Davis has been a member of the British Gli

Victoria Osborne is Marketing and PR Manager of

Skywings is the house-magazine of the British H

Paul Dewhurst has been representing Britain in

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

David Hempleman-Adams has made a series of epic

Derek Piggott is 81.

Jenny Beesley is 20 years old.

The British Gliding Team achieved outstanding r

Alan Cassidy retired as an RAF engineer in 1990

Jez Hood won the Standard Class at the 2003 Wor

Gordon Rigg started flying hang gliders in 1984

Max Bacon pursued a successful career in the RA

Reggie Spooner became involved with hang glidin

Phil Chettleburgh has, for 20 years, been the m

John Hamer has been the voluntary Chief Check P

Yvonne Jukes ran the Airsports Insurance Bureau

Over the last four years, 2494 (Portishead) Squ

In September 2003 David Hempleman-Adams achieve

Nigel Beale's first sporting interest was Hover

Steve Fossett has made seven attempts at flight

Caroline Gough-Cooper & Imogen Asker won th

Mungo Amyatt-Leir is the Managing Director of J

Kathleen Rigg started hang-gliding in 1986 and

Ronnie O'Brien has been a sport parachutist for

Jonathon Gowing is now 18 years old.

The 2002 UK F2A Team comprised Peter Halman, Ke

Johnny Carr started hang gliding in 1972, in th

Peter McDermott has been a regular member of th

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

Terry Slater has been gliding since 1961.

Debbie Carter has been treasurer of the British

Paul Spellward was a founder-member of the Bris

Jim Bowyer has been hang gliding since the earl

David Bryan is Managing Director of Sonic Commu

Luc Trullemans has established a reputation as

In the second World Air Games & eighth Worl

Since acquiring his microlight licence in 1984

John Christopher has recently retired as Editor

Polly Vacher was the first woman to fly solo ar

Rachel McLaughlin had completed her PPL by the

Pete Thorn joined the Royal Air Force in 1953 f

Charles Ranald is a Trustee of the RAeC Trust.

In 2001 the British Gliding Team achieved their

Brian, affectionately referred to as the Father

Since joining the British Parachute Association

During her 14 years as Chairman of the BMFA Kat

Rita Boniface works tirelessly to raise funds f

Sue Hanisch was a victim of a terrorist bomb at

Bob Bickers was British Gliding Team Manager fr

After service in the RAFVR flying Lancasters an

Alistair Hodgson was serving with the Parachute

At this year’s British Helicopter Championships

In May 2000, David Hempleman-Adams made a solo

Lesley Gale has been parachuting for 16 years a

The team won the European Championships against

Clare McLaughlin learned to fly and went solo a

John Houlder has been the operator of Elstree A

Francis has been Chief Engineer of the Popular

Roger has been taking part in air racing for ov

Lindsay established a women's world record for

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

Adrian broke the world records for free-fall en

The team of eight, led by Derek Godfrey, achiev

John Carter has been parachuting since 1973.

Howard Travers has played a major role in achie

Ken Wilson has been Clerk of the Course and Sta

Arthur Doughty has been gliding for over 50 yea

Tony Holden was the catalyst behind establishin

Tony Knight has been parachuting for 36 years,

Nick Neve has served the BMFA for 25 years as a

Colin Bodill and Jennifer Murray made round the

Tony Hines and David Trefgarne have been respon

Andy Elson and Colin Prescott flew the Cable &a

David Wootton learned paragliding in 1988.

The Breitling Orbiter 3 construction team was m

Lee Shelley started flying radio-controlled mod

Bill Draper started flying model aircraft in 19

Bert Miles learned to fly in Canada in 1944, an

Peter has been at the top of competitive parach

Mike Feaver has served the British Model Flying

Michael Fopp is Director of the RAF Museum at H

Mary Keefe is an experienced microlight pilot,

Steve Longland was an experienced instructor an

At the 1999 FAI Women's European Gliding Champi

Muriel Tucker was for 30 years an air hostess a

Simon has been flying Microlights for 23 years.

Tim suffered serious spinal injuries in the cra

Marc Asquith joined the South Wales Hang-glidin

Simon has been parachuting for 20 years and has

Tom Beardsley started parascending in 1974, rap

For many years, Bill Brooks has been Chief Tech

Tony Butler has been parachuting for 26 years.

The Breitling Company has been manufacturing ai

Don Cameron has made a very major contribution

In March 1999, Brian jones and Bertrand Piccard

Jackie Young (formerly Jackie Smith) has been B

Lettice Curtis flew with the Air Transport Auxi

The Rescue Crew is recognised for their prompt

John Stainer has been flying vintage aircraft f

John Meacock has been parachuting for 35 years.

Gordon Wansborough-White's initial involvement

Mark Christy is 18 years old, and has already h

Mark Woodhams built and taught himself to fly a

Gerry Turnbill is still regularly flying balloo

Ian has a wide experience of flying, including

Awarded in recognition of his generous gift to

Awarded in recognition of his outstanding and g

Richard started paragliding in 1989.

Bill has been gliding for over 40 years.

David has given 16 years of service to the PFA

Mike Rockliff has managed Yorkshire Light Aircr

This is in recognition of their sponsorship of

John Edgley's made original use of new material

John Hitchen has been Parachuting since 1973.

Brian Milton achieved the first ever round the

John Scott gave many years of dedicated work to

Dean Squire and Mark McCauley produced a master

Despite appalling weather conditions at home th

Hugh Miller won both the first FAI World Air Ga

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

Gillian Bryce-Smith became Editor of the Britis

Jeff Chandler has trained over 5,000 parachute

Paul Dewhurst has competed in international Mic

The successful British Hot Air Balloon Team at

Steve Good , Mike Smith, Jennifer Murray and Qu

Despite a serious health problem, Chris Bromley

Bruce Goldsmith heads the team responsible for

Ernie Horsfall's unique thirty year fund of exp

Jeremy James has been the lynch-pin of the Heli

Brian Lecomber is one of Britain's most respect

Michael Smith, with his son, has competed in ev

Stuart MacConnacher has been a Popular Flying A

David Bareford culminated over twenty years of

Darryl  Moran was leader of the Another Planet

Ian Burnett has used the opportunities presente

Walter Neumark served paragliding for over thir

David Greenwood has worked with diligence and e

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

Mike Wood of the RAF Microlight Association and

Jay Rebbeck is 19 years old and already holds t

Bill Walker, M.P.

David Cole is Chairman of the British Microligh

Tom Hardie was the BHGA's airspace officer and

Awarded in recognition of his generous support

David Faulkner Bryant was Chairman of the Popul

Awarded in recognition of his generous support

Awarded in recognition of her generous support

In the twelve years of international microlight

Cedric Vernon has been involved with gliding's

The De Havilland Moth Club Diamond Nine Team wa

Chris and Mavis Parker have jointly been the se

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

David Bareford is the United Kingdom's most suc

Ann Welch set up the Surrey Gliding Club in 193

Brendan O'Brien obtained his PPL in 1972 and ha

For over 20 years, Pat Barker has played a sign

Michael Carnet has made extraordinary contribut

Joseph Turner started competitive model flying

Diana Britten won the premier British award in

Wally Kahn has made an enormous contribution to

Allan "Bunny" Bramson has made a very major con

Peter Lovegrove recently retired from the Counc

James Gilbert joined the Tiger Club in its earl

Torquil Norman and Henry Labouchere have consid

Mark Kirkby was captain of the World For Nation

Judy Leden won the Women's World Champion title

Flying a two-seater ASH 25E glider from Biceste

Bob Harrison has worked talentedly and tireless

for their victory in the first trans-Atlantic b