Royal Aero Club Trust Bursaries – Apply Now!

The Royal Aero Club Trust, as part of its Flying for Youth program administers a Bursary Scheme for young people.

A record number of 37 bursaries were awarded in 2013 and the lucky recipients were able to start training in late April. Bursaries include The President’s Award (two bursaries each worth up to £750), a further bursary worth up to £1,000 (The Peter Cruddas Foundation Scholarship), the Breitling Bursary also worth up to £750, the MacRobert Trust Bursaries (two bursaries each worth up to £500, and the Bramson Bursary also worth up to £500 as well as a number of additional bursaries worth up to £500 each to suitable candidates.

Previous recipients of bursaries for ballooning include Robert Durham from Basingstoke (2011) and David Stagg of Norfolk (2010).

The scheme is divided into two categories of Bursaries:

• Flying Bursaries/Grants for those wishing to advance from one recognised level of air sport to the next higher level and wish to upgrade their existing qualifications;
• FlightSim Bursaries/Grants for Computer Flight Simulation enthusiasts wishing to gain practical experience of flying or an air sport.

The scheme and the bursaries comprise all types of air sports and aviation-related activities including: paragliding, gliding, hang-gliding, parachuting, microlight aircraft, helicopter, light aircraft and the designing, building and flying model aeroplanes.

Applicants for these grants must hold British Citizenship, be permanently resident in UK and aged 16-21 years and if you are applying for a ballooning bursary (what else?!) you must also be a current member of the British Balloon and Airship Club.

You have until the 31st March to submit your application – so don’t delay, apply today.

Application Forms for 2014 bursaries are available for download on the Bursaries page of the Royal Aero Club Trust website.