RAFA Flying Scholarship Winners
This year's winner of the 35 hour Flying Scholarship was James Bown who pipped our four other winners to the post taking the full Scholarship for 2008. James and the other cadets have very kindly shared some of their experiences with the RAF Association (RAFA) about their time spent at various flying schools this year, including video blogs.
James has kindly also written us a short piece about his training at Tayside Aviation and how he 
achieved his National Private Pilot Licence (NPPL), view this on his video page.
"Winning the scholarship has given me a fantastic opportunity to achieve one of my lifetime goals to get my pilot's licence, and I am extremely grateful to RAFA for providing me with the chance to do so.
The whole experience has been a steep learning curve but thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding at the same time. Attaining my licence is a big step in my aviation career and when I join the RAF after graduating from university to become a pilot I hope that it will serve me well and hope to keep on flying for many years to come!"
James's Video Blog
This years 35-hour winner of the Flying Scholarship was James Bown who has recorded his experiences during his training for us. Please click below to view some of his video blogs.
Click here or on the movie to visit the Video Blogs page
James's Photo Gallery
James has also taken some pictures for RAFA which you might like to view on his gallery page to document his time training for his NPPL.
Click here or on the photo to visit his Photo Gallery
Other 12 Hour Scholarship Winners....
Shailen Bhat, ATC
Shailen won one of the four 12-hour Flying Scholarships. Shailen has kindly taken a couple of videos and sent us some photographs to document his flying hours and his scholarship.
Click here to view Shailen's photos and videos
Nicole Pogmore, GVCAC
Nicole Pogmore took her 12 hour scholarship at South Warwickshire Flying School and in her time with them in September 2008 managed to fly solo having no previous flying experience. Nicole has documented her experiences through videos and photographs.
Click here to view Nicole's photos and videos
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