Aviation Dreams Take Off at Kemble
Thanks to the generosity of Kemble Airport owner Mr Ronan
Harvey, fly2help
were able to offer 10 lucky local youngsters the chance to
take to the skies as part of the 2008 Kemble Airport Flying
Scholarships. The scholarships were organised in partnership
with Kemble Airport, Ultimate High Advanced Flying School
and a number of other Kemble businesses, taking place in April.
 Over
a two-week period the scholars, who were all aged between
15 and 18 and local to Kemble, were given an exciting introduction
to the world of aviation and the broad range of related careers
open to them within this incredible industry. Based around
5 hours of flying tuition and associated ground schooling,
the scholars spent the majority of their time on work experience
placements with Kemble businesses covering activities as diverse
as Air Traffic Control and aircraft maintenance. They were
also given the chance to visit a number of external aerospace
sites including RAF Brize Norton and Rolls-Royce's Filton
site. A number of aviation personalities gave inspirational
presentations throughout the course of the programme from
backgrounds as diverse as naval helicopter piloting and long-haul
microlighting.
The scholarships proved to be a great success, as summed
up by David Young, Airport Manager at Kemble: "The scholarships
were a fantastic success by any standards, particularly given
that this was our first year! We are tremendously grateful
and proud of the way so much of Kemble embraced the vision
of the scholarships and were willing to donate their time
to support them."
 The
scholars each took a tremendous amount from their time at
Kemble and went away with their passion for aviation well
and truly bolstered. In the words of one of the scholars,
the scholarships are "a stepping stone for much greater
things!" At the end of the programme, the award for the
most promising scholar went to Tom Bradburn of Hasfield for
his rapid pace of achievement during training and his constant
enthusiasm throughout.
"After the success of this year we are delighted to
announce that we will be supporting these scholarships again
for 2009; the whole objective of these programmes typifies
the energy and spirit of the charity" said Mandy Pantall
of fly2help.
Planning is already underway for next year's scholarship
programme which will run for two weeks from 6th - 17th April
2009. Applications are now open and close on 31st
October 2008 - read
more and download an application form
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