Dartmoor Gliding Society has had a record year, a total of eleven pilots flew solo or resoloed in the last 12 months.

Now an accredited Junior Gliding Centre, DGS is looking to sponsor suitable candidates through the Royal Aircraft establishment. if you feel you qualify please get in touch with the Chief Flying Instructor Don Puttock.

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THE ROYAL AERO CLUB TRUST

Advancing the cause of air sport and aviation

NEWS RELEASE

ROYAL AERO CLUB TRUST BURSARIES FOR 2011

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Aged between 16 years and 21 years?

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Want to advance your air sport qualifications but lack the funds?

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Would £1,000 help you realise your air sport ambitions?

The Royal Aero Club Trust announces its bursary scheme for young people for the 2011

season. The bursaries include The President’s Scholarships (2 bursaries each worth up to

£750), the Peter Cruddas Foundation Scholarship worth up to £1,000, and additional bursaries

worth up to £500 each to anyone between 16 and 21 years of age wishing to progress their

interest in either air sports or aviation. The closing date for applications is 31 March 2011.

The Royal Aero Club Trust has been offering bursaries for eleven years and a wide range of

bursaries has been awarded. Activities available in the programme include gliding, ballooning,

paragliding, hang gliding, parachuting, flying microlights, motor gliders, fixed wing aeroplanes

and helicopters, and building and flying model aircraft. Bursaries are also available for

Personal Computer or Flight Simulator pilots wishing to have their first experience of an air

sport.

Applicants must be UK citizens, resident in the UK, and training and flying can only be

conducted at Clubs, Associations or training establishments in the UK. Applications, which

must arrive at the Trust by 31 March 2011, are to be submitted through a Sponsoring

Organisation, Club or Association.

Full details, rules and an application form are available on the Royal Aero Club Trust web site,

www.royalaeroclubtrust.org

The Trust is very grateful to its sponsors who generously provide the funds for bursaries. If

you, or your organisation, would like to assist young people in this way by becoming a Trust

sponsor, please make contact with the Trust or click on “Donations” on the Trust website,

www.royalaeroclubtrust.org

ENDS

Contact:

David Bills

Royal Aero Club Trust Bursary Administrator

(

Bursaries@royalaeroclubtrust.org)

Registered Office:

Chacksfield House, 31 St Andrews Road, Leicester, LE2 8RE

www.royalaeroclubtrust.org

The Royal Aero Club Trust Limited. A company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 3346344. Registered with the Charity

Commission No. 1068451