InFinRetirement
27th Oct 2005, 14:17
I attended a banquet at the City of London Guildhall on Tuesday at which The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators presented their annual, and prestigious, Trophies and Awards. The awards are made to those who have shown outstanding skills or valuable contributions to aviation. It was a truly fine evening with many great names of aviation there to see, and sometimes to talk to. You can see all I am sure on GAPAN's website, and also see the most impressive list of people from all areas of aviation, including the three services.
The PPRuNe Fund, with Danny's blessing, made a £3000 donation to the Guild PPL Scholarship. This annual scholarship relies mainly upon donations and we are very pleased to have been a part of the scheme. I had the pleasure meeting the winner, Simon Keightley, who was nominated the outstanding candidate for 2005. He impressed his instructors and the Guild committee, one of whom is a regular contributor on PPRuNe, and I am told that he was exceptional. I spoke to him about achievement and he told me he was genuinely 'gobsmacked' that he had won. I personally think he will do well in his future career. He is now planning to go further and to achieve his fATPL. Oh I should have said, he also 'PPRuNe's.'
We have, as you know, been anxious to help all areas of aviation from fATPL, Groundschool (to which BGS made us a donation of 5 places), Cranwell and the GAPAN tests. Indeed, it was only in April this year did we decide to participate.
We have now helped 9 cadets get their type ratings on B737 and B757. The groundschool work and now the GAPAN PPL scholarships. We are rightly proud that PPRuNe is involved with GAPAN and we hope that our association with them will continue.
The PPRuNe Fund, with Danny's blessing, made a £3000 donation to the Guild PPL Scholarship. This annual scholarship relies mainly upon donations and we are very pleased to have been a part of the scheme. I had the pleasure meeting the winner, Simon Keightley, who was nominated the outstanding candidate for 2005. He impressed his instructors and the Guild committee, one of whom is a regular contributor on PPRuNe, and I am told that he was exceptional. I spoke to him about achievement and he told me he was genuinely 'gobsmacked' that he had won. I personally think he will do well in his future career. He is now planning to go further and to achieve his fATPL. Oh I should have said, he also 'PPRuNe's.'
We have, as you know, been anxious to help all areas of aviation from fATPL, Groundschool (to which BGS made us a donation of 5 places), Cranwell and the GAPAN tests. Indeed, it was only in April this year did we decide to participate.
We have now helped 9 cadets get their type ratings on B737 and B757. The groundschool work and now the GAPAN PPL scholarships. We are rightly proud that PPRuNe is involved with GAPAN and we hope that our association with them will continue.