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As part of its Flying for Youth Program (FfY) the Trust has a Bursary Scheme for young people between ages 16 and 21. This provides financial assistance for those wishing to upgrade their existing qualification in a wide range of air sports and aviation related activities.
The Royal Aero Club Trust
Registered with The Charity Commission
No. 1068451
Welcome
Welcome to the Royal Aero Club Trust Website. Since being established in 1998, the Trust has developed very rapidly. At present its prime focus is fund raising and the preparation of grant applications in pursuit of its objectives.
Those objectives include:
If you love air sport and recreation, there are a number of ways in which you could assist the trust in its tasks - these include Gift Aid Donations, Legacies and Covenants.
Website Updates - What's New
Annual Report
The 2007 annual report is now availble online
Chocks Away as Early Royal Aero Club Flying Records Launch Online
‘Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates’ collection reveals the names and faces of Britain’s magnificent men (and women) and their flying machines
The Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950, now available online for the first time at leading social and family history website Ancestry.co.uk, contains over 28,000 records and 13,000 photographs of men and women who qualified as pilots in the golden age of British aviation, as powered flight went from science fiction to reality.
2008 Bursary Winners
The 2008 bursary winners details have now been published.
Work of the Royal Aero Club Trust
The RAeCT has been undertaking the huge job of conserving the Royal Aero Club Archives. To find out more about this work have a look at the following new pages:
- RAC Collection Introduction
- Pins and Needles...and Paperclips article, by Tony Newton
- Frank Hedges Butler albums - Album volume 7 added new
Publications
Tom Clarke's review of The Hon. C.S Rolls Albums. This was published in the Jan/Feb issue of the Flying Lady.
The in-house magazine of the BBAC - The British Balloon & Airship Club, Aerostat published an article in their June issue about the RAeCT.
