Over the next week we'll be flagging up some of the scholarships that are out there on our Facebook page. Both Mike and I have been lucky enough to benefit from some of them in the past and we want to ensure that as many people as possible know about them. At just 17 I was lucky enough to receive a scholarship for my full licence. Before that point I had managed to beg and save my way to just a few hours of flying and some gliding but it was going to take me a very long time

A few weeks ago I attended the annual awards dinner for the British Women Pilots’ Association. I expected to be presented with a certificate for the flying scholarship they kindly awarded me earlier this year. However, I was surprised to also receive their Brabazon Cup. The Cup is for outstanding achievement in aviation and the list of previous winners is long and distinguished and I feel I hardly come close. I am genuinely humbled to have received it and even more so by all