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elitist image that is attached, unfairly, to our community, and the apparent apathy within
our community isolates us, marginalises us, and makes us easy prey for politicians,
councils, and lobbyists. By the active promotion of the benefits of an airfield as an
asset to the local community, we can make it a good deal more difficult for opposition
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| As an active flyer you can help GA, and your airfield in particular, by seizing
upon any opportunity to open up GA in your area to the wider local community. You can do
this on an individual basis, simply by taking up non-flying friends for a
‘jolly’ around the local area. If every one of the 35,000+ private pilots took
up just 3 non-flyers per year, that’s over 100,000 more friends of GA in the
non-flying community. You might also arrange events for local community groups, from
school visits to the airfield, to free pleasure flights, to full blown charity events. |
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| By presenting aviation as a community asset in this manner we are able to
diminish the fertile recruiting grounds that the anti-aviation lobbies have been able to
exploit. |
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| How you can help |
| Ideas and resources which help to show General Aviation in a more positive light.
By no means a definitive list, if you run a similar event let us know
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Young Eagles
International effort, administered in the UK by the PFA, to give free introductory flights
to young people aged 8 - 17. |
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BBC Children in need
Annual fly-in hosted by Little Gransden in aid of the BBC Children in Need appeal. |
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Project Propeller
An annual fly-in which matches volunteer pilots with World War Two aircrew. |
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Women in the Air
One school's contribution to the BWPA scheme run in 2000 in support of the Douglas Bader
Flying Scholarship for the Disabled. |
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Charity Flights
Link to AIC 50/2000 (White 20) which documents the rules surrounding charity flights.
Requires Acrobat Reader |
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Airport Open House
Produced by AOPA-US, the complete guide to holding an airport open house to showcase your
airfield to the local community. Requires Acrobat Reader |
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