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The
SecretaryThe Glen Stewart Flying
Scholarships
11-12 Albion Street,
Hull,
HU1 3TD
If
you would like to nominate The Glen Stewart Flying Scholarships as your chosen
charity for your fundraiser, please contact us for leaflets and publicity
material or if you would like a representative to appear at your event.
Flying Facts
Turbulence.
Flying through turbulent air is much the same as steering
a powerboat across choppy water. In a boat, passengers expect the thud-thud-thud
of the water hitting the bottom of the boat. Just as boats are strong enough to
survive the impact of turbulent water, aeroplanes are built to withstand
turbulent air.
Four
Basic Forces of Flight
There are
four forces that affect an aeroplane in flight: Lift, Gravity, Thrust and Drag.

GRAVITY is the force that keeps all objects on earth. If we pick up a ball
and let it go, it will drop quickly to the ground because of gravity. LIFT
is a force that an aeroplane must create to overcome the force of gravity. An
aeroplane does this by making lift with its wings as the aeroplane moves forward.
An aeroplane's forward movement is produced by THRUST. Thrust is created
by the engine and the rotating propeller. Just as lift overcomes the force of
gravity during flight, thrust must overcome the force known as DRAG,
which resists movement of an object—in this case, our aeroplane!

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We are now inviting Applications for
the 2008 Scholarship award. Apply HERE

Roger Goetze (right) has completed his PPL
training with funding assistance from the Glen Stewart Flying Scholarships. He
is pictured here being congratulated by CAA Examiner Arwyn Jones after passing
his General Flight Test.
Scholarship News-February 2007
Emma Bowater- our first scholarship recipient has completed PPL training
up to solo stage, but has now decided to change the path of her future career
away from flying. Consequently, this enabled the trust to offer one and a half
scholarships for 2006/7
Roger Goertze, having already started his PPL training at Cambridge,
applied to the trust for assistance to further his career aspirations in
commercial aviation. In August 2006 we were able to offer him the finance to
complete his PPL. He has now only the final flight tests to gain his license.
Robert Cardwell was awarded a full PPL scholarship having demonstrated his
commitment to gaining a flying license by paying for several lessons at
Netherthorpe cleaning aircraft and generally helping out where required. Despite
the non flying days of winter at a grass field such as Netherthorpe, Robert has
managed to get to the solo stage and is ready for the big flight in February
after his sixteenth birthday
Applications are now invited for the 2007/8 scholarship, (the form is
downloadable from this site) all enquiries will be considered, but those who can
demonstrate a real commitment to learn to fly such as Robert, will stand a
better chance of financial assistance.
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Glen Stewart
Glen first learnt to fly at 15 with the Air Training Corps under the Royal Air
Force Scholarship scheme flying open cockpit gliders and the tailwheel
Chipmunk ....more
Cold Front Fright!
Read this thrilling story about one of Glens early flying experiences and how he
handled this very difficult situation.....more
Basler DC3
Oshkosh to Bamako
I was out of
Bamako in West Africa homebound for the UK compliments of Air France.....more
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Donations are invited to help us reach the following
Targets. These amounts will be invested in the Trusts name and all profits will
allow us to continue to provide the following training.
£15.000 - 5 Hours training each year
£42.000 - 15 Hours training each year
£150.000 - Full JAR PPL Private Pilot Licence each
year
Ways to Donate to
The Glen Stewart Flying Scholarships
Gift Aid applies to all donations - for every £10.00
donated, the Inland Revenue will donate a further £2.80 ....more
By cheque made Payable to
"The Glen Stewart Flying
Scholarships" posted to :
The Secretary
The Glen Stewart Flying
Scholarships
11-12 Albion Street,
Hull,
HU1 3TD
Our bank details are as
follows
National Westminster Bank, High Street, Scunthorpe
Sort Code: 54-41-26
Account No: 48063606
Glen Stewart 1940 - 2004
"When did you last do something for the first time?"
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News ~ News ~ News

The
first Flying Scotsman?
Every person who
is interested in aeronautics 'knows' that the first recognised flight of a
heavier than air machine took place on 17th December, 1903, when the Wright
brothers flew their powered glider over the sands at Kitty Hawk Bay in the
United States of America. Yet not one in a million has heard of Preston Watson
a Scotsman, who came very
near to sharing the achievement of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Mr. Watson first
flew, even for so short a time as the Wrights in their early flights. But there
is also evidence from agricultural workers who are still living [in 1957] that
they heard and saw Mr. Watson's first plane making short flights over the fields
near Errol, Perthshire in the years 1903-4. These were obtained with the aid of
a single tractor type propeller and a catapult take-off. If this evidence
can be relied upon in regard to dates, it is clear that Watson had flown about
the time of the Wright's first powered flight, if not before.
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