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The Secretary

The Glen Stewart Flying Scholarships

11-12 Albion Street,

Hull,

HU1 3TD

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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!


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.

	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
	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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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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