1 November 2006
The de Havilland Moth Club has launched a new initiative – the de Havilland Educational Trust – which aims to help pilots and engineers to become more familiar with the operation and maintenance of vintage aeroplanes.
The Trust will award annual bursaries for qualified pilots to convert onto the Tiger Moth. This is to be done in conjunction with the Cambridge Flying Group. The award, to be known as the Fiona McKay Flying Bursary, will cover the cost of ten hours flying and will be awarded after a selection process, involving a shortlist of applicants and an assessment flight with an instructor.
The club is also looking to set up a similar system of bursaries for young engineers, to help nurture the special skills and knowledge required for maintaining, repairing and overhauling vintage aircraft. These skills, says the Club, are in danger of being lost.
The birth of the de Havilland Educational Trust was announced last week, and was timed to celebrate the first flight exactly 75 years previously of the world’s most famous training aeroplane, the de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth.
