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BWPA - 2006 Awards

THE British Women Pilots' Association held its award ceremony at the start of December, with the Stapleford contingent scooping three awards.

Frankie Spray won the Jean Lennox Bird Pendant in recognition of her long career with ATC - she was the first female controller and is still working at Wellesbourne Mountford.

Maggie Cadwallader was presented with the Jackie Moggridge Trophy for her tireless promotion of GA. She also gained her CPL/IR and FI ratings while working and raising her family. She now instructs part-time and flies a corporate aircraft.

Stephanie Wall, who also won the Royal Institute of Navigators TopNav competition (see page 49), was awarded the Faith Bennett Navigation Trophy.

Kath Allsop undertook a Flying Scholarship for the Disabled and went to South Africa in August to get her licence. She won the Naomi Christy Cup.

Carol Hedges was awarded the Muriel Sells Trophy - named after a former BWPA member. The award is given to a member who has supported the Association, either by regularly attending events or by working in the background to further the BWPA's aims.

A Scholarship Certificate was awarded to Eleanor Taylor who completed the BWPA's cholarship at Tayside Aviation this year. She is currently studying Psychology at the University of Kent but hoped to forge an airline career.

Stapleford pilot, Amy Chau, won the Jack Brackenbury Trophy for her photograph of Rita Boniface at the Royal Aero Club awards. The Trophy is in honour of Jack Brackenbury, a keen amateur photographer of BWPA events.

In addition, Amy Chau, along with fellow Stapleford pilot Sue Rose, were joint winners of the 2006 Chairwoman's Challenge. Rosemary Clemo, from Coventry, was the other joint winner. This was a third Challenge win for Rosemary and the second time Amy has won the competition. For Sue, who flew the route the day before her 66th birthday, it was the first time she had entered.
W: www.bwpa.co.uk

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