Prince Harry launches a Spitfire Flight Scholarship at the Boultbee Flight Academy

Saturday 15th February 2014

Prince Harry has today (Saturday, 15th February) launched a Spitfire Flight Scholarship for wounded ex-servicemen during a visit to Boultbee Flight Academy.

The scholarship is being operated by Boultbee Flight Academy with support from Aerobility and Flying for Freedom in partnership with The Endeavour Fund, of which Prince Harry is patron. Pilot veterans from World War Two, and some who fought in the Battle of Britain, were also in attendance at the launch to give their backing to the scheme.

Beginning in the summer of 2014, a small team of six candidates will be selected to begin a flight training programme to mirror that of WW2 pilot veterans. The programme will see one of the selected candidates progress from a Tiger Moth to a Harvard and finally the Spitfire itself.

It will culminate with one pilot taking a solo flight in a Spitfire, to help mark the 75th anniversary of The Battle of Britain in September 2015.