Air League

The Air League aims to inspire, enable, and support the next generation of aviation and aerospace professionals from all backgrounds across the UK.Each year thousands of people from around the UK, including disadvantaged youngsters and wounded and injured servicemen and women benefit from Air League support.[citation needed] The founders of the Air League were concerned that Britain was falling behind other nations in the development of its aviation capability.They foresaw the threats, both military and commercial, to the country's future wellbeing if aviation was not made central to government thinking.When the First World War broke out five years later, Britain was taking aviation sufficiently seriously to be able to develop and produce aircraft that could hold their own in the rapidly evolving scramble for air superiority.
Hamilton Place, LondonUnited KingdomPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghChristopher Harperaeronautical developmentsFirst World WarAir Defence Cadet CorpsAir Training CorpsHenry Lascelles, 6th Earl of HarewoodPhilip Joubert de la FertéSamuel Hoare, 1st Viscount TemplewoodArchibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount ThursoDouglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of HamiltonSir Francis FogartySir Denis SmallwoodJohn GrandyCharles NessBaron TebbitMichael KnightBrian Burridge