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9 unusual facts about Air League

Andrew Brookes

He has been Director of the Air League since 2009, having previously been Aerospace Analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Christopher Foyle was also, from 1978 until 2008, the chairman and CEO of aviation companies Air Foyle & Air Foyle HeavyLift, was chairman and later Deputy President of the Air League, was a Trustee of the Foyle Foundation, and is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and a Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Essex.

Harrogate Grammar School

On 17 February 1939 No 58 (Harrogate) Squadron of the Air Defence Cadet Corps was established at the school by the Air League of the British Empire.

Jeffrey Quill

After Jeffrey Quill's death in 1996 the British aviation society, the Air League, created a new award in his name, and since 1997 they have awarded the Jeffrey Quill Medal annually "for an outstanding contribution to the development of air-mindedness in Britain’s youth".

Keith Mans

While at the Royal Aeronautical Society he was also Vice-Chairman of the Air League and Chairman of the Air Travel – “Greener by Design” Initiative.

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Mr Mans is now the Chairman of the Council of the Air League.

Michael A. Fopp

He is a Warden of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Museums Association, Council Member of The Air League and holds both Commercial and Instrument ratings for single engined aircraft.

Sir Robert Rankin, 1st Baronet

He was president of the Lonsdale Unionist Division (1937-1947), a vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth Society, and a vice-president of the Air League of the British Empire.

Victor Gauntlett

Gauntlett was a long-standing council member of The Air League, which promotes all aspects of British aviation, and had been due to assume the league's chairmanship in June 2003.