Former AST aviation students include: The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce, the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe; Amy Johnson, holder of records for flying to Australia and Japan, and Sir Alan Cobham, founder of the flying circus and the Cobham Company.
Privately owned Bluebird IVs undertook a number of pioneering long distance flights, the most famous of which was the round the world trip by The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce, and also including a number of flights to Australia and Africa.
By 1939, several aircraft had moved from private to commercial use, like the fleet built up by Air Dispatch Ltd at Croydon Airport, headed by The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce.
Bruce Springsteen | Victor Hugo | Bruce Lee | Bruce Willis | Bruce Dickinson | Bruce Cockburn | Bruce Campbell | Lenny Bruce | Bruce Sterling | Bruce Forsyth | Victor | Robert the Bruce | Bruce Beresford | Bruce | Bruce Weber | Victor Talking Machine Company | Bruce Weber (photographer) | James Bruce | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | Jack Bruce | Victor Wooten | Victor Vasarely | Bruce Broughton | Victor Gollancz Ltd | Victor Borge | Mrs. Doubtfire | Bruce Brown | Victor McLaglen | Victor Herbert | Victor Entertainment |