Joining

In order to apply for membership, please fill in the application and standing order forms (click the DOWNLOADS button) and return the signed hard copies to Paul Stephens. The address is on the forms. Don’t forget, you will need a proposer and seconder, both of whom should be existing members, then your application will be put before the Committee. Processing should take no longer than about two weeks. If you have difficulty finding proposers, please email me: chix@farmline.com and I will advise who is in your area.

The annual subscription is £25 plus a £10 joining fee Your joining pack will include a membership list, a few recent newsletters and an Association tie.

Subscription income is used for the benefit of the Members by such means as preparing and circulating to our members newsletters, membership lists, and a map of our members' airstrips, hiring rooms for conferences, etc., and a limited amount for the administration of the Association. 10% of subscriptions are donated to AOPA, GAAC and GACC to support general aviation. Airfield and aircraft insurance is available at competitive prices.

Annual accounts are produced for Members and are circulated in advance of our Annual General Meeting.

The Flying Farmers Association  Ltd. is a company limited by guarantee: Registered in England No. 01166733.

Committee Members:

• President: Richard Walgate
• Chairman: John Golden
• Membership Secretary & Newsletter Editor: Paul Stephens
• Treasurer: Andrew Cragg
• Events Secretary: Michael Cuttell
• Airstrip Advice: Martin Gosling
• Committee Members: Michael Ashmole, Anthony Kedros

The Objectives of the Association:

1. To organise visits and meetings for our Members throughout the United Kingdom and abroad; these visits are made, whenever possible, by air.

2. To disseminate information amongst our Members by means of periodical newsletters and this website.

3. To provide a membership list and map for the benefit of our Members, the map showing the location of  Members' airstrips. The list and map are confidential to members.

4. To arrange a block Insurance Policy for the benefit of those Members who own their own airstrips. Details of this policy are available to members on request.

5. To offer advice and other technical assistance to Members who wish to establish their own landing strips.

6. To ensure that our Members' special interests as aircraft or airstrip owners or operators are safeguarded by being represented as an associate member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and by representation on the General Aviation Safety Council. The Association is also represented on the CAA’s General Aviation Consultative Committee, and on the independently run General Aviation Awareness Council.