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Scholarship: Commercial Pilot’s Licence 20250922CPL

Applications are now closed

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We are delighted to announce our second scholarship. It’s a scholarship that provides funding towards a trainee’s costs of a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL).

Applicants who have already have their PPL and have undertaken at least 20 hours of flying with a flight school or aero club, will be able to apply. The successful recipient will be awarded:

  • A scholarship provides a NZ$7,500 contribution to your training
  • A one year membership to AOPA NZ
  • A subscription to Approach Magazine – the quarterly magazine of AOPA NZ
  • An AOPA NZ Calendar
  • Access to the AOPA NZ and AOPA NZ Charitable Trust (“Think Aviation”) newsletters

Applications will be open from July 7th through August 18th 2025. Scholarships will be announced on September 22nd 2025.

Applications are now closed

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Scholarship: Private Pilot’s Licence 20250922PPL

Applications are now closed

Read about the winners of all our Scholarships

We are delighted to announce our first scholarship. It’s a scholarship that provides funding towards a trainee’s costs of a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL).

Applicants who have already undertaken at least 2 hours of flying with a flight school or aero club, but no more than 30 hours, will be able to apply. The successful recipient will be awarded:

  • A scholarship provides a NZ$5,000 contribution to your training
  • A one year membership to AOPA NZ
  • A subscription to Approach Magazine – the quarterly magazine of AOPA NZ
  • An AOPA NZ Calendar
  • Access to the AOPA NZ and AOPA NZ Charitable Trust (“Think Aviation”) newsletters

Applications will be open from July 7th through August 18th 2025. Scholarships will be announced on September 22nd 2025.

Applications are now closed


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Our first two scholarships announced

We’re thrilled to announce that the trust’s first two scholarships.

There are two scholarships on offer, and if you follow the link below you can find a little more detail on each, and register your interest to get an application pack from us.

The first is a scholarship to help people working toward their Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL) – click here.

The second is a scholarship to help people working toward their Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL) – click here.

Watch this space as more scholarships are announced in the coming months. And of course, to be kept fully up to date at all times, join our mailing list!

Happy flying!