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To Gerald
Cooper - The Britannia Trophy |
 Citation:
Gerald Cooper won an individual
Bronze medal in the World Advanced Aerobatic Championship in 2003 and
graduated to the National Unlimited Aerobatic Team in 2004. Since then,
Gerald has represented the UK at the highest levels of competition.
Gerald became British National Aerobatic Champion in 2009 and has not
been beaten in domestic competition since. In 2012, Gerald flew as part
of the British Team at the Europen Aerobatic Championships, becoming the
first British pilot to win a Gold Medal in a major unlimited
international aerobatics competition and is thus proudly now European
Unlimited Freestyle Aerobatic Champion.
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To Nick Buckenham - a Royal Aero Club
Diploma |
 Citation:
Nick Buckenham joined the BAeA as
a newly competitive aerobatic pilot in 1989, serving as Chairman between
1991 and 1999. Nick was a member of the British Advanced Aerobatic Team
from 1997 to 2001, winning a Team Bronze Medal at the Advanced World
Championship in 1999 and helping the Team to fourth place at the
Advanced World Championships in 2000. He was British Advanced Champion
in 1997. From 2010 to 2012 Nick was Head of Contest Organisation for the
BAeA. After the turn of the millenium Nick moved from flying to judging
and developed a new computer scoring system which has now become the
standard in most countries around the world. Nick also progressed to
being an International Judge and has been Chief Judge at several CIVA
Advanced and Unlimited Championships since then. He was also invited to
judge at the US National Championships in 2012. For the last decade Nick
has travelled widely within Europe running judging seminars and training
events in an effort to improve international judging standards. Nick has
served for several years on the Judging Sub-Committee of CIVA and in
2011 became the UK Delegate to CIVA and was elected to the board as one
of its three Vice Presidents.
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To Eric Marsh - a Royal Aero Club
Certificate of Merit |
 Citation:
Eric Marsh started flying in 1976
in his early 30's and has been a member of the BAeA since 1985. He has
amassed over 1,000 hours in command and has owned and built many
aeroplanes including two Socata Tobago's, a Slingsby Firefly, two
Skybolts and three Vans (an RV4, an RV6 and an RV8). For many years Eric
competed in Standard level aerobatic competitions and although he never
achieved a win he reached the runner-up slot on numerous occasions,
including second place in his Skybolt in the 1998 Tiger Trophy. Eric has
served the BAeA for over 27 years in a number of volunteer posts,
including a spell as the Vice Chairman in the 1990's. He is a very
experienced Contest Director and has won the BAeA Contest Director of
the Year award on several occasions. In addition Eric has taken
responsibility for the custyody, distribution and preservation of the
Association's trophies for these many years. |
