The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) is one of the Livery Companies

Livery Company

The Livery Companies are 108 trade associations in the City of London, almost all of which are known as the "Worshipful Company of" the relevant trade, craft or profession. The medieval Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling,...

 of the City of London

City of London

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. The Guild was established in 1929 and was granted the status of a Livery Company in 1956. The Guild is responsible for advising the government on air safety and aeronautics.

The Guild ranks eighty-first in the order of precedence

Order of precedence

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 of Livery Companies and fourth in the order of precedence of the Modern Livery Companies.
It is unique amongst City Livery Companies in having active Regional Committees in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and North America, and unique in being permitted to continue to be called a Guild notwithstanding its status as a Livery Company.

Its motto is Per Cælum Via Nostra, Latin for Our Way Is By The Heavens. Its objectives are:

To establish and maintain the highest standards of air safety through the promotion of good airmanship

Airmanship

Airmanship is skill and knowledge applied to aerial navigation, similar to seamanship in maritime navigation. Airmanship covers a broad range of desirable behaviors and abilities in an aviator...

 among pilots and navigators.

To maintain a liaison with all authorities connected with licensing, training and legislation affecting pilot or navigator whether private, professional, civil or military.

To constitute a body of experienced airmen available for advice and consultation and to facilitate the exchange of information.

To strive to enhance the status of air pilots and air navigators.

To assist air pilots and air navigators in need through the Benevolent Fund.

The Court 2011/12:

Master: Captain Walter Epton FRAeS Captain Walter Epton

Master-Elect: Air Marshal Clifford Spink CB CBE FRAeS Cliff Spink

Cliff Spink

Air Marshal Clifford Rodney Spink CB CBE FCMI FRAeS RAF R'td was a senior Royal Air Force officer during the early 1990s and is now a Spitfire display pilot on the national air display circuit. The first Spitfire he ever flew belonged to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, during his tenure as...

Wardens:

His Honour Judge Tudor Owen FRAeS http://www.pprune.org/non-airline-transport-stuff/295673-his-honour-judge-flying-lawyer.html

Mrs Dorothy Pooley FRAeS

Sqn Ldr Christopher Ford

Chaplain: The Revd Dr Peter Mullen BA PhD Peter Mullen

Peter Mullen

The Rev'd Peter Mullen is the current Rector of St Michael, Cornhill and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London...

External links

• The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators