It is with great sadness that I have been informed that David Ogilvy passed away, aged 94 (1929-2023), on Friday 14 July 2023.

David was involved with flying throughout his life. In the RAF he flew the mosquito mostly on PR operations at the end of the war. He went to have a long career in flight training and he ran the London School of Flying.

He was deeply involved with Historic and Vintage aircraft being a founder member . He was also involved with the ABAC later BLAC and was one of the founders of AOPA UK. 

Through the years that I worked with him at AOPA he was totally dedicated to fighting for Aerodromes particularly those under threat of closure. Along with Jack Wells ( who passed away last month) they established the General Aviation Awareness Campaign/ Council. As David leaves us his legacy will be in the 17 books he has written the last has just gone to the publisher. My friend and mentor RIP.

David was interviewed in 2012 for General Aviation when he retired from AOPA. You can read the detailed interviews, which chronicles Davids' life in Aviation here.

Martin Robinson

CEO AOPA UK