Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:22 pm
#796273
I have recently been in touch with the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Epsom.
http://www.pmrafns.org/HC.HTM
They cater for some of the serious physical and mental problems endured by service personnel. They get lots of offers of help from all sorts of organisations but have not been offered flights from the GA community.
When I suggested that I might be able to arrange something they expressed a great deal of interest. I am proposing to try and arrange a flight, perhaps along the South Coast, for up to 10 people who will be patients and carers. I’m looking for an airfield near Epsom so it looks like Biggin Hill or Blackbushe (hard runway and good café would help).
A Sunday would be the preferred day for the Centre, perhaps 15.11.09 or 22.11.09
I fly a C182 so that’s two taken care of. If you would like to help or offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
DATE AND VENUE NOW CONFIRMED 22ND. NOVEMBER 2009 BLACKBUSHE AIRFIELD (EGLK)
AIRCRAFT OFFERS....POSSIBLES
leftys mate 4px
paul sengupta 1px
Bloomer 1px
DEFFOS
whiskey kilo wanderer 1px Confirmed
champchump 1px Confirmed
scroft 2px Confirmed
hogster 2px Confirmed
steve neale 1px Confirmed
jollyrog 2px Confirmed
ben 2px Confirmed
BDFA Static demo Confirmed
waveflyer 2px Confirmed
CaptChaos 1px Confirmed
Ridders 1px Confirmed
Grumpy One 1px Confirmed
Lefty 4px Confirmed
cirrus147flyer 2px Confirmed
Awful Charlie 1px Confirmed
Bepy Pilot 2px Confirmed
The Dealer Caravan Confirmed
QSD 1px Confirmed
G-BLEW 3px Confirmed
Talkdownman 3px Confirmed
Bob pipedream 1px Confirmed
Just look at the support.........remarkable, thank you.
...............please keep the offers coming
UPDATE.......PLAN FOR THE DAY - Sunday 22nd November 2009 Blackbushe
Steve Neale and I are hoping to fly in at about 0900 and will be leaving no later than 1500.
We are hoping that all other aircraft will arrive by 1030 (time not critical but please book in with Steve when you arrive) and that our guests from DMRC will be with us at about 1000.
After introductions we can start flying at about 1100 and the duration of the trip can be decided between the individual pilots and passenger but about 1 hour max. As a suggestion a trip to the South coast might prove interesting but once again, so long as the passenger is in full agreement, make your own decision.
I will ask the Airfield Cafe to expect us for lunch from about 1200 onwards.
Weatherman will keep us posted so please keep an eye on the thread.
If you have volunteered to help would you please confirm a/c reg and type with crew names and mobile number, either on the thread or PM.
As a side attraction some BIG toys will be on site to play with during the day nothing to do with aviation but good fun
Let's hope the day brings good weather and lots of smiles and laughs
http://www.pmrafns.org/HC.HTM
They cater for some of the serious physical and mental problems endured by service personnel. They get lots of offers of help from all sorts of organisations but have not been offered flights from the GA community.
When I suggested that I might be able to arrange something they expressed a great deal of interest. I am proposing to try and arrange a flight, perhaps along the South Coast, for up to 10 people who will be patients and carers. I’m looking for an airfield near Epsom so it looks like Biggin Hill or Blackbushe (hard runway and good café would help).
A Sunday would be the preferred day for the Centre, perhaps 15.11.09 or 22.11.09
I fly a C182 so that’s two taken care of. If you would like to help or offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
DATE AND VENUE NOW CONFIRMED 22ND. NOVEMBER 2009 BLACKBUSHE AIRFIELD (EGLK)
AIRCRAFT OFFERS....POSSIBLES
leftys mate 4px
paul sengupta 1px
Bloomer 1px
DEFFOS
whiskey kilo wanderer 1px Confirmed
champchump 1px Confirmed
scroft 2px Confirmed
hogster 2px Confirmed
steve neale 1px Confirmed
jollyrog 2px Confirmed
ben 2px Confirmed
BDFA Static demo Confirmed
waveflyer 2px Confirmed
CaptChaos 1px Confirmed
Ridders 1px Confirmed
Grumpy One 1px Confirmed
Lefty 4px Confirmed
cirrus147flyer 2px Confirmed
Awful Charlie 1px Confirmed
Bepy Pilot 2px Confirmed
The Dealer Caravan Confirmed
QSD 1px Confirmed
G-BLEW 3px Confirmed
Talkdownman 3px Confirmed
Bob pipedream 1px Confirmed
Just look at the support.........remarkable, thank you.
...............please keep the offers coming
UPDATE.......PLAN FOR THE DAY - Sunday 22nd November 2009 Blackbushe
Steve Neale and I are hoping to fly in at about 0900 and will be leaving no later than 1500.
We are hoping that all other aircraft will arrive by 1030 (time not critical but please book in with Steve when you arrive) and that our guests from DMRC will be with us at about 1000.
After introductions we can start flying at about 1100 and the duration of the trip can be decided between the individual pilots and passenger but about 1 hour max. As a suggestion a trip to the South coast might prove interesting but once again, so long as the passenger is in full agreement, make your own decision.
I will ask the Airfield Cafe to expect us for lunch from about 1200 onwards.
Weatherman will keep us posted so please keep an eye on the thread.
If you have volunteered to help would you please confirm a/c reg and type with crew names and mobile number, either on the thread or PM.
As a side attraction some BIG toys will be on site to play with during the day nothing to do with aviation but good fun
Let's hope the day brings good weather and lots of smiles and laughs
Last edited by Waveflyer on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:23 am, edited 24 times in total.
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