You can steal my wheelchair, but not my dream!

During my most recent flying lesson (mid-April 2017), for various reasons which I’ll explain below, my pre-flight briefing took place outside. Normally I have my pre-flights in the briefing room with my instructor. On that particular day, Elstree Airport’s (EGTR) air traffic control gave us rare permission to drive to the plane. So, Ivan drove…

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The General Aviation Story

#YouHaveControl | Anne Wafula-Strike, MBE, who experienced her first flying lesson at Freedom in the Air (FITA), said: “I’ve always wanted to do this, I’ve always wanted to get the Freedom you know, the freedom of being in the air, and to me Freedom means so much ” Learning to fly is not just for…

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