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Ade Adepitan MBE is a British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. He uses a wheelchair as a result of contracting polio as a child which led to the loss of use of his left leg. Freedom in the Air (FITA) founder and co-chairman who also battled polio first met Ade during a wheelchair basketball training session with the Raiders team in West London. Both men have a deep understanding of how important voluntary organisations are in the world today.

FITA had the pleasure of giving Ade his first flying lesson just before the London 2012 Paralympic games started. 2012 sees Ade spearheading all things Olympic / Paralympic. Ade is Read more →

Olympic Airspace cleared to Aviate | Navigate | Communicate with Ade Adepitan.

On SATURDAY 12th MAY 2012 Freedom in the Air (FITA) will be giving a flying lesson to Ade Adepitan. FITA’s founder and co-chairman first met Ade during a wheelchair basketball training session with the Raiders team in West London. Both men have a deep understanding of how important voluntary organisations are in the world today.

In 1976 when Ade was three years old. His parents made the brave decision to leave their family in Nigeria, and move to the UK. They settled in Plaistow East London. Moving to the UK was one of the most important events in Ade Adepitan’s life. He was taught how to walk using iron calipers, which he wore until the age of 17. Despite having Polio, Ade loved playing football with his school friends. He spent his early years dreaming of playing football for England. Having survived polio as a youngster, Ade has gone on to compete as a wheelchair basketball player on an international level and has a wealth of TV presenting experience. Read more →

This feature-length documentary looks at the history of the most complex machine ever built. For 30 years, NASA’s space shuttle carried humans to and from space, launched amazing observatories, and eventually constructed the next stop on the road to space exploration.

Loop Magazine review of our hand controls working in partnership with Cranfield University. Click on the image to read the pdf document.

Aaron Morgan from the UK is a racing car driver with disabilities. He drives in the BMW production series championships. His car is fitted with hand controls. Freedom in the Air met up with Aaron to find out how his life changed when he became disabled after a bike crash when he was only 15 years old.

Freedom in the Air interviews people who we admire and respect to answer some questions. Not all our heroes are pilots by the way. We speak to those whose attitude’s towards aviation and disability is inspiring and motivating. We speak to people who can educate us audience, surprise us and are supportive of people with disability in aviation and the wider world.

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