I work at Headcorn and met Dave Sykes the paraplegic who was setting off from Headcorn last year to cross the Channel on the next stage (he had flown down from Yorkshire) of his epic journey to Australia. His first attempt to get to Le Touquet was thwarted when he had to return following a white-out in the Channel. Unlike all those TV celebreties who have support teams, Dave was on his own. He set off the next day and I expected him to get to the south of France at best, before bureaucracy got the better of him but was surprised to read that he had reached Oman and Omanair had kindly offered to sponsor him down to Oz.
Oman Air sponsors paraplegic microlight pilot flying the Kangaroo Route - Flight International
We have regular flyouts to the Northern French coast and Belgium. In fact, the last was two weeks ago to Calais. Eight aircraft and roughly twenty flyers descended on Calais to find the Germans had beaten us to it. Six aircraft out of Stuttgart en route to Scotland had landed before us. Normally only PLBs and lifejackets are taken but those with their own aircraft often have their own liferaft.
Thanks Champchump for the kind words about Headcorn. During the Olympic period (14 July-15 August) we have a corrider out of the restricted zone, so flying in the south east will still be easy for those that don't want to file a flightplan and come under Atlas control.