Bad news - can you help?
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Bad news - can you help?
APT - an organisation dedicated to teaching the disabled to fly is in the news looking for donations to continue their work.
They have been going for 15 years and do an outstanding job giving the freedom of flying to people, some of whom can't even enjoy the freedom of driving.
The news story is here: Flying charity may be grounded (From Salisbury Journal)
And here: Old Sarum | oldsarumairfield.co.uk
Whilst I appreciate this is something some of you may not be able to help with directly I am sure Rob and his people would welcome suggestions but if you can help in a practical way please consider doing so, even spreading the word would help.
Thanks
They have been going for 15 years and do an outstanding job giving the freedom of flying to people, some of whom can't even enjoy the freedom of driving.
The news story is here: Flying charity may be grounded (From Salisbury Journal)
And here: Old Sarum | oldsarumairfield.co.uk
Whilst I appreciate this is something some of you may not be able to help with directly I am sure Rob and his people would welcome suggestions but if you can help in a practical way please consider doing so, even spreading the word would help.
Thanks
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All I could do is offer them free web hosting... PM me.
If I won the lottery, places like this would never have to worry - what a fantastic organisation.
Sorry to rant, but I truly have difficulty to understand how there could ever be a supreme being when twonks can manage to fly an airliner into a tower block, and yet some guy trying to do something great comes to grief so quickly, and organisations like APT loose lottery funding.
If I won the lottery, places like this would never have to worry - what a fantastic organisation.
Sorry to rant, but I truly have difficulty to understand how there could ever be a supreme being when twonks can manage to fly an airliner into a tower block, and yet some guy trying to do something great comes to grief so quickly, and organisations like APT loose lottery funding.
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Hi,
Just a quick thank you to Nibbler for posting our plight.
Sadly causes like the Olympics have sucked money away from charities like ourselves, and being small and un newsworthy we don’t have the media, famous personalities or a massive marketing budget behind us.
What we do have is the almost unique ability to get very severely physically disabled people flying and in control of the aircraft.
Imagine being confined to a wheel chair. Not one that you can push along by yourself. You don’t have the strength or movement for that. Electric with a joystick because that’s all you can move. You can’t dress yourself, you can’t drive a car! You are 100% reliant on a helper. Yet you can fly an aircraft. Not with an instructor always in the back but solo. The brakes are operated by your head, the trim by your mouth and the PTT by your chin.
In that plane you are equal to any able bodied person.
2009 was the busiest year ever for APT with both aircraft “GUS” and “LV” in constant use.
As well as air experience flights and training, once a student gains their licence they can use either aircraft to continue their flying.
APT has the same running costs as any flying school. Hangarage for two aircraft, fuel costs, aircraft insurance, servicing costs, permit renewals, public liability insurance etc.
£ 15K sees APT carry on for another year, but that doesn’t secure its long term future. There are many things APT could do in the future and in fact has done in the past, that with the right funding would increase accessibility to this unique charity for many more severely physically disabled people.
Have a look at the website http://www.disabledflying.org and have a look at the videos.
Thank you all in advance for your support.
Rob
Just a quick thank you to Nibbler for posting our plight.
Sadly causes like the Olympics have sucked money away from charities like ourselves, and being small and un newsworthy we don’t have the media, famous personalities or a massive marketing budget behind us.
What we do have is the almost unique ability to get very severely physically disabled people flying and in control of the aircraft.
Imagine being confined to a wheel chair. Not one that you can push along by yourself. You don’t have the strength or movement for that. Electric with a joystick because that’s all you can move. You can’t dress yourself, you can’t drive a car! You are 100% reliant on a helper. Yet you can fly an aircraft. Not with an instructor always in the back but solo. The brakes are operated by your head, the trim by your mouth and the PTT by your chin.
In that plane you are equal to any able bodied person.
2009 was the busiest year ever for APT with both aircraft “GUS” and “LV” in constant use.
As well as air experience flights and training, once a student gains their licence they can use either aircraft to continue their flying.
APT has the same running costs as any flying school. Hangarage for two aircraft, fuel costs, aircraft insurance, servicing costs, permit renewals, public liability insurance etc.
£ 15K sees APT carry on for another year, but that doesn’t secure its long term future. There are many things APT could do in the future and in fact has done in the past, that with the right funding would increase accessibility to this unique charity for many more severely physically disabled people.
Have a look at the website http://www.disabledflying.org and have a look at the videos.
Thank you all in advance for your support.
Rob
