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This article is by Kelly Armstrong who flew with a pilot that has a disability due to polio on January 27, 2008 EGTC - EGTC, 3 circuits and local VFR. kelly Armstrong is a Journalist with the British Newspaper, The Daily Mail. _____ It is a crisp sunny Sunday afternoon that will see me taken...

Hello again forum readers, i hope everyone is well and smiling....we have another really cool event coming up as part of the Smiling Wings tour of UK GA airfields. Here is the details of the event.... (London - UK: Wednesday, June 4, 2008) On Friday 6th June 2008, Aviation Without Borders...

Hello again forum readers, i hope you have had a funky and rock n rolling week since i last wrote on this site... I have had a eye opening and enlightening week. It started with a visit to London's Science Museum and an exhibition called does flying cost the earth? Flying is more...

It has been a while since i last posted on this forum. I hope everyone is well and smiling. I have not flown for while but have been engrossing myself in all things aviation related. Recently, i met up with Polly Vacher - Her first Wings Around the World Challenge in aid of the charity...

Gautam Lewis was chatting to Nihal today on the BBC Asian Network radio about his role in an immunization campaign in India. They show also focused on his recent achievements in aviation, qualifying as a pilot - with polio on his legs and the history of his life. From the mean streets of...

this is a very interesting article about the pilot who flew the plane over hiroshima....thought some of you you guys would be interested in reading about the pilot... Defending the Indefensible: A Meditation on the Life of Hiroshima Pilot Paul Tibbets, Jr. On November 1, Paul Warfield...

Since taking my baby steps as a new pilot, i have flown 6 hours on my own in a Cessna 172 and PA28 before feeling i was up for taking my first passenger. After all the great thing about being a pilot is having a key to the world, sort of. To introduce my friend Rusty to the world of...

i saw this funny video on you tube which shows a tv presenter talking to the camera and at the last minute he gets the shock of his life with a low flying spitfire after take off. hope everyone is well http://freedom-in-the-air.com/2008/01/20/low-flying/

After a little administration hicup my Private Pilots Licence (Aeroplane) at the end of October 2007. Having the licence in my hands does feel great and a great reminder for all the hard work that i put in to achieve what i set out to do this year with the help of many people. Deep in my heart...

I got a really lovely message today from a friend of my mothers in who is living in New York City. He had visited Freedom in the Air and was liking what can be possible for people in aviation with disabilities..he included this nice psalm - a thought provoking message that we need from time to...

Dear forum, I am a new member to pilots of America and i fly in UK. I have just recently qualified as a PPL pilot and i am a person with lower limb disabilities. For me, i am realised a life long dream of wishing to become a pilot. For me aviation is about fresh possibilities and new...