On Sunday, 24th October 2010, Freedom in the Air will be hosting an ‘Introduction to Aviation’ day beginning at 10:30 from Cranfield Airport in Bedfordshire. 10 people with a mixture of disabilities from Ability Media will have the chance of a lifetime to experience the freedom of flight, in the hope that it may expand their horizons when they attend the “Freedom Wings” day.
Ability Media is the initiative from Leonard Cheshire Disability that gives disadvantaged and disabled people access to the skills and practical knowledge they need to express themselves through all forms of digital media. Leonard Cheshire 
Disability believes that by helping more disabled people with a career in mainstream media, it will be a positive influence towards leading a life they choose. Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC was a highly decorated British RAF pilot during the Second World War. Among the honours he received as a bomber pilot is the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry. After the war, he became a charity worker, setting up the Leonard Cheshire Disability.
Together we intend to show that anyone with a disability or from complicated backgrounds can reach for the skies, and achieve virtually anything, sometimes with only the very smallest amount of support. The pilots ‘one off’ flight could be as life changing for them as someone who flies every week and ends up with their Private Pilots Licence.
Freedom in the Air founder Gautam Lewis, who Continue reading ‘Freedom Wings with Ability Media’