24 April 2007
Polly Vacher – who has already made two solo flights around the world and was named FLYER’s Pilot of the Year in 2002 – is to make another remarkable trip this summer. However, this time she’s doing it without leaving the UK.
Her plan, which you can see on her website at <a href=’http://www.worldwings.org’ target=’_blank’>www.worldwings.org</a>, is to land at each of the 206 airfields listed in the Jeppesen Flight Manual.
The project is called ‘Wings Around Britain’, and the intention is to raise awareness for Flying Scholarships for the Disabled charity, and to promote her book ‘Wings Around the World’, which vividly describes her second circumnavigation (which involved landing on all seven continents).
<iframe src=”http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?t=flai-21&o=2&p=8&l=as1&asins=1904943543&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr” style=”width:120px;height:240px;” scrolling=”no” marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″ frameborder=”0″ align=”left”></iframe>An important part of the trip is the plan to fly a disabled volunteer on every leg of the journey – there’s a form on the website if you’re disabled (or know someone who is) and want to be part of this.
The plan is for the flight to start on 21 May at Birmingham, to be completed by 31 July.
