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CANCELLED - We have sadly had to cancel this event due to Covid-19 tier restrictions. We hope to re-schedule this event for next year. If you have made a donation it will be refunded to you.
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We are pleased to announce that pilots from Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club will be flying around the entire United Kingdom in 24 hours in aid of the Bristol based charity “Above and Beyond ”. Donations to this very worthy cause are being taken on our dedicated JustGiving page setup for this charity event.
The simulated flight will be conducted in our Redbird Flight Simulator covering 19 sectors lasting just over an hour each, starting from Bristol Airport and flying anti-clockwise around the entire UK.
We have chosen to use the Simulator so that we can avoid delays and or cancellations due to weather at this time of year, the simulated flight will travel to the various destinations where it will land, and the next pilot will take over and fly the next sector.
Above and Beyond are a Bristol based charity fundraising for Bristol city centre hospitals, patient care and staff development are funded through fundraising, like our event.
The idea was put together by the club to do something positive and nice for charity after what has been a difficult year so far due to the pandemic. The flight is due to start on Wednesday 16th December at 12pm and finish on Thursday 17th December at 12pm, with continuous flying (apart from landing to refuel and refreshment breaks to keep things realistic) the flight will cover over 1600 miles crossing parts of the North Sea and Irish Sea on its routing.
We are asking for you to donate as much as you can afford to this worthwhile charity so we can present Above and Beyond with a cheque in the run up to Christmas.
Visit our website at https://www.bristolandwessex.co.uk/ and the Above & Beyond website at https://www.aboveandbeyond.org.uk/
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- 3 years ago
Bristol and Wessex
3 years agoWe have sadly had to cancel this event due to Covid-19 tier restrictions. We hope to re-schedule this event for next year. If you have made a donation it will be refunded to you.
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- 4 years ago
Bristol and Wessex
4 years agoDue to the current lockdown restrictions due to Covid-19 we have taken the decision to postpone this event until Wednesday 16th December 2020. We look forward to continuing to raise funds for this very worthwhile charity.
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Lesley Burbidge
Nov 21, 2020
Great cause, good luck and happy virtual flying!
£50.00
John Sinclair
Nov 20, 2020
£20.00
John Taylor
Nov 1, 2020
£50.00
Anonymous
Nov 1, 2020
Good luck, and don't forget FREDA
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Charlotte Waelde
Oct 29, 2020
Good luck!
£50.00
James Dorman
Oct 28, 2020
Great cause - hope you have a good flight ...!
£50.00
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Oct 25, 2020
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Bristol and Wessex
Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club are a friendly, professional flying club based at Bristol Airport. Offering a whole host of training from the Private Pilots Licence through to the IMC Rating, we also provide a wide range of trial lessons as tasters towards a PPL.