HELPING WINGS DAY 2011
1st October Event
Forty local disadvantaged children flew in light aircraft around
the island of Jersey on Saturday 1st October - for many their first
experience of a light aircraft, for one young flyer his very
first flight. With the addition of parents or carers and the
occasional brother or sister, more than 100 passengers took to the
air. The Helping Wings team of volunteers organised this plus a
full day for the children at the Jersey Aero Club.
Activities included being an airport firefighter, a jet pilot,
and an artist. The airport fire service parked their fire trucks
and the Jet Provost trainer right outside the clubhouse, letting
the children scramble over them and pretend to operate the
equipment. Art teacher, Ann Morgan, helped the budding artists
create some great pictures of the aircraft, then awarding prizes to
the best. Chicano, the magician, had his young audiences
spellbound.
Throughout the day, the aero club buzzed with the activity of
excited young passengers being escorted to and from their aircraft.
Ian and Julie Le Sueur of Kandidprints were on hand to capture the
moment and give the families a souvenir of the day. Every child
received a Helping Wings bag containing a T shirt, mug, and much
more.
The day was made possible thanks to the efforts and fund raising
of the Helping Wings team together with the co-operation and
assistance of Jersey Airport. Thirteen pilots took part, two flying
over from theUKjust to help out. Thirty six flights were made in
all.
The event was enormously successful, reaching out to more groups
of children than ever before. The Helping Wings team would like to
say a huge thank you to all those who participated.
photographs kindly supplied by Ian & Julie Le Sueur
Kandidprints.