Donald is a war veteran with no legs. I'll never forget the first time he took the front seat as pilot
in command. We were at an altitude of about 300ft/agl. Flying the down wind-leg portion of the pattern, Donald was looking
down and said with a happy sound in his voice, "LOOK... You can barely see that chair from up here."
(His Wheel Chair)
That was in May of 2002.
Donald has
sence completed all flight requirements and tests necessary to become a PPC Flight Instructor himself. He is currently
a (BFI) Basic Flight Instructor and actively training students, with or without all of their limbs.
After training
Donald, the words "Freedom Road" PPC Flight Training" took on a whole new meaning. That feeling
of confinement will never haunt Donald again as long as he's able to fly on freedom road. ( the real FREEDOM ROAD).
In the first
photo you will see Donald preparing to leave his wheels of confinement and slide onto the seat that will take him into the
skies by way of Freedom Road.
This handicap friendly PPC
was
manufactured by; Buckeye Aviation, Inc.: www.buckeyeaviation.com
and
the custom control system used
was customized,
installed and tested by Freedom Road's Dennis Mings
prior to training.
E-mail:
flyfreedomroad@yahoo.com
