Heaviest Plane Pulled by
wheelchair
users
- DBFA sets world record
ALTON, Hampshire, UK -- The British
Disabled Flying Association
( BDFA
)
recruited 50 disabled people, seated in manual wheelchairs,
to pull a 65-ton aricraft 100 metres along the main runway
at Lasham Airfield-setting the world record for the Heaviest
Plane Pulled by
wheelchair users
.
Mike Miller-Smith, BDFA
chief executive, said: "It was an amazing achievement for
each of the participants, who pulled the equivalent of 1.3
tonnes each. ( enlarge
photo
)
The BDFA is committed to providing opportunities
for disabled people in aviation. "
"This world record is a great way to show that,
when given the opportunity, people living with a disability
can achieve the seemingly impossible."
The open day raised money for the BDFA
charity
, which offers free trial flying lessons for
terminally ill and disabled people and subsidised flying and
training for other disability charities across the UK.
A volunteer pilot flew the Boeing 757 from delivery
firm DHL's UK aviation base at East Midlands Airport to Lasham
Airfield.
Paul Bishop, managing director of DHL Air, said:
"We were very happy to help out such a worthy charity. The
sight of a 65-tonne DHL cargo plane being towed down a runway
by the BDFA plane-pulling team was very impressive."
Related:
Largest
gathering of wheelchair users on ice-world record set by Leanne
Grose
Sunday, September 7, 2008
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