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Aerobility brings the magic and wonder of flight (#MAWOF) to disabled and profoundly ill people, turning the dream of flying into an exhilarating reality.
Joined May 2009
We are thrilled to introduce the UK’s first disabled formation flying team. #flying #formationteam #yeswecan #abilitynotdisability
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Not one, but six, former and current members of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, including Squadron Leader Martin Pert (Red1,) are set to take part in this year’s inaugural International Armchair Airshow!.#RedArrows #Airshow2020 #ArmchairAirshow #AVGeeks
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Don’t miss out on Saturday’s #ArmchairAirshow - bookmark the webpage, follow us on Facebook or subscribe on YouTube. we’ll see you at 14:00 BST on Sat 20th June! #VirtualAirshow #FamilyFriendly #Aviation
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Happy Birthday to an inspirational man and one of our patrons too. @TheRealBuzz we just hope that somebody has made you one of these! #buzzaldrin #birthday #mooncake
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Our aircraft is in place. We’re feeling a bit nervous. Can we pull a 787!? Let’s flood Twitter with well-wishes for the #wheels4wings team! @GWR @HeathrowAirport @British_Airways
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Announcing a significant moment for Aerobility. we are set to expand our operations and help change more lives, following a successful bid to acquire additional training aircraft from the UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA).
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Coming soon to your living room - Armchair Airshow 2020 promises live pilot interviews, walk-throughs & never-before-seen air-display & in-cockpit footage. Watch this space as we reveal all the details & featured aircraft - you won't want to miss this! #ArmchairAirshow
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A disabled person climbing out of a plane, sitting on the wing, putting their chair together and wheeling away having just flown solo isn't an unusual sight on UK airfields. The can-do attitude of General Aviation is to thank for this as is support from @UK_CAA & @transportgovuk
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Are you all caught up with our latest season of Inspire-Ability?. We're taking it all the way to the beginning with this clip from Episode One!. 👉 Watch in full now on our YouTube channel:
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We thought six #RedArrows pilots was a bit of a coup but now we have over 30 former and current team members lined up for our #ArmchairAirshow this Saturday at 2pm! What’s the collective noun for this many Red Arrows pilots? 🤔
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Wow, just wow, thank you all so much, a record breaking amount raised for our charity this evening! #AviatorsBall
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Thank you for joining us for the first ever International #ArmchairAirshow! We hope you enjoyed it & found the footage and commentary as amazing and inspiring as we did. Thanks for bearing with us through the slight interruptions at the start and finish.
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What an incredible day at Aerobility HQ! Today we were honoured to host a private performance by the UK's first ever disabled flying display team, The Bader Bus Company. #abilitynotdisablity #yesyoucan #amazing #disabilityflying
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The aviation industry is always striving to find new greener alternatives. Our #ArmchairAirshow will also showcase the Solar Impulse - the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the globe. #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #SustainableEnergy #SolarImpulse #aviation
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We are so excited to announce that the Space Shuttle Team will be joining the International #ArmchairAirshow .Prepare for the virtual ride of your life - topping off the incredible line-up is a trip into space! #SpaceShuttle #NASA #SpaceNerds #SpaceGeeks
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Our #ArmchairAirshow is a unique event with fantastic footage of past air displays, as well as interviews with aviation legends and exclusive in-cockpit footage! Join us on Saturday 20th June. #AviationForAll #Aerobility
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Our #ArmchairAirshow is attracting aviation fans from all walks of life including actor @mcgregor_ewan and his pilot brother @McgColin .You can hear them reminisce about their own flying experiences during the event; which, as Ewan rightly says, will be "fantastic!”#ewanmcgregor
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We're delighted to announce our new Red Arrows Trust Scholarship Fund. Thanks to support from the @rafredarrows Trust we can now offer flying scholarships to 12 individuals!. Find out more and how to apply here: #redarrows #aerobility #charity #disabled
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Today’s the day of the big pull, 99 people in wheelchairs pulling an @BoeingUK 787 for 100 metres 😮 Good luck everybody! You’ve got this! 💪✈️ #wheels4wings #StrongerTogether #iamable
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We might just have an exclusive insight into yesterday's flypast over London and Paris by the Red Arrows and La-Patrouille-de-France. Tune in tomorrow to find out more: photo from @UKAviationNews #PetrouilleDeFrance #RedArrows #Exclusive
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The Red Arrows Trust's generous donation to us is funding twelve Aerobility scholarships! The window for applications is open now. To find out more or apply, please visit . Thank you @rafredarrows Trust. 👏🙏. #aerobility #redarrowstrust #charity
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We’re looking good to go in an hour’s time. #ArmchairAirshow .Plan your afternoon’s viewing here, you don’t want to miss your favourites! .
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Don't miss your chance to be awarded an Aerobility scholarship by The Red Arrows Trust! Applications close on the 22 October. Scholarships are grants that enable anyone with any disability to learn to fly, irrespective of financial means. Apply now at:
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There’s something for everyone at Saturday’s #ArmchairAirshow - check out the schedule here and plan your afternoon’s viewing! #AviationForAll #Airshow2020 #Aerobility #Aircraft
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‘If I can fly what else can I do?’ We are Aerobility - The British Disabled Flying Charity, we enable light aviation for disabled and profoundly ill people, turning the dream of flying into an exhilarating reality! #WednesdayWisdom #charity
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#ArmchairAirshow - if you've got a question that you'd like to put to one of the pilots during tomorrow's show please message us/comment during the show and we'll ask our hosts: George 'Smokey' Bacon, @MikeLingPilot and Jon Windover to pass them on! #questions #pilots #aviation
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It’s #SmallCharityWeek checkout our 🎉 NEW website for more details of how you can get involved with our work and learn to fly with us! #charitytuesday
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We are proud and delighted to share the news that Mike Miller-Smith has been made an Aviation Ambassador for 2022 by @transportgovuk . Read what Mike had to say about this fantastic news and learn more about Aviation Ambassadors on our website:. #avgeek
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We’re saddened and sickened to report that our new Warrior has had its Garmin GTN650 nav/ comms/ GPS and its Garmin GMA350 audio panel stolen. Please let us know if you see/hear anything. #charity #whowouldstoopsolow
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📣 1 DAY TO GO! 📣. There are exactly 24 hours until the Armchair Airshow 2022 commences. You won't want to miss this!. Watch live from 13:00 tomorrow at #aas2022 #aerobility #armchairairshow #charity #avgeek
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Listen to the brilliant McGregor brothers discussing the iconic #Spitfire including @McgColin's turn at the controls. All three of these stars will feature in tomorrow's #ArmchairAirshow! @mcgregor_ewan #Pilots
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We are thrilled to announce that our Aviators Ball on Saturday evening, along with our Grand Auction raised in excess of £110,000 for disabled flying! . Thank you to every supporter; we are so grateful that we can change even more lives through the magic and wonder of flight! 💙
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Thank you @MikeLingPilot and @WindoverJon and George Bacon and not forgetting @PlanesTV - we literally couldn't have done it without you, just hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!.
Technical (network) woes to start and finish but a whole lot of fun and we received amazing support for such a wonderful charity. Some incredibly inspiring stories. Thanks to all who tuned in. @Aerobility #ArmchairAirshow
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We don't like to go on about it, but have you heard about our world record? 😀 #amazingability #abilitynotdisablity @HeathrowAirport @British_Airways @GWR .
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Our most enormous thank you to @British_Airways @SofitelLondonGA @NATS @jonculshaw @Avertedvision @MikeLingPilot @IanMills_BA @andybobins and of course everybody else involved on Saturday afternoon and evening. Oh and not forgetting @astro_timpeake too! #aurora #flight
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Aerobility has appointed Brian Wheeler as its Chief Operating Officer. Brian, who has been a trustee of the charity since 2019, will be based at the charity’s headquarters at Blackbushe Airport. He takes up his position with Aerobility from April 24.
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Looks kinda cool doesn’t it? #aviatorsball2021 Thank you so, so much to every bidder, for every donation and to each and every person that helped us reach this amazing figure tonight. #aerobility #disabled #charity
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Photo of the day even if we do say so ourselves! Team Aerobility at @FIAFarnborough today #FIA2022
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Meet Aerobility's Chief Flying Instructor and Director of Operations, Mike Owen! . Mike has taken 1000s of aspiring aviators into the sky, given them the controls, and changed their perspective on the world and on their personal capabilities forever. Have you flown with Mike?
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Now that's what we call a celebration! Congratulations to Neil Tucker on his first solo this week, it's been an incredible journey so far and one we'll be trying to keep up with! #disabledpilot #limbdifference #iamable
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Our huge thanks to Arthur - we didn’t need to twist his arm too far! 😉 It’ll be great to have you ‘onboard’ today! #ArmchairAirshow.
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Six former and current members of the @rafredarrows team will join us in our #ArmchairAirshow on the 20th June - don’t miss it, follow us on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube channel now - just search Aerobility! #AVGeeks #Airshow.
AIRSHOW NEWS: @rafredarrows Pilots set to join the @aerobility International #ArmchairAirshow - #avgeek #airshows
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What a fantastic time we had at @airtattoo! ✈️ . We'd like to thank @2Excel_Aviation for their incredible surprise donation of over £16,400 on Friday! 😱 ❤️ We are extremely grateful. We'd also like to thank @FSFDP for inviting us to their award ceremony on Sunday.
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Join us on the 9th March at 7pm for our next Inspireability session with @MandyHickson. Find out about Mandy’s incredible journey to become one of the UK’s first female, fast-jet pilots & how she overcame many obstacles to develop the skills to succeed in such a demanding career.
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Great to see @rafredarrows getting in on some #StrictlyComeDancing action and of course massive congratulations to @RoseAylingEllis 🎉🎉🎉.
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We're celebrating women in aviation this #IWD2021 and are really looking forward to tomorrow's Inspireability session with @MandyHickson - RAF pilot, author and motivational speaker - join us on YouTube at 19:00 Tuesday 9th March. #womenpower #womeninaviation
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The Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, @rafredarrows took part in our Armchair Airshow 2022 broadcast, not only by giving us exclusive cockpit footage but also an exclusive interview! A fascinating feature which you can catch up with here if you missed it:
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Tonight at 8pm on @channel5_tv - The Red Arrows: A Year in the Sky. Go behind-the-scenes of the #RedArrows in this special programme, recapping how the team prepared for a season marking the centenary of the @RoyalAirForce.
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Don’t miss tonight’s Inside Out at 7.30 on BBC South - Aerobility flier Stuart Miller tells the BBC team what flying means to him and how it can help others to leave their disability on the ground. #ChangingLives #InsideOut #IAmAble #AbilityNotDisability.
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We opened our doors in 1993 and since then have contributed to the lives of thousands of disabled people who have taken to the skies with us. You can read just some of their wonderful stories here: #aviation #aerobility #charity #avgeeks #inspiring
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The Armchair Airshow team have been hard at work setting up for tomorrow’s #ArmchairAirshow - from 2pm 👀 .Don’t miss it!.#airshowfans #seasonpreview #airshowsareback #aerobility
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Congratulations to our very own Paralympian and Front Desk lead, Wayne Riding, on passing his PPL! #disabledpilot #yesyoucan #ppl
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When a disabled person is capable of piloting an aircraft, it begs the question 'If I can fly an aeroplane, what else can I do?'. It all comes down to the 'Magic And Wonder Of Flight' #MAWOF. #aerobility #charity #abilitynotdisability #aviationgoals
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Don't miss your chance to win one of Perty's Red Arrows flying suits, as worn by Red1 himself during the 2019 North America tour and signed by the 2020 team! Get bidding on this very special lot here and support our work. #GrandAuction.@pilotperty
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Great to see @Arthurvw1986 in the latest issue of @pilot_mag - we're so proud to have been part of his recovery journey and are delighted to see him continue to fly both literally and figuratively. Thank you Arthur for all your support of us too.
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A treat for #RedArrows fans this weekend. we will be streaming the Zoom interview with 31 former and current Red Arrows pilots! Join us for #ArmchairAirshowUnseen at 14.00 BST Sunday 5th July! #AirDisplay #Military #Aviation
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Meet our talented Hebe! Hebe started at Aerobility as a volunteer and has now completed her first year in the role of Fundraising and Outreach Events Manager 🎉 Congratulations Hebe and it is wonderful to have you on-board with us!
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This is the amazing total raised by last night’s Aviators Ball!.Thank you all so much for your support and generosity. Together we will continue to change lives through aviation; we really couldn’t do it without you!.#AviatorsBall #Fundraising #GrandAuction #ThankYou
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Last call for applications for our scholarship programme funded by The Red Arrows Trust. Closing date is tomorrow, 22 October. There are two types of scholarship to choose from: .⭐️Experience Day Scholarships. ⭐️5-hour flying scholarships. Apply now at:
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It’s true, #BlueSkiesAreComing if we just have patience and keep out reaching out to each other, we’ll take off again. #FeelgoodJanuary #LockdownUK
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Isn't it incredible that flyers can go all the way from their first flight in a light aircraft to a PPL with Aerobility?. Aerobility has worked extremely hard to make sure that almost anyone, whatever their impairment or previous experience, can fly.
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The ever brilliant man-of-a-thousand-voices @jonculshaw talks about Aerobility's work and how you can support the Aviators Ball and Grand Auction this weekend!. @bbc_comedy #DeadRingers #JonCulshaw #BBC #Comedy #Impressionist #AviatorsBall #Aviation
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#ArmchairAurora is a free to attend, livestream event that will viewers on a journey of wonder from their living-rooms and into the skies. Join us and guest presenters @jonculshaw and @Avertedvision on the 13th March. #YouTube #Astronomy #ArmchairTravel #Aurora #NorthernLights
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Our huge thanks to 2Excel Aviation Ltd for hosting a fantastic day at Lasham Gliding recently with all proceeds going towards supporting Aerobility. #aviation #innovation #engineering #charity #support #lasham
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Don't miss our #ArmchairAurora this Saturday at 18:00 - it promises to be a fascinating evening including our live Aurora hunt and an interview with Rod Arnold Head of Air Unit for British Antarctic Survey @BAS_News .#Polar #Aviation #AVGeeks #Astronomy @PlanesTV @FG_AviationNews
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Last Wednesday, we enjoyed an incredible evening at @TheRAFClub in Piccadilly, celebrating the release of @JohnNicholRAF's latest best-selling book, "Eject! Eject!". Thanks to the generosity of John and his guests, over £2000 was raised, for which we are hugely grateful. ❤️
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🎉👏congratulations to Harvey Matthewson on his first solo flight yesterday! Harvey aims to get his PPL, he also suffers from cerebral palsy but doesn’t let his condition get in the way of his ambition! #abilitynotdisability #yesyoucan
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Our very own Mike Miller-Smith MBE and Aerobility CEO, immortalised on a can! .Our thanks to @SodaFolk for raising our profile, we’re so proud of what we do. 👇.#YesYouCan #IAmAble #AbilityNotDisability.
Mike Miller-Smith, who you'll know better as the character on the front of our Cream Soda, set up @Aerobility after being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, Mike wanted to offer disabled people the opportunity to fly an aeroplane. Read more: #goodfolk
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Chief Flying Instructor Mike Owen is hanging up his headset and stepping back from the role after more than 15 years. 🙌.Please join us in thanking Mike for his incredible service to the charity. If you've flown with Mike, we'd love to hear of your experience in the comments ❤️
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Now this news really was a treat and definitely not a trick (although we're sure there'll be plenty of those next season!) Congratulations @MikeLingPilot #theblades #flyingdisplay #aerobatics.
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Thank you for making Aerobility Aurora so special @avertedvision @jonculshaw
http://t.co/uRrlWAtF4C.
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We contributed to a paper by @KPMG 'Passenger use cases in the Advanced Air Mobility revolution' highlighting the importance of introducing accessibility into the DNA of the new generation of AAM aircraft and vertiports. You can read the report here:
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The Armchair Airshow 2021 Schedule is here!.Remember you can watch the show from 14:00 BST tomorrow at #aviation #ArmchairAirshow
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We are delighted to announce that our 2021 Aviators Ball was our most successful ball yet! We raised more than £115,000 which will change 1000s of lives. Huge thanks go to absolutely everyone involved including these 3 amazing companies @NATS, @2Excel_Aviation and Breitling UK.
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Thank you, thank you to our great supporters @thebladesteam and all this summer’s ball attendees for their generosity! #fundraising #grateful #couldntdoitwithoutyou.
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Our stellar Aerobility Armchair Airshow presenters and crew are in place and running through final preparations for take off!. The show is broadcast from @LBH_Airport and starts at 1pm. is the place to watch it all unfold!. #AAS2022 #aerobility
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More female pilots are a must, the worldwide statistics are pretty shocking, so we 👏 the The Brownies with their new badge! #femalepilot #womeninaviation #EqualityForAll
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NEWS FLASH - fresh from their North American tour, @RAFRed1 Squadron Leader Martin Pert, Red Arrows Team Leader, will now join us for our incredible fundraising Aurora flight next month!.Tickets are selling fast: #RedArrows #Avgeeks #Fundraising #IAmAble.
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We’re back, on Sunday 5th July with UNSEEN footage!.Following on from our first Armchair Airshow on the 20th June we’re flying again with UNSEEN footage and more not to be missed attractions! Watch this space for all the details. #ArmchairAirshow #Unseen
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We’re counting down the hours ‘til the #ArmchairAirshowUnseen at 14:00 today! Don’t miss the @rafredarrows and lots, lots more. #RedArrows #AVGeeks #Airshow #Entertainment
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We’re feeling proud! Amazing display yesterday guys ✈️🎉 and more of the same today! #BaderBusCompany #DisabledPilot #Aerobatics #DuxfordAirFestival.
Introducing the worlds first all disabled display team - Bader’s Bus Company. Ready for our inaugural display weekend at Duxford! Challenging Perceptions 💪 @thebladesteam @RAFRed1 @BadersBus @astro_timpeake @Aerobility @teamyakovlevs @Arthurvw1986 @MikeLingPilot
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It is with great sadness that we must announce the untimely and unexpected death of our Tatenhill Chief Flying Instructor, Craig Knott. During his 12 years at Aerobility, Craig took thousands of people flying and was hugely respected by all his colleagues and students.
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2018 marks our 25th year!.A quarter of a century making dreams come true, enabling the disabled and profoundly ill to experience the exhilaration of aviation. #25years #Anniversary
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Congratulations Mark Bartlett who went solo for the first time today! Three flyers going solo in just two weeks - incredible! #ProudMoment
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Ease yourself back in after the long Easter weekend - join us tomorrow evening at 19:30 as we chat with Alex Brooker!.#AbilityNotDisability #IAmAble #TheSkyIsTheLimit .@adamhillscomedy @joshwiddicombe @TheLastLeg
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