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Blessed by the weather, again (the rain stopped on the wednesday) Gordie and the bash team put on a Awesome event! Thankyou for inviting us Gordie! Nestled by the side of the gorgeous lake buttermere, Cumbria the Buttermere Bash is…
Andrew from https://www.flyingfrenzy.com/ We had an amazing time this morning introducing 3 people to the skies at Swyre hill. It was pretty breezy but once up we had all the space and height and views we could ask for. Two…
Flyability was able to help by providing a scholarship and fast tracking approval when we were contacted by Judy to help get Marcus off the ground. Judy from https://www.airways-airsports.com/ It’s a privilege to be able to give a bucket list…
We have a posh new linkedin page if your on on linkedin give us a follow https://www.linkedin.com/company/flyabilityuk/
At the end of August we were lucky enough to be available to help out when Open Country visited Airways Airsports to get 4 blind people up in tandem hangglider flights. The weather was very changeable which meant sneaking in…
We’re very pleased to share that Marina managed to get flying in a tandem hangglider in gorgeous North Devon with Sam from Fly Like a Bird. Marina was born multiple limb differences but with some adaptions to her harness and…
We’re delighted to share that after a health and weather enforced delay, Sally finally got airborne in a tandem paraglider with Mick from YX Paragliding in the beautiful Welsh countryside. I finally did it!! Plagued with bad health and then…
After the success in 2022, the wonderful people at the Great British Aerotow Revival offered us a gap on one of their warm up days to get disabled people flying. We managed to get four people up thanks to our…
We’ve just come back from Buttermere Bash 2023. We have never been (Helen and me ) although this event was behind the original fundraising to set up Flyability over 25 years ago. The festival is full of awesome people in…
We have been contacted by Altitude Trips about a training course in the Swiss Alps they’re offering in October. They’re keen to include paragliding wheelchair pilots in their courses. Altitude Trips are a BHPA registered school operating outside the UK.…
