Since launching more than three decades ago, the charity has allowed more than 10,000 people to take the controls, and many more with complex disabilities have been given the opportunity to use ground-based activities including flight simulators.<\/p>\n
Neil Tucker, chairman of the board of trustees at Aerobility, said the charity took him out of a “very dark place”.<\/p>\n
“I had a motorcycle accident in 2014 and lost my leg and the use of my left arm, becoming profoundly disabled,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Clinical staff said I’d never fly again.<\/p>\n
“I took a small gap of 30 years between my first solo and my second first solo and it’s absolutely liberating because having a disability does mean that your life is limited in so many ways and one of the ways where it’s not limited at all is actually in the air.”<\/p>\n
The charity is inviting people of all ages to apply for one of the 50 places to fly at DSA at the end of May.<\/p>\n
The airport has been closed since 2022 when former owner and operator Peel Group said it was no longer financially viable.<\/p>\n
City of Doncaster Council expects passenger flights to fully return by Easter 2028.<\/p>\n
Christian Foster, director at DSA operator FlyDoncaster Ltd, said: “This is such a special and important opportunity to bring back adapted flights to Doncaster Sheffield Airport.<\/p>\n
“Working with Aerobility, it’s fantastic to give anybody with a disability – who may have an interest in aviation or just want to see their local area from a new perspective – a chance to experience the wonder of flying.<\/p>\n
“We’re committed to making sure that our airport is inclusive to all and we look forward to working with Aerobility now and in the future to make sure the aviation industry is accessible both for travel and career opportunities.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since launching more than three decades ago, the charity has allowed more than 10,000 people to take the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-950170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}