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On the 29th May 2010 I will be taking off from Gloucestershire Airport on a flight which will see me attempting to fly upside down for 5 minutes at 3,000ft over the Worcestershire countryside in a T67 Firefly in aid of the charity Spina Bifida.

I have previously flown upside down for about 15 seconds before deciding I prefered fields below me and not above, so this will be quite a challenge!

Tiger Airways, (www.tigerairways.co.uk) based at Gloucestershire airport are kindly donating the use of their aircraft as their contribution to the event. The usual cost would have been in excess of £200.

The aircraft is fitted with an onboard video system which will capture every second of the flight.

I'm hoping to raise more than £500 for the charity and I need your help to do so.  Please dig deep and donate to this worthy cause.

 

Updates to follow:

30th March - £100 has now been reached through the "JustGiving" website. I'm 20% towards my total.  Thanks to everyone who has donated so far.

 

23rd May - Having not flown upside down for a long length of time, a test flight was undertaken.  A slow roll first proved there was nothing loose in the cockpit.   It's a horrible feeling being upside down!  Managed just over 2 minutes though.  The next one will be for real!

 

29th May - As usual the Bank Holiday curse is upon us.  The weather is not good enough to carry out the flight this afternoon.  It's therefore postponed until 12pm tomoorow (30th May).  Apologies to all but the challenge requires a higher cloud base and no rain.

30th May - The challenge has been completed.  I managed to fly upside down for 5 minutes 40 seconds.  Video link will be available shortly.

 

05th June - The video is now available at: www.stampeworld.com/Inverted.m4v

 

25th June -  Thanks to everyone at the Blackfriars Education Centre in Hereford.  As well as those who sponsored me online, an additional £153.00 has been raised through the Sponsorship Form in Reception.

 

26th June - All monies from sponsorship at the Marlbank Inn, Welland have been collected.  An additional £450 has been raised.

 

27th June - The Marlbank Inn also collected donations during their Beer Festival over the weekend of the event.  This added to additional donations has given an extra £183.

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