Waddington Falls Victim to the Olympics!! It is with more than a tinge of sadness that we have had to cancel our Bader Braves Young Aviators Day scheduled for 2nd June 2012 at RAF Waddington due to the stations commitment to the upcoming London Olympics. Despite considerable efforts to find an alternative venue the time [...]
David McNamara completed the gruelling “3 Peaks Challenge” to raise funds for the Douglas Bader Foundation, specifically the BADER BRAVES initiative. David’s son, Morgan, is an enthusiastic BRAVE with several events under his belt. Reading David’s wonderful account may give you an idea of what you have to go through to complete a challenge like [...]
Saturday May 5th saw the successful and very enjoyable completion of the Douglas Bader Foundation BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day of the 2012 Programme. This was held at R.A.F. Kinloss and, as you will see from Keith Delderfield’s report below, a very good time was had by all. As you know, we are always delighted [...]
HE’S DONE IT!! David McNamara, who heroically beat the National 3 Peaks Challenge to raise funds for the Douglas Bader Foundation’s initiative, BADER BRAVES, has kindly provided us with some dramatic photographs taken during his gruelling 24 hours. He will also be sending us an article about it early next week. This, with the additional [...]
Calling all BADER BRAVES! * Please note that the date of our 5th BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day 2012 at Caernarfon Airport, Dinas Dinlle, Gwynedd, LL54 5TP has had to be changed * Instead of being held on Saturday July 7th as originally scheduled, the 1st of our 2 Flying Days at Caernarfon has been put [...]
Calling all BADER BRAVES and their families and carers in the vicinity of RAF Kinloss! We are about to start the 2012 BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day programme with our first Flying Day taking place at RAF Kinloss, Forres, Morayshire on Saturday 5th May. These Flying Days are very successful and extremely popular and we [...]
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM McNAMARA!!! While most of us have been pursuing our daily routine over the past couple of days (much of it, if your routine is anything like mine, sitting safely on our backsides!), David McNamara, valiantly assisted and supported by his driver, Tony White, has spent 23 hours and 40 minutes scaling not one [...]
DAVID McNAMARA from Maidenhead, father of one of our Bader Braves, has taken on the amazing 3 Peaks Challenge on behalf of his son and to raise much needed funds for the Foundation and, in particular, the Braves project. David’s son is something of a Braves veteran having participated in a number of our Young [...]
Peter Saywell Track Day at Goodwood Race Circuit, West Sussex Saturday, 31st March 2012 1st Report! We’re delighted to report that The Peter Saywell Track Day at Goodwood held on Saturday was a great success. The Douglas Bader Foundation CEO, David Bickers, was there and had even more excitement than anticipated when the driver of [...]
David McNamara from Maidenhead, father of one of our Bader Braves, has taken on the amazing 3 Peaks Challenge on behalf of his son and to raise much needed funds for the Foundation and, in particular, the Braves project. David’s son is something of a Braves veteran having participated in a number of our Young [...]
Please note that the date for the BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day at Pembrey Airport, South Wales has had to be changed. Instead of the original date of the 30th June/(1st July) 2012, this event will now be held on Saturday 28th July with Sunday 29th July being held as a reserve day in case [...]
Feedback is filtering through following the hugely enjoyable and successful BADER BRAVES Winter Wonderland Weekend at Kielder, which was held from January 27th – 29th. We are always delighted to receive your comments so that we can either see where we can improve things for our Braves and their families and carers or, even better, [...]
Calling all BADER BRAVES and their parents and carers. Please note that the Young Aviators Day at Moray Flying Club, Kinloss 2012 has had to be moved forward by one week. Instead of the original date of the 12th/13th May, this will now take place on the weekend of the 5th/6th May, 5th being target day & [...]
Follow the link to see a wonderful video by Scot Weller of the BADER BRAVES enjoying one of the Douglas Bader Foundation’s Young Aviator Flying Days at Bodmin Airfield, 2011. This great little film captures the spirit of the day perfectly and encapsulates what these wonderful events are all about. Thank you, Scot Please click [...]
Norfolk Commercial Support for Bader Braves After 240 years of trading in the pretty and fascinating market town of Holt in Norfolk, the family run business of Baker & Larners has moved into the area of aviation (probably for the first time) and thrown it’s support into The Bader Braves Young Aviators project by naming [...]
Here is the first information regarding the BADER BRAVES Young Aviators’ Days for 2012. We have again increased the days on offer and the geographical area we can cover so you’ll see some new venues along with the old favourites. This is initial information only so that you can get an idea of what dates [...]
Keith Delderfield, the Douglas Bader Foundation Director of Operations, who was at the hugely successful BADER BRAVES Winter Wonderland Weekend at Calvert Trust, Kielder in beautiful Northumberland has send in some new photographs of the event. There are some beautiful images of Kielder Water and surrounds and some great pictures that make it very clear [...]
* Here is a selection of photographs that Keith took over the weekend. Clearly a very good time was had by all! * Clicking on an image in the List Mode will enlarge it. Clicking on it again will then close it and return you to the Gallery. (Please let us know if you’d like [...]
Our BADER BRAVES Winter Wonderland Weekend at the wonderful Calvert Trust, Kielder in Northumberland, which was held last weekend from the 27th – 29th January, was a great success as already reported. The photos and stories are beginning to come in… We are very grateful to BRAVE, Camron Hall, and his family for being the [...]
The BADER BRAVES Winter Wonderland Weekend, held at Calvert Trust, Kielder, Northumberland over the weekend (27th – 29th January), was a sparkling success in every way. From the frost on the ground to the enjoyment of the Braves and their carers and families. There was an excellent response to this event resulting in a lovely [...]
CALLING ALL BRAVES! There are a few places remaining on our fantastic Bader Braves Winter Wonderland Weekend at Calvert Trust, Kielder, Northumberland from Friday 27th – Sunday 29th January 2012. This promises to be a wonderful experience with plenty to do for the whole family as well as presenting the opportunity to experience the superb [...]
The BADER BRAVES Young Aviators’ Days have been an enormous success since they became part of the Douglas Bader Foundation strategy to help children with amputations and other disabilities and their families. Last year we held 9 of these immensely popular events and this year, despite the Olympics and the Paralympics, we intend to extend that. We are [...]
CALLING ALL BRAVES! There are a few places remaining on our fantastic Bader Braves Winter Wonderland Weekend at Calvert Trust, Kielder, Northumberland from Friday 27th – Sunday 29th January 2012. This promises to be a wonderful experience with plenty to do for the whole family as well as presenting the opportunity to experience the superb venue [...]
Sadly the final Bader Braves Young Aviators Day scheduled for 8th October at Caernarfon Airport in North Wales has, for the third time this year, fallen victim of poor weather. With drizzle and high winds forecast for the day the organisers had little choice other than to call of the event. Paul Asbridge, CFI at [...]
Another Caernarfon Climatic Calamity!! There cannot be many occasions when one wakes in the morning praying that it is pouring with rain when you pull the curtains back …… for me Saturday 3rd September was one!!! On what was a glorious Friday afternoon driving up to our Saturday venue I took a call in my [...]
Braves have a Wonderful Day At White Waltham Thank goodness Sunday 28th August provided much better weather for our Bader Braves Young Aviators than Sunday 17th July had when torrential rain and high winds forced the abandonment of the event. Although not a blisteringly hot or particularly sunny day, weather conditions were pretty good for flying [...]
Braves Golden Day at Glorious Goodwood Once again Goodwood Aerodrome provided not just a superb venue for our Bader Braves Young Aviators Day on 21st August but also great weather, maybe not quite as hot as last year but sunny and bright, just right for a very successful flying day. Youngsters were again treated to flights [...]
We’ve just received the first photographs from the hugely enjoyable BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day that was held at Goodwood Flying Club on Sunday 21st August. You can also see a short film featuring young amputee, William, by clicking on the link: Goodwood Flying Video At the Bader Braves Flying Day at Goodwood, he first used [...]
Simon Finlay, a professional photographer, has kindly allowed us to publish photographs he took at the excellent Bader Braves Young Aviators Day at Seething Airfield, a previous World War 2 Bomber Station, on Sunday 7th August. There are quite a lot of images so we’ve split them into 3 separate Galleries. They are on the [...]
A Super Day at Seething Despite warnings of poor weather for our Bader Braves Young Aviators Day at Seething Airfield, a previous WW2 bomber station that had been home to 63 B-24 Liberator aircraft of the USAAF 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Sunday 7th August dawned bright and sunny and continued in that mode throughout the [...]
Blazing Bodmin makes for Brilliant Bader Braves Day Following the disappointing weather of last weekend that forced the abandonment of our White Waltham event (now rearranged for Sunday 28th August), waking to a bright sunny morning in Bodmin was a huge relief. 31 Bader Braves assembled at the Cornwall Flying Club based at Bodmin Airfield [...]
BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day: Sunday 17th July at the West London Aero Club, White Waltham Airfield I’ve just received the following notification of the postponement of the above event from Keith Delderfield, the Douglas Bader Foundation Director of Operations (known to most of you already, I’m sure!). Please note the proposed new date. “I [...]
The Kinloss Press Office have kindly sent us 4 more photographs which have been added to the BADER BRAVES Young Aviators Day at Kinloss Gallery. You can click HERE to go straight to the Gallery … …or, if you haven’t already read the report on the Bader Braves Young Aviators Day courtesy of The Moray [...]
After two weekends when the weather has left a little to be desired the Bader Braves Young Aviators at Kinloss were treated to a super day made all the better by clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine. Once everyone had arrived and been taken through the safety briefing for the day the first treat was [...]
Saturday 18th June, 07.30, Perth in the heartland of Scotland, weather – NOT GOOD!! After a quick check with event co-ordinator, Iain Waghorn of The Scottish Aero Club a decision was made to delay the final decision as to whether or not our Young Aviators Day could go ahead until conditions were checked at Perth [...]
For the second weekend the weather spoiled our Young Aviators Day; this time Caernarfon Airport was the target for high winds, low cloud and poor visibility!! It was clear on Friday evening that Saturday 25th June may be, in the words of Paul Asbridge, CEO of The Eagles Wings Trust & CFI at Caernarfon Airport, [...]
Here is a report from Keith Delderfield, the DBF Director of Operations, who was at Kielder with the Bader Braves for the Calvert Trust Adventure Weekend. It certainly sounds as though all had a wonderful time and we hope that reading this and seeing some of the photographs and the video will inspire others to [...]
Here is a report from Keith Delderfield, the DBF Director of Operations, who was as RAF Waddington on the 4th June for the first in a programme of 9 Bader Braves Young Aviators Days for 2011. As you will see, RAF Waddington did the Braves proud and a great day was had by all. We [...]
Following the excellent Bader Braves Young Aviators Day hosted by the West London Aero Club at White Waltham, we received the following wonderful accolade from Jessica Soanes, aged 11. We think that Jessica speaks very eloquently for many who may spend most of their time in a wheelchair or are otherwise physically restricted, about the [...]
Excellent day for Bader Braves at RAF Kinloss. Our re-arranged Bader Braves Young Aviators Day at RAF Kinloss on 31st July following the abandonment of the earlier date due to bad weather, proved a resounding success. As usual, the crews from 201 Squadron pulled out all the stops in ensuring that this was going to [...]
RAF Waddington provides great day For Bader Braves Young Aviators. Even the weather was great on Saturday 24th July when ten Bader Braves along with their families, gathered at the entrance to RAF Waddington for the Bader Braves Young Aviators Day. It was a pretty impressive start as everyone was led in convoy to the [...]
BADER BRAVES is an initiative of the DOUGLAS BADER FOUNDATION (Charity Commission Registration Number:800435) The BADER BRAVES Young Aviators’ Day at the West London Aero Club, White Waltham, took place on Sunday 18th July and, as at the same venue last year, was a wonderful event thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. “Just wanted to say [...]
A write up following the excellent BADER BRAVES FLYING DAY at Goodwood Aero Club on Sunday 13th June where a (very) good time was had by all and, again, we were extraordinarily lucky with the weather. As always, we are extremely grateful to everyone involved for all that went into giving the Braves and their [...]
The BADER BRAVES Flying Day at Caernarfon Airport was a fantastic success and a wonderful day out for all the children and their families. We hope that the following will give you a flavour of what the Flying Days are all about and encourage you to attend of our other Flying Days, which still have [...]
