Promoting General Aviation in the U.K. (With Full Flap TV's Richard Midson)

Promoting General Aviation in the U.K. (With Full Flap TV’s Richard Midson)

Editorial Staff

Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A unique UK aviation event, the "Boeing 757 Challenge," involved attempting to pull a large jet using wheelchairs.
Richard Midson from Full Flap TV was interviewed by AVweb to discuss this and other publicity events.
The interview also covered the state of General Aviation (GA) in the UK, highlighting that it faces similar challenges to GA in the U.S.

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A fun aviation event in the U.K. caught our eye, the “Boeing 757 Challenge” – an attempt to pull an example of the huge jet with wheelchairs! Richard Midson of the U.K.’s Full Flap TV took time to visit with AVweb‘s Mike Blakeney from Surrey, England to explain how this (and some other publicity events) came off. He also gave us an overview of GA across the pond, and (no surprise) it turns out they are facing a lot of the same challenges as pilots in the U.S.

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