Rand Airport once again offered the perfect backdrop for the Puma Energy Flying Lions\u2019 annual children\u2019s charity day, last Sunday.<\/p>\n
The annual event sees the team giving back to children by taking them for flips in their aircraft.<\/p>
This year children and staff from iKhaya da Luz Children\u2019s Home, Nkosi\u2019s Haven and Children of the Dawn were treated to a day of high-flying thrills as they were taken for a flight in either a Harvard, a Baron ZS-LWT, a Pitts Special, Cessna 140 or Cessna 210.<\/p>\n
A big thank you went out to the pilots for the day, Arnie Meneghelli, Andrew Blackwood-Murray, Rodney Chinn, Sean Thackwray, Hayden Tunmer, Sally Bates, Mark Fleck and Dylan van der Merwe, who made sure the children\u2019s flying experience was one they will never forget.<\/p>
Chloe Spolander, Aubyn-Shaye Paul, Brad Wood, Keagan Foley, Margo Venter, Roslind and William Tomlinson, Retania Mahabeer and Lee Naidoo worked on the ground to help the children in and out of the aircraft and helped get the aircraft ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo assist the team in making the children\u2019s dreams come true, Rand Airport waived the approach and landing fees for the aircraft used on the day,\u201d explained Sam van der Merwe.<\/p>\n
The children, as well as their house mothers and fathers, were also treated to a delicious lunch at Harvard Caf\u00e9, before the arrival of Father Christmas.<\/p>\n
Father Christmas (aka Chloe), who jumped out of a Harvard, handed each of the children a gift bag filled with goodies.<\/p>\n