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Freedom’s Wings Canada provides people with disabilities the opportunity to fly. Our program strives to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities by providing a physically and intellectually exciting and challenging introduction to flight.
The purpose of Freedom’s Wings Canada is to bring the world of soaring to disabled persons by:
- Exposing persons with disabilities to the soaring experience
- Teaching qualified persons with disabilities to soar
- Providing facilities for soaring to those persons with disabilities able to soar
- Providing training for instructors, ground crew, and flying students
- Providing a non-profit educational and fraternal organization
- Serving as a resource and model for other organizations with similar intent
Contact a Freedoms Wings Chapter:
Toronto, ON
York Soaring Association – 100km NW of Toronto in Arthur, ON
Peter Foster – pede.foster@rogers.com
Phone & Voice Mail: (647) 637-8239 Cell
Gliderport Website & Directions - www.yorksoaring.com
Airfield Office 9am-5pm (519) 848-3621 (during the season)
Ottawa, ON
Gatineau Gliding
Doug Laruie-Lean - douglaswl@storm.ca
Phone & Voicemail (613) 445-3275
Gliderport Website & Directions www.gatineauglidingclub.ca
Clubhouse Phone & Voice Mail: (613) 673-5386
Calgary, AB
Cu Nim Gliding Club
Phil Stade - philstade@stade.ca
Phone & Voicemail (403) 813-6658
Gliderport Website & Directions www.cunim.org
Edmonton, AB
Edmonton Soaring Club
Garry Hill - gary@cottage-computers.com
Phone & Voicemail (780) 986-5960
Gliderport Website & Directions www.edmontonsoaringclub.com
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Soaring Association – Hope, British Columbia
Ray Maxwell - rmaxwell@dccnet.com
Phone & Voicemail: (604) 596-5796
Gliderport Website & Directions - www.vsa.ca
Clubhouse Phone & Voice Mail: (604) 869-7211 (seasonal)
Vernon, BC
Silver Star Soaring
Dan Cook - cookdaniel@shaw.ca
Phone & Voicemail (250) 549-1397
Gliderport Website & Directions - www.silverstarsoaring.org
Inspiration Flights
With the assistance of trained volunteers, the passenger will be given a ground briefing, and then fitted into the front cockpit a biplace trainer fitted (some fitted with adaptive hand controls.) A tow plane with a 200? line will launch the glider, and then the passenger will be offered an opportunity to try the controls (where they are able), and will experience the euphoric sense of freedom that the three dimensional world of the air delivers.
Learn To Fly
Some Freedom’s Wings Canada chapters offer paraplegics and high functioning quadriplegics into it’s “Learn To Soar” program.
A ‘rudder stick’ duplicates the control inputs of the rudder pedals. For those with sufficient strength and coordination in the arms, and the ability to grasp, flight lessons from volunteer instructors will be available. It will take around 55 dual flights to qualify for solo flight. In addition to 20 solo flights, students will require ground school study, an examination from Transport Canada, and a medical assessment from a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner.
When you pass you will be a licensed glider pilot!
To find out more about our programs please contact us at info@FreedomsWings.ca