Capt Paddy & Lucky, sponsored by ASL Airlines, continue to break new ground as they fly higher and faster than ever before with over €9600 raised between Lauralynn Irelands Children Hospice & Dogs Trust Ireland.
During their travels, they each carry a logbook to record all flight hours, pilot in command, flight information, aircraft type and registrations. At the end of the challenge along with themselves, their logbooks and a photo book of their adventures will be auctioned off to raise valuable funds for their two Irish charities. Capt Paddy T Bear will be donated to LauraLynn Children’s Hospice and “Lucky” to The Dogs Trust of Ireland
To kindly donate, regardless of the amount, please visit the donate button on our website at www.aviationireland.ie where you can find our JustGiving pages for LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice & Dogs Trust Ireland.
This summer Irelands Globetrotting bears:-
- Joined SAS Connect flying to Sweden, Greece, Norway, Denmark
- Guests of the Czech Air Force at the 21st Tactical Air Force Base, Caslav flying in the SAAB JAS 39 Grippen
- Joint fundraiser between the IAA & AirNav Ireland raising an incredible €900
- Lucky was promoted to a’ Blue’ with the RAF Red Arrows and flew over the Glastonbury Festival
- Capt Paddy received a unique invitation by Sé Pardy to Abbeyleix, flying via Abbeyshrule Airfield
- Flex-Wing flight at Limetree airfield with Paul McMahon
- Capt Paddy & Lucky reunited at Leinster Gliding Centre to experience silent flight in an AS K21 glider
- Heartwarming visit to Dogs Trust Ireland
- Invited to Belvedere House Gardens & Parks, Mullingar
- Insight to Flying boat operations in Ireland at The Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum
- 6 days at Royal International Tattoo RAF Fairford
- Executive Helicopters took us for a scenic flight over Bray before the Bray Airshow in EI-PRO AS365 Dauphin
- Meet & Greet fundraiser at Harbour Place Shopping Centre, Mullingar raising €710
- Mickey McMahon broke a record with the number of different aircraft types flown in a day (6 in total)
- Spitfires.com flew the bears in the iconic Spitfire at Solent Airport, UK
- Joined Airbus Helicopters International Services via Mark Fitzgerald
- Corporate donation of €1000 from Airbus with AHFS Dublin HQ staff donation €250 for Lauralynn Childrens Hospice
- A day out at Duxford Airshow for the Flying Finale
- 48 hours with Aer Lingus engaging in Ground Ops, Cabin Safety, Inflight services & joining Capt Mark Prendergast
- Joined the world of Aviation Leasing with Mark Hegarty of Dublin based Genesis
To follow Capt Paddy & Lucky’s adventures join their socials on LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook. They will be at AvCon on 7th November, Irish Air Corps Baldonnel helping to inspire future generations to seek a career in aviation.
