SUBSEQUENT TRIP REQUEST: 13th & 14th Angel Flights.

Seven year old Channae, the youngest of three siblings, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in September last year. She periodically undergoes treatment at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.

Her mother Louise is on a single parent pension, and is unable to drive long distances due to the emotional and physical effects a long drive has on her daughter.

This Angel flight is to transport Channae and Louise to Sydney.

New Idea magazine gave Channae and her mother a special makeover and photo shoot for Mother's Day! Click the links below to read the article.
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Read about a previous mission for Channae (M454)

Shaun Aisen - Pilot

Bryan Padwick - Earth Angel
(Bryan's 14th mission)

Angel flight 1 by Shaun Aisen
This is Shaun's 19th mission
Previous mission for Shaun - M512 AF1.

Comment by Shaun
"A fun flight from Young to Bankstown. Weather was a little willing, but not nearly as bad trying to get out of Essendon early with 40kts blowing. At one stage I think we were hovering, but we managed to make reasonable time compared to the forecast. Just to top it off, two happy passengers survived a decent crosswind landing. Another happy Angel Flight experience."

Gary Weeks - Pilot

Bryan Padwick - Earth Angel
(Bryan's 15th mission)

Angel flight 2 by Gary Weeks
This is Gary's 6th mission
Previous mission for Gary - M454 AF2.

Comment by Gary

"This mission was delayed by a day due to a very intense weather front that was passing through South Western NSW yesterday afternoon. I can say that the forecast I received yesterday was chalk and cheese in comparison to the briefing I received this morning and it was a good move to reschedule for this morning.

Gary and the Bonanza.

Channae was not feeling the best this morning and was actually sick in the car on the way out to Camden airport. This nauseousness and general feeling of being unwell was as a result of an increased dose in the treatment this visit. As we know Channae is a fighter and after a bit of a stroll around in the fresh air at Camden she was ready to hop into the Bonanza and head home to Young.

Although feeling very unwell, Channae still manages to put on a smile.

We had a good run out to Young again today with just a bit of continual turbulence until climbing through about 7500 feet and above that it was as smooth as silk. Once underway both Channae and mum travelled well and enjoyed the flight. There was hardly a cloud in the sky with the visibility today unlimited and the best I have seen for a long time. This was obviously due to the fact that everything was well and truly blown away yesterday.

Our Earth Angel, and my Pilot helper for this mission, was Bryan Padwick. Bryan is not just a qualified pilot he is also an aviation enthusiast and it was great to have him along for the flight. Bryan and I had plenty of time to enjoy a cup of coffee and a couple of scotch finger biscuits on the way out. Channae was happy with some snacks and some Jelly Babies whilst mum stuck with water and some nibbles.

Channae, Louise and Bryan with the lovely hand made quilt that had been presented to Channae on behalf of Angel Flight.

I think Louise was extremely happy not to have to fly yesterday and travelled comfortably today knowing that the conditions were lovely for flying today.

I gave Bryan a fly on the way home as I knew he would be keen to accept my offer and we continued with more interesting aviation related chat all the way home. We climbed to 9500’ for our now VFR flight home direct to Camden as it was such a lovely day and we could also have a look at a map as well. Once again I had time to make Bryan a cup of coffee and when I then offered him a biscuit it was the only time he reckoned he was a bit busy and had to wait until the coffee was finished as he only has two hands.

Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to help Angel Flight. It was most enjoyable once again as usual."