Wheelies With Wings Flying Scholarships for the Disabled

Wheelies with Wings is a charity and a non profit organisation. See below

Its purpose is to offer to physically disabled people the opportunity to gain a flying experience. This allows physically disabled people to gain a sense of freedom and achievement - a stepping stone to use to further challenges.

• Wheelies with Wings aim to promote the rehabilitation of selected physically disabled individuals, by creating a new horizon of achievement in life.

• Wheelies With Wings aim to award Suzi Duncan Scholarships for flying training courses based on a competitive selection process.

• Wheelies With Wings aim to award Lord Glendonbrook Solo Upgrade Scholarships for flying training courses to as many disabled pilots as possible.

People behind Wheelies with Wings Read Below Wheelies With Wings has no paid staff and operates from the Chairman's home office. The Board of Directors carry out all organisational and administrative tasks at no cost, and bear their own administration, travel and accommodation costs as required. Current Board members Rob Rickards (Chairman) Ian Richards Geoff Morton and Brian Wilson Ian Richards Rob Rickards (Chairman) Geoff Morton and Brian Wilson Rob Rickards and Brian Wilson (standing right) at Temora November 2011     David Clegg was the past chairman of WwW . David sadly passed away suddenly in June 2010   CLEGG, David John. OAM 05.05.1935 11.07.2010. David was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his work with Wheelies with Wings. Beloved husband of Dorothy. Adored father of Mark, Simon, Victoria, Kathleen, Samantha and Heidi and father-in-law to Jackie, Julie-Anne, Miles, Shane and Christopher. Loving grand- father to ten grandchildren. David Clegg was a Qantas Boeing 747 Training Captain (retired) He worked tirelessly for Wheelies for many years. He is fondly remembered by many for this and for his endless supply of jokes. Here is is seen in his van which he used to promote Wheelies. He and his wife Dodo would sell "Whingeing Pills" in their gift shop to raise money for WwW. These were smarties put in a pseudo chemist bottle complete with instructions! He would always be looking at ways to fundraise for WwW. He would do anything to make it easier for WwW pilots to get to and from Temora. Wheelies with Wings Limited is a registered charity and Australian Public Company WHEELIES WITH WINGS LIMITED is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) from 01 Jul 2000. It is covered by Item 1 of the table in section 30-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. ABN 50 090 996 222 Contact Details