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A Special Event at Rochester Airport
16th October 2008
Members of Medway’s Young Stroke Club and the Thursday Stroke Club met up at Rochester Airport for an extremely tasty buffet lunch.
Once lunch was over, there was a big surprise in store for their two Stroke Co-ordinators, Annie and Denise. The members had arranged for their two ‘ladies’ to take a flight from the airport, as a ‘thank you’ for all their hard work.
Annie and Denise are not usually lost for words but, on this occasion, they were! Their faces were a picture, particularly when they were presented with personalised baseball caps for the flight, kindly donated by Millen Aviation Services.
Luckily the weather was kind on the day, with lots of blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Members made their way out to the airfield to watch the take-off.
The local press were there to take photographs and everyone watched Annie and Denise climb into the aeroplane and take off, up and away. There was lots of waving from the aeroplane and from the ground.
The flight took approximately half an hour, flying over Maidstone, over Leeds Castle (where the ladies reckoned they have worked out how to get out of the maze), across the Downs to the Isle of Sheppey, along the estuary to the Medway Towns.
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At some point, Denise took the controls, whilst Annie went ’photo mad’.
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It was quite a breezy day, so the landing back at Rochester Airport was, apparently, ‘interesting’. Members were there to welcome them back, with lots of cheers and more photographs.
As well as lots of photographs, a video was taken for posterity.
Both Annie and Denise were presented with certificates for their flight and then everyone made their way back to the café for a welcome cup of tea.
Annie and Denise were delighted with their ‘present’ and thanked all members for such a great surprise.
The club would like to Thank
Rochester Airport Café.
And
Millen Aviation Services.
Created on 17/10/2008 14:39 by mscwebmaster
Updated on 26/10/2008 17:28 by mscwebmaster
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