# Online flight simulation event to raise funds for three charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/06/online-flight-simulation-event-raise-funds-three-charities/
- Published: 2016-09-06T09:10:48+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A 30-hour online flight simulation telethon takes place this month, raising funds
for three charities in the UK and USA.**

[Flight Angels 2016](http://flight-angels.com/) runs on the 16th-18th September 
and will be raising funds for [Over the Wall](http://www.otw.org.uk/), the [SeriousFun Children’s Network](https://www.seriousfunnetwork.org/)
and [Vision of Flight](http://visionofflight.org/). Over the Wall and SeriousFun
offer help and support to families of children with life-limiting illnesses. Vision
of Flight is dedicated to encouraging young people, often from underprivileged backgrounds,
into a career in aviation.

The event invites people with Microsoft FSX software to join the Flight Angel team
as they fly around the world in 23 one-hour legs, using a variety of different aircraft
to take off from and land in a variety of locations, or join in any of the event
legs at any time. Each two-hour session costs $5, and multiple sessions can be purchased.

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Those without flight simulation software can reserve a co-pilot’s seat to take part
in an exclusive live video-feed, sitting alongside famous pilots and aviators, including
Colonel Doug Champagne (pictured) in an F16 fighter jet, or the original Concorde
pilots as they mimic the final flight of the aircraft. These sessions cost $5 or
$10. All proceeds go to the charities involved.

The telethon is the creation of flight sim software developer Jane Rachel Whittaker
and online aviation expert Pete Wright and can also be watched on the dedicated 
[YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuav8OPOeGi6xEYVp4gQiQ) free
of charge, with viewers asked to donate.

Colonel Doug Champagne said:

> “This is a noble cause – helping young people. I can’t think of a better way to
> give something back. I’m looking forward to getting back in the cockpit and showing
> what the F16 can do. I hope people sign up and join me for the flight. It’s going
> to be a great ride.”

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