Louise Scotter, who is 35 and has FSH muscular dystrophy, recently completed 40 hours of flying training at 43 Air School in South Africa, funded by Flying Scholarships for the Disabled (FSD). Louise Scotter at the controls of a plane “It took me a long time to find my confidence in the air and was a real emotional struggle. But I was determined to do it. People assume that because you’re disabled, you can’t fly an aircraft. I wanted to prove a point.” And she certainly did as shown in an article featured in the March issue of Target: Inspiring (47 kb) [pdf]

"People assume that because you’re disabled, you can’t fly an aircraft. I wanted to prove a point."

And not one to shirk a challenge, Louise has decided to do a tandem skydive! On Sunday 9 July 2006 Louise is going to leap out of a plane in Nottinghamshire for Flying Scholarships for the Disabled (FSD), a charity dedicated to helping disabled people discover their true potential through the mental and physical stimulation of learning to fly a light aircraft and The British Disabled Flying Association, formerly known as the BDFC, dedicated to helping disabled people achieve their individual aviation ambitions. The tandem skydive involves leaping from an aircraft at an altitude of around 12,000 ft with only a parachute to deliver her safely back into the arms of mother earth!