WATCH: The Covid Flight embark on mission trip in the Lowveld
The Covid Flight is an initiative set up by Felix Gosher, a commercial pilot who lives in Gauteng. Their first relief flight was last weekend when they flew urgently needed medical supplies to the old-age home in Waterval Boven. Their second flight was to Hazyview.
Gosher is not new to goodwill in aviation, as he also started the Children’s Flight initiative a few years ago, where children who have never flown in an aeroplane before, are taken for a flip from one of the Gauteng airports.
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He followed this up two years ago with the Elderly Flight, for elderly people who have not flown before. Gosher quickly realised that the Covid-19 pandemic will have a detrimental effect on marginalised communities and started The Covid Flight.
All aviators from the Children’s and Elderly Flights pledged their support for The Covid Flight.
This support includes the use of their own aircraft and the necessary fuel for the relief flights. One of these pilots is Charles Fuller. He owns a house in Mbombela and, with Marike van Coppenhagen in Centurion, heads up The Covid Flight in the Lowveld.
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How can you help
Members of the public who would like to contribute to this initiative can make donations to the Acorn Foundation NPC. Donors will receive a Section 18a tax certificate for their donations.
Banking details:
Acorn Foundation NPC,
Absa
407861-9720
(Ref name and “Lowveld”).
