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Disabled Airplane Pilots - Wheelchair Aviators

Disabled Airplane Pilots - Wheelchair Aviators

Jason Schneider
January 28, 2021
The International Wheelchair Aviators group began in 1972 with a group of four paraplegic aviators from Southern California that met once a month in a “Fly to Lunch” meeting. The International Wheelchair…
Boy With No Hands Wins Penmanship Award

Boy With No Hands Wins Penmanship Award

Jason Schneider
January 28, 2021
Nicholas Maxim, a fifth-grader at Readfield Elementary School in Maine, has won a national penmanship award despite the fact that he was born without hands and only one leg. The winning piece…
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