Callum Wallace planning a solo flight around the world that he plans to tie it to effort to raise $1-mllion for Home Suite Hope, an Oakville-based organization that helps single mothers overcome homelessness.
Callum Wallace has had a passion for aviation ever since he was a teenager, but he’d given up on his dream of becoming a pilot because of colour blindness.
He eventually traded up to a Beechcraft Bonanza, a single-engine plane large enough to fly for up to five hours at a time. Not content with short flights, Mr. Wallace soon started planning a trip around the world. He wanted to tie the journey to a charity and he settled on Home Suite Hope, an Oakville-based organization that helps single mothers overcome homelessness.
Mr. Wallace plans to take off next May and he’s hoping to raise $1-million for the charity. Only 138 people have made the trip around the world alone in a single-engine plane and Mr. Wallace said he will be the fourth Canadian. The flight will take about three months and he plans to go eastward; through Greenland, Britain, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and back across the Pacific Ocean. He estimated that he’ll be in the air for more than 200 hours.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bivalent vaccines: A look at the next stage in the fight against COVID-19The NACI stopped short of urging a specific formulation while it awaited more evidence, but did say a bivalent shot could encourage uptake in the fall
Read more »
Elon Musk says he's terminating Twitter deal, board to fight
Read more »
CRA loses fight with construction foreman over drive-to-work expensesWhat happens if your place of employment is both your home and various work sites of your employer? Read more.
Read more »
CRA loses fight with construction foreman over drive-to-work expensesWhat happens if your place of employment is both your home and various work sites of your employer? Read more.
Read more »