Paraplegic Pilot a First for Paris Flying Display
Dorine Bourneton is championing disabled rights
Dorine Bourneton will fly her aerobatics routine in a modified CAP 10.
Dorine Bourneton will fly her aerobatics routine in a modified CAP 10.

The wheelchair will stay on the ground. Dorine Bourneton, a long-time champion of the rights of disabled people and a paraplegic herself, expects to be at the controls of a modified Mudry CAP 10 light aerobatic aircraft as part of the flying display here from Friday to Sunday–at the time of writing the performance was subject to the usual show display approval, but if she gets the green light, it will be a first for the Paris Air Show. After having successfully pushed for persons with lower limb disabilities to be able to become commercial pilots, Bourneton’s dream has been to fly at Le Bourget.


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