Very, very early on the morning of Sunday 18 May, 8 wide awake students, plus Alasdair Spence and Michael Trotman, met up at George Best City Airport for the Bombardier ‘High Fliers’ event. The free flight was in a Bombardier Q 400 aircraft, which is partly built at the Shorts factory in Belfast, and operated by FlyBe from the City airport. The weather was good, and pilot Alan Reynolds announced that we would fly up the Antrim coast to the Giants Causeway. At 2000 feet all the way there were great views of the Antrim Coast, Rathlin Island , Portrush and Portstewart. For Nathan Mullan, Carrie Mc Alinden and Ryan McQuitty it was their first flight, and they received special certificates. Thanks are due to the parents who got up so early to drive everyone to Belfast. The flights were won by the students in a science competition this year.
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