Royal Air force Chinook detachment, in attendance, with Allen and Endal and Canine Partners' Scottish fundraising team.

Canine Partners branch
opens in Scotland

IN conjunction with the assistance dog charity Canine Partners' move in to Scotland, the fundraising programme is now in full swing to raise much needed funds to create more partnerships in Scotland. The long-time partnership of Allen Parton and Endal lent their support to the proceedings. The Scottish Aero Club held an air display at Perth airfield where Canine Partners was the chosen charity to benefit from the profits from the day.

Helicopters, vintage and more current aircraft of the day gave displays throughout the day thrilling the audience young and old with daredevil stunts and flying. Having recently achieved a flying milestone by completing their 50th flight with British Airways, Allen and Endal flew up to Scotland this time with Easy Jet from Gatwick airport.

Originally the aim was to hold a fly-in, fly-out barbecue but the rules and regulations became insurmountable and the offer to be the chosen charity of the Scottish Aero Club fitted the bill appropriately.

Allen said "I was delighted and more than comfortable to attend with Endal who is not at all fazed by the noise of the aircraft or the hustle and bustle of a busy airfield. An air ambulance used as a static display was suddenly called in to action due to an RTA on the Forth Road bridge and Endal just calmly sat watching it take off while quite close and just wagged his tail as it accelerated in to the sky despite the down draft and dust.

After a very full day of meeting, greeting and awareness raising, Endal and Allen set off back South to their Hampshire home. "Most appropriate to fly home after such a day" said Allen "and I think think it really is Endal's preferred way to travel as he is always so relaxed and totally spoilt by the flight crews and the airport staff.

Endal has recently taken on EJ (Endal Junior, an eight week old yellow lab) - the start of a new phase of our story but it is still scary stepping (well, wheeling in our case) into the unknown.