A CHARITY that flies in medical equipment and food to some of the poorest parts of the world will display the latest addition to their fleet at Popham on Saturday (June 15).
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) will showcase their new Cessna 182 at the airfield on the A303 at Coxford Down.
The charity is taking the £250,000 second-hand light aircraft on a nationwide tour before it flies out to South Sudan in Africa.
The plane was previously owned by a German skydiving club and was bought with donations to MAF.
Ruth Whitaker, MAF chief executive said: “This is a most exciting addition to the MAF Fleet. We are truly grateful for this wonderful and generous gift and for all our supporters who make possible the worldwide work of MAF.”
The MAF delivers supplies across the developing world and works in partnership with 1,500 aid organisations, including Oxfam, the Tearfund, Red Cross, and UNICEF.
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