Getting behind the controls of a business plane has lengthy been on the bucket listing of 91-year-old Calgarian Margaret Hitchcock, and on Tuesday the lifelong aviation fanatic acquired to expertise the subsequent smartest thing.
As a part of the Signature Dwelling Listing program, Hitchcock was invited to WestJet’s Calgary campus to tour their amenities and go to the airport’s management tower.
However the spotlight of the day was a spin within the airline’s full-motion simulator, full with an aerial tour of the town.
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“I loved it,” Hitchcock mentioned. “I achieved one thing I knew nothing about.”
This system is facilitated by the Prominence Means Retirement Group the place Hitchcock lives.
Annually residents have been requested to jot down down a want they wish to obtain and the employees discovered easy methods to grant it.
Prominence Means Govt Director Jenna Gorgas mentioned getting residents out into the group is a particularly precious and rewarding expertise.
“It is a possibility to take them exterior of their day-to-day expertise and … make a distinction within the lives of our residents,” Gorgas mentioned.
Tuesday’s tour had added significance since Hitchcock first fell in love with all issues aviation whereas working in Pearl Harbor.
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Though she’s additionally fascinated with ships, the non-elder says in one other life, she might have seen herself pursuing a profession in aviation.
“It is one thing that wanders round in my thoughts,” Hitchcock mentioned. “I used to be considering plane amenities and plane – I ought to have been in that discipline.”
This system goals to present different seniors an opportunity to satisfy their desires with extra journeys deliberate for the summer time.
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