In order to scatter his mother’s ashes from an empty peanut butter jar, a bereaved son has flown a chopper more than 3,000 miles around the whole coast of the UK.
In order to give his mother Marie, who died away in November 2019 at the age of 95, one more trip, Andrew Greenhalgh, 73, from Essex, wanted to take her.
Just two months after receiving his helicopter license, Mr. Greenhalgh left his hometown of Great Baddow and embarked on an eight-day journey across the nation.
Before heading south to Wales, the Scilly Isles, Cornwall, and Jersey, he flew the Shetland Islands, Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man.
Along the coastal journey, he dispersed his mother’s ashes at several locations.
I’m sure my mother would enjoy it; she would think it was fantastic, remarked Mr. Greenhalgh.
My younger brother, who also has a terminal illness, has expressed a desire to accompany his mother despite his poor health.
He prefers honey, therefore instead of being in the same jar as everyone else, he wants to be in a honey jar.
Since there were no other jars available, the ashes were placed in the empty peanut butter jar.
A little amount of the ashes belonged to Mr. Greenhalgh’s brother, who donated them to him for the journey.
The 73-year-old took up helicopter training almost two years ago, motivated by his grandson Arthur, 7, who was a fan of the television program Helicopter ER.
Since receiving his license, he has taken Arthur on a few journeys, one of which included a particular path that permits pilots to fly in the city’s center securely.
He had already acquired the skills necessary to pilot a glider, which he used to tour the UK.
Just before to the epidemic, he traveled throughout the UK while scattering part of his mother’s ashes near the Arctic Circle, according to Essex Live.
Helicopter ER was one of his favorite shows when my grandson moved home with us during a lockdown.
I believed there was no reason why I couldn’t attempt to obtain my license, and he thought it was fantastic.
“I began taking classes and received my license after the lockdown last year,” the student said.
“I informed the teacher, who didn’t want me to do it and wanted to accompany me, but I said no, I want to do it on my own, and I liked it.”
He arrived and sat in the back of the helicopter when I was still learning, and we performed a maneuver known as a Heli Lane.
Although it is prohibited to fly aircraft into London, it is possible to use a Heli Lane to fly above Heathrow Airport and the Thames, which I now do very often.