{"id":5054,"date":"2025-12-11T22:38:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:39:51","slug":"bucket-list-dreams-can-become-real-in-retirement-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/bucket-list-dreams-can-become-real-in-retirement-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucket list dreams can become real in retirement villages"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5054\" class=\"elementor elementor-5054\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e72706d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e72706d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efd7352\" data-id=\"efd7352\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c514aa elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c514aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>S<strong>outhern Cross Care (SA, NT &amp; Vic) Pooraka Retirement Living resident Brian Clements has always enjoyed being in the air.<\/strong><\/p><p>He started flying from an early age while living in England, joining the Air Training Corp at age 14 and as part of the program was given the opportunity to fly in a Chipmunk once a year, either taking the controls himself or sitting back for some exhilarating aerobatics.<\/p><p>At the age of 16 Brian got his glider license and spent many hours in the air.<\/p><p>But he never had the chance to fly in a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth\">Tiger Moth<\/a>.<\/p><p>\u201cIt goes back to about 1962, I used to go to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, south of England, regularly. There were lots of Tiger Moths there but I never got to go up in one. So it\u2019s always been on my bucket list to want to do it,\u201d said Brian from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au\/sa\/adelaide\/pooraka-retirement-living-southern-cross-care-sa-nt-vic-inc-14614\">Pooraka Retirement Living<\/a> in Adelaide.<\/p><p>Earlier this year, Brian&#8217;s weight met the stringent restriction of less than 100kgs. He booked the flight at Aldinga Airfield, 45km south of Adelaide\u2019s CBD, in a plane built only two years after he was born.<\/p><p>And not one second of the flight let him down.<\/p><p>\u201cIt was only a 20-minute flight but I wish to hell it had been longer,\u201d Brian said.<\/p><p>\u201cThe thing that struck me is normally when you get in a plane you\u2019re trundling down the runway and it seems like ages before it takes off.<\/p><p>\u201cIn this thing, you got out to the runway and the pilot said \u2018I can\u2019t see a thing where I\u2019m going\u2019, he got to the end of the runway, turned around, opened the throttle up and it just went straight up, it was fantastic.<\/p><p>\u201cThe funny bit was coming down, he said \u2018Remember I told you you can\u2019t see too well, it\u2019s more true when you come in to land, I can\u2019t see where the runway actually is\u2019.<\/p><p>\u201cHe said, \u2018The way we get around that is we fly in sideways at the runway\u2019.<\/p><p>\u201cHe flew in side on and the moment he touched the ground he swung around!\u201d<\/p><p>Next on Brian\u2019s list is an aerobatic glider flight near Gawler, which is sure to be another stunning experience.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/regionriverina.com.au\/barellan-great-great-grandparents-on-marriage-retirement-living-and-the-demise-of-the-saturday-dance\/110687\/\">Life can flourish in retirement living.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27df388 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27df388\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-addb2d9\" data-id=\"addb2d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c02c8 elementor-button-success elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"54c02c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/thedcmgroup.createsend1.com\/t\/y-e-altyktk-l-w\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Return to Newsletter<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Cross Care (SA, NT &amp; Vic) Pooraka Retirement Living resident Brian Clements has always enjoyed being in the air. 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