SIX paramotor pilots landed at the Warren House Inn on Dartmoor at the weekend as part of their training for an ambitious flight across the United Kingdom. The intrepid flyers will be taking off on July 29 on an epic flight from Land's End to John O'Groats in Tip to Tip 2008 to raise money for The Forces Children's Trust and Regional Air Ambulances. They will cross 20 counties, fly more than 700 miles and expect this flight to take eight days of intense flying with most nights spent in tents at various paramotorclub.org affiliate clubs along the route. The pilots will have to navigate their paramotors around major airways such as Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, and East Midlands and a major RAF training flight path in Scotland. Simon Westmore, a former Tavistock School student and who used to live in Princetown, is organising the event; he is a professional paramotor pilot, whose company have 20 paramotor clubs nationwide. The event is not without its dangers and difficulties, said Simon: 'The team have to land every three hours for petrol food and water. The weather will play a huge part in this flight and very difficult decisions will be getting made every few moments as we fly through the UK's changing weather systems. In all this is a massive mission, but one I know we can get done. The two charities are close to Simon's heart. His father, Mike, had his life saved by Cornwall Air Ambulance paramedics following an accident involving a JCB. In fact one of the paramotor pilots on Tip to Tip 2008 is Cornwall Air Ambulance's chief paramedic, Richard Whitmarsh. Simon, 32. and who now lives in Lamborn, Berkshire, explained: 'We are supporting the air ambulances because we paramotor pilots have tended to use them quite regularly and it's a way of thanking them for all they have done for us.' The other charity which will benefit is The Forces Children's Trust. Simon, a former driver with the Devon and Dorsets, Royal Corp of Transport and Royal Logistic regiments had a best friend killed serving in Iraq, whose family have benefited from the trust but it is a charity said Richard that is very much underfunded. The pilots are hoping through both corporate and public sponsorship that £25,000 will go to each charity. l Simon is appealing to corporate sponsors to provide £5,000 for each of the pilots and to the public for individual donations. For more details see the event's website on http://www.tiptotip.co.uk">www.tiptotip.co.uk.