Heathrow Race the Plane
As well as supporting Heathrow’s charity balls, we also help them with ‘Race the Plane’, a special charity event that started in the departures hall in Terminal 5 but has since moved to underneath the ‘Slipstream’ sculpture in Terminal 2. Hosted every two years, 28 teams of 13 riders have to pedal Wattbikes at 16mph for at least five and half hours to beat a plane travelling thousands of miles at 500mph.
We help with the comms, graphics, medals, trophies and signage on the day for free to support the deserving charities.
We also run the website that allows teams to sign up and reserve their place prior to the event, before transforming into a place to view race reports and galleries after the event.
We’ve had visits from the BBC One Show and most recently Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (but he never got on a bike!).