Friends of Tyler Ryan
Tyler Ryan is a Senior at Valley Central High School. On October 9, 2006, while riding his dirtbike, Tyler suffered a serious spinal injury. Tyler is a 2003 graduate of Most Precious Blood School. He and his father Jay are both deeply involved in the Most Precious Blood Summer Basketball Program. We will use this site to update information on Tyler's condition and with information about what you can do to help.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Beautiful Philly by air!!!

Well I got up today and actually flew the plane. It was really awesome. Such a different feeling from a normal airliner. I took a few pictures from the cockpit while we were flying. Hopefully I will get back up tonight and fly some more. If the wind dies down it is a possibility. Id like to see Philly from the sky at night.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Finally got in the air!!

Well I finally got in the air yesterday for the first time. It was a real short flight, but at least I got up. Today it was beautiful out, but really windy so we didn't go up. I took my bike to Valley Forge National Park and took some pics. It was a really nice park



The Bike trails were great here and the view was even better.
Monday, May 19, 2008
New posts. . .
Sorry that the blog has not been updated in a while, I will fill you in what has been going on. We have been out to California one more time since the trip in January. The trip was great and Tyler was able to lock out his knees better than before. In the mean time he has been going to Push To Walk in NJ 2-3 times a week. There, his trainer Mark and him have been working on sitting balance, standing, riding the bike, Crawling, and a lot of other stuff. His core balance and strength has been greatly improved.
Tyler got a hand bike to get into shape with in April. It is a off road hand bike made by hand by One Off Titanium Inc. He rides it as much as possible and loves it. Here is a video of the bike he got.

There is also a video on youtube. Here is the link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4VyeUlLYQQ
Tyler is now in Philly for the next 4-5 weeks. He is learning to fly a airplane with hand controls. He won a scholarship from this non for profit company called Able flight. You can check out there website at www.ableflight.org They are paying for all of Tyler's training and hotel while he is in Philly. When he is done in June, he will have his sport pilots license and will be able to fly whenever he wants. He is learning to fly on a sport light airplane called a Sky Arrow. Here is a pic of the plane he will be flying.

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