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Lightspeed Aviation Foundation has announced the 2014 finalists for its 5th annual round of charitable grants, and pilots are invited to visit the foundation’s Facebook page to vote for their choice to receive funding. Each of the finalists will receive an award up to $10,000, with the final amounts determined by the Facebook votes cast. […]

The Endeavor Awards will launch for the first time in May, with a black-tie event held at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, to honor and support those who provide free aviation services to meet humanitarian needs. Angel Flight West has organized the gala and they plan to make it an annual fundraising event. […]

Ten grants to aviation charities, totaling $60,000, have been awarded by the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation. The recipients were chosen through an open online voting process at the Foundation’s website. “With twice as many votes as last year, the awards are having a meaningful impact on expanding awareness and appreciation for aviation,” said Allan Schrader, president […]

Pilots for Angel Flight West provide free air transportation to people in need of vital healthcare who can’t take a commercial flight or other transportation because of health, financial, or geographic considerations. And you can probably be one of them. AVweb talks with Cheri Cimmarrusti, associate executive director of Angel Flight West for more. Duration: […]

“These are very remote areas we fly to,” says Don Carey, Utah Wing Leader of Angel Flight West. “We launch from Salt Lake City, and it’s about two hours to Bluff, in a Warrior. There’s nothing but wilderness for miles and miles. There’s no access from major highways. Last year, we flew to Navajo Mountain, […]

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) will host a ceremony tonight in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington to bestow this year’s Public Benefit Awards, which recognize the contributions of those engaged in flying to help others. Bill Boulton, who has flown more than 150 flights for Angel Flight in Oklahoma, will receive the Distinguished Volunteer […]

Bruce Bohannon was born June 21, 1958, in Alvin, Texas. He grew up next to a duster strip, began working there to pay for flying lessons, and by age 18 he was flying Ag Cats. He began flying aerobatics, then teaching aerobatics, then flew competitive aerobatics. When Bruce found the judging too subjective, he switched […]

Sometimes flying is its own reward. Youcatch the last rays of a beautiful sunset as you turn final, you calculate the fuel burnfor your trip down to the tenth of a gallon, or you grease it on at the end of your firstflight with your new in-laws. Every time we fly we usually come away […]

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