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Volunteer Pilots Needed
Miracle Flights for Kids informs that it is a nonprofit organization that provides no-cost air transportation to children in need, no matter where that treatment is located, no matter what the personal or financial situation of their families might be.
Since 1985, it has coordinated over 25,000 trips, covering over 8 million miles. This is a nation-wide effort from all of 50 US states. The transportation is accomplished with private pilots that own/rent aircraft, corporate aircraft, and as necessary, the commercial airlines.
People interested in choosing Miracle Flights for their community service organization or need to access the organization's services, please contact Rosemary Crowell - Flight Resources Officer ph: 702-261-0494, fx: 702-261-0497, e-mail: miracleflights@usa.com, for more information.
In the picture: Piper PA-23-250 Aztec F N6536A at the diminutive airstrip of Alpine, Wyoming, near the Idaho border. As many other remote settlements in USA, this small Rocky Mountains town, close to Caribou National Forest, is many road-hours away the closest city. (Photo by Aeromedia)
(Aeromedia, April 2001)