Tue, Dec 07, 2010
Humanitarian Flight Organization Says Items Are Still Being
Accepted For Bidding
Angel Flight Southeast launched it 1st Annual Aviation Charity
Auction earlier this week, which is being held on the Ebay Charity
Auction website. Dozens of aviation vendors stepped up to provide
items for this first time event. Items donated span the spectrum
from high end pilot headsets to left seat time in a McDonald
Douglas DC-3.
Examples of other items include GPS receivers, VHF radios,
aviation flashlights, aircraft landing/taxi lights, seaplane rating
vouchers, aviator sunglasses, aerial photography, aerobatic plane
rides and front seat time in a World War II, 1941 open cockpit
bi-plane Stearman made by Boeing. Items will have a seven day run
time on Ebay from the date they are listed and 100% of the proceeds
benefit Angel Flight Southeast.
Items will continue to be listed for the next several days, and
items are still being accepted for donation. “Angel Flight
Southeast coordinates free air transportation for children and
adults with medical or compelling humanitarian needs” says
Blake Mathis, President/CEO of the charity. “For over 26
years, we have been recruiting volunteer pilots who have a
caring heart and want to help those in need by using general
aviation to help”, he added.
Volunteer pilots donate their time, their planes and provide the
fuel to get these families to distant medical specialists.
Humanitarian missions are also approved by the operations staff
located in Leesburg, Florida. Transporting victims from
earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters, as well as
other non-medical flights such as assisting veterans, battered
spouses and visually impaired passengers to get to and from a
destination is also a part of the organization's mission.
Angel Flight Southeast says it currently helps
coordinates between 3000-4000 free missions each year for families
in need. Funds raised assist in running the operations headquarters
where a few staff members and dozens of volunteers take hundreds of
calls weekly from families in need. “The Online Aviation
Charity Auction is a first of its kind for charity. We have been
overwhelmed at the support we have received from the aviation
vendor community who are willing to help”, says Mathis.
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