Charitable Aviation

2024 begins with 30 cats rescued in one go.

Doug Parker is on a new mission to remove some of the barriers to entry that exist for prospective careers in aviation.

The National Aeronautic Association and the Air Care Alliance announce Public Benefit Flying Award recipients.

Revived Soldiers Ukraine expects to receive a Draganfly drone that will transport antibiotics and insulin to field hospitals in wartorn areas.

From the flight levels to low-level missions, SouthWings pairs pilots with projects to help the environment.

Santa came early this year for dozens of island communities in the South Pacific, powered not by nine reindeer, but instead four Rolls-Royce turboprop power plants, each generating 4,700 horsepower. Last week, U.S. Air Force crew members concluded an annual weeklong airdrop of food, tools, fishing equipment, and clothing out the back of C-130 Hercules […]

When Sim Shain was seven years old, his father had just become an emergency medical technician, volunteering for a local New York ambulance squad, Hatzolah EMS. “I used to watch him run out of our home and his business to go and save lives,” said Shain. “I said, ‘When I get older, I want to […]

When Luc Zipkin soloed a Piper Cub on his 16th birthday back in January, he knew that it was only the beginning of his plans for 2021. The founder of Young Pilots USA believes strongly in setting an example for his peers to follow in aviation—and that keeping historic aircraft flying is a cause with […]

When we look at the sleek outlines of the latest Cessna Citation Latitude, Pilatus PC-24 or Gulfstream G600, we see the potential for performance, agility, and the speed that gets us to a destination safely and in style. What a cancer patient sees—looking at that same airstair door—is entirely different. Therein lies a protected cocoon, […]

LightHawk has carried on through the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic with socially distant flights monitoring conservation efforts across the US and abroad. It announced its annual awards for the year to recognize pilots who have contributed most to its mission to connect conservation groups with the GA platforms and pilots that can provide them with lift. […]