Charities & Organizations

At the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, this weekend the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation announced the winners of its Pilots Choice Award grants, which generously give to aviation-related charitable organizations. Grants of between $2,000 and $10,000 were awarded to eight aviation charities based on votes submitted by the public online. Pilots N Paws, which […]

Angel Flight West has introduced a new fundraising campaign to help fund its efforts to transport needy patients around the country. Starting on Monday November 3, you can donate to the company’s Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign at indiegogo.com. The campaign will run for four weeks and Angel Flight West hopes to raise $50,000 to aid in […]

Wings of Hope pilot, T.J. Stewart, will never forget the day he made an unplanned stop during his regularly scheduled flying medical clinics serving 24 villages in rural Tanzania. Usually, this village was the day’s last stop, but he had changed course to give a woman who had just given birth at the hospital in […]

If there is one word to characterize Robin Petgrave, it would probably have to be “vision.” Who else would think to name his organization “Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum”? Through his day job as founder and chief pilot of Torrance, California-based Celebrity Helicopters, Petgrave reached out to accomplish his further avocation — mentoring and inspiring young people […]

Today, the Make-A-Wish Foundation is giving several children with life-threatening medical conditions an opportunity to soar high above the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. The children will climb into a rainbow-colored Lear 35 named Dream Chaser 4, an airplane owned by Centennial, Colorado-based International Jet Aviation, and enjoy a flight above their hometown. […]

The immaculately restored 1959 Cessna L-19 Bird Dog/Dodge M37 truck combination that was donated to the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction, which took place last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, did quite well for its charity, to say the least. Cessna announced that the auction pieces were bought by a Cessna customer who wished to remain anonymous […]

Aerobatic ace Sean Tucker and his son Eric have launched a program that gives kids the opportunity to learn to fly. Associated with Hartnell College in Salinas, California, NASA and Gannett Newspapers, the “Every Kid Can Fly” initiative is aimed at giving troubled kids a chance to turn their lives in the right direction — […]

The Barrett-Jackson collector car auction occasionally gets an airplane or two on the docket and many airplane manufacturers display their new products on the show grounds. For January’s Scottsdale show, Cessna has donated a nicely restored 1959 model L-19 Bird Dog. Cessna built the Bird Dog on commission by the United States Government as a […]

At a time when general aviation is searching for ways to increase the pilot population (particularly of young men and women) and to “give back” to local communities, Above the Clouds emerges to accomplish these goals. As Sean Cudmore stepped onto the tarmac and beheld the fixed-gear Saratoga, his eyes lit up with excitement. “Just […]

It’s often said that man knows no greater depth of friendship and loyalty than that of a dog. It was an affinity for dogs that brought together Schubach Aviation and Shelter to Soldier. Henry Schubach, president of Schubach Aviation, was getting ready to go to work one morning when he heard a news teaser about […]