Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

by Suzanne Rhodes

Overview

In 1972, two pilots—one a federal career engineer, the other the pastor of a prominent church in Washington, D.C.—discovered a common passion for flying airplanes and serving people. One day over lunch, the men conceived a flight plan, one that would undergo many changes before becoming Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic, as it is known today. Ed Boyer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Dr. Louis Evans, pastor of the National Presbyterian Church, discussed how to pool their interests and qualifications. From its beginnings as a charitable shuttle service for religious leaders and dignitaries, to full-scale charitable air ambulance operations, to Angel Flights for ambulatory patients, the initial vision has grown into a network of over 1,500 volunteer pilots in the Mid-Atlantic region who use their private planes to fly people in need to specialized treatment. Angel Flight coordinates missions of mercy from its offices in Virginia Beach, helping patients to find "the shortest distance between home and hope."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738552965
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/18/2008
Series:	Images of Aviation
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

The story of this remarkable air charity is captured through images of pilots, planes, and patients collected by public affairs director Suzanne Rhodes. A resident of Virginia Beach, Rhodes is an adjunct college professor and the author of five books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     6
Introduction     7
A Heritage of Healing     11
Four Men and an Airplane     15
Mercy Medical Takes Off     27
Revisiting the Vision     45
Wish upon a Wing     61
Angels among Us     83
The Blue Beyond     107
Resources     126