GA serves in times of crisis and need B Y J U L I E S U M M E R S WA L K E R | P H OT O G R A P H Y B Y C H R I S R O S E A N D M I K E F I Z E R As our world slowly wakes from a worldwide pandemic that has tested everyone across our planet, the staff at AOPA Pilot, who were forced to step back from our normal travel schedules and stay home like everyone else, still needed to produce exceptional articles for our members. Time on your hands allows reflection, and so we were able to pause and look at some of the remarkable ways general aviation gives back to the world. We've traveled to hurricane-ravaged Haiti to watch pilots give back by ferrying desperately needed supplies to that country. We joined pilots who donated their time and aircraft to help sick children and cancer patients get to needed treatment. We journeyed to countries where the airplane is the only means to provide medical help and resources to people in need-in Africa, Mexico, South America. And we applauded pilots who rescue animals from terrible fates. In telling these stories over the years, many, many photos had to be left on the cutting room floor. To provide inspiration-and to emphasize the power of pilots and their aircraft- we offer these never-before-published back-story photographs. aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 65http://www.aopa.org/pilot