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Flying for public benefit
Keeping you in the air and feeling good about it
BY NIKI BRITTON
FOR MORE THAN 30 years Richard Jacobs has been staying current and giving back
to his community through flying volunteer air transportation missions for people
in need of far-from-home medical treatment through organizations like Angel
Flight NE (Northeast).
Wanting to serve his community and looking for reasons to fly beyond the
proverbial $100 hamburger, Jacobs started volunteering to fly medical missions in
1992. Since then, Jacobs has flown more than 900 Angel Flight missions.
" It's something that you're helping somebody, " Jacobs said. " There's no such
thing as minor surgery if you're a patient. And I don't want them to worry about
having to get back and forth either to the hospital or to their checkup. "
Angel Flight organizations across the country have been providing free medical
transportation to patients in need since 1983. And Angel Flight NE has provided
more than 108,000 free flights since its inception in 1996.
Flying for public benefit isn't just a way to give back to your community and get
the warm fuzzies-it's also a great way to keep yourself current and your insurance
companies happy by flying regularly. According to Jacobs, there are nearly always
missions available. For example, in the second week of August 2024, 14 missions
were still awaiting a pilot.
Pilots interested in volunteering are required to be instrument rated and have
at least 500 hours total time, 400 hours of pilot-in-command time, and 50 hours in
aircraft type. Jacobs has more than 6,000 total flight hours, and after 900 missions
with Angel Flight recommends treating an Angel Flight like any other flight, with
prior planning, professionalism, and care. For those interested, he also recommends
reaching out to current Angel Flight pilots for mentorship.
Now closing in on his 1,000th flight, Jacobs shows no signs of slowing down.
niki.britton@aopa.org
Richard Jacobs has flown more than 900 missions,
helping those in need get the medical help they
require in a timely manner.
" My most memorable
flight was... "
The call came at 6:30 a.m. " They
have a liver for my 16-month-old, "
she said. " We live near Providence
and need to get to Pittsburgh by
noon. You're on a list that Angel
Flight gave us. Can you help? "
After a preliminary check of the
weather, I told her that I'd meet
them at the airport in Providence
at 8 a.m. My attention then
turned to coffee and all the usual
preflight planning details plus
one more: coordinating with the
ambulance company in Pittsburgh
that would be meeting our flight.
We arrived in Pittsburgh by
11:30 a.m. The child received his
new liver that afternoon. Thus,
Angel Flight Mission (my 572nd)
accomplished. -Richard Jacobs
AOPA PILOT / December 2024
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