AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 40

AVIATION
HEADSETS
PORTABLE
INTERCOMS

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Stereo Intercom

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* Operates on battery or aircraft power.
* Includes a cell phone / music input cable and a
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Honoring those who help
Endeavor Awards recognize volunteer pilots
B Y J U L I E S U M M E R S WA L K E R

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* Youth version
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* Stereo / Monaural
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* Attaches to the control yoke with a
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performance by a California high school
marching band, but the people the Endeavor
Awards honor are the true stars.
"The Endeavor Awards celebrate and
honor volunteer pilots and provide support to the organizations that coordinate
their gifts of flight to serve those in need,"
according to the website. "Every year thousands of donated flights save lives, provide
access to medical care, transport veterans,
rescue animals, map environmental data, aid
in disaster relief, and contribute to the public good in communities nationwide."
The Endeavor Awards were established by Angel Flight West, a volunteer
pilot organization that Wolper flies for
and that arranges more than 4,000 flights
each year in 13 western states. Wolper recognized the need for a national platform
to increase awareness and support for the
use of aviation by individual pilots and their
commercial airline partners to provide free
transportation for humanitarian purposes.
Past winners have included pilots who
provided life-saving transportation to children suffering from rare forms of cancer
and disease, pilots who dedicate their time
to find new homes for animals destined to
kill shelters, and pilots who help veterans
get medical treatment in hospitals far from
their homes.
EMAIL julie.walker@aopa.org

DAVID TULIS

Sigtronics Corporation
909 305-9399 * www.sigtronics.com

AN AIRSHOW PILOT, energy drink company,
and two humanitarian pilots were honored
May 17 in a grand affair during the annual
Endeavor Awards in Los Angeles.
Inspiration Awards were presented to
Sean D. Tucker and Red Bull, and Endeavor
Awards were presented to Gary Dyson,
chief pilot for Orbis, and Merry Schroeder,
the "longest-serving volunteer pilot" with
conservation group LightHawk. Endeavor
Award recipients exemplify performance
that "exceeds expectations and distinguishes the nominee from others."
Dyson has been volunteering with
Orbis International since 2001 and has
flown 36 missions in 18 years. AOPA featured the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital in
"One Glorious Vision" (April 2019 AOPA
Pilot). Schroeder has made 387 volunteer
LightHawk flights to date.
Since 2014, the glitz and glamour of
Hollywood has lent its rarified atmosphere
to the Endeavor Awards to honor volunteer
pilots across the nation. The brainchild of
movie and TV mogul Mark Wolper, the
Endeavor Awards uses pageantry and pizzazz to recognize pilots who use their
aircraft for humanitarian purposes.
The event is situated in the dramatic
space shuttle pavilion of the  California
Science Center, and guests dine under
the belly of the shuttle  Endeavour.  The
event ends on a grand note with a rousing
http://www.sigtronics.com
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