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Upcoming Events
Tampa Bay Aviation Association Golf Event
Friday May 30, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Each year the Tampa Bay Aviation Association supports us through their annual Annual Safety Stand Down Day and golf event. Please help support the TBAA by sponsoring the event or just coming out to play that day! For more info contact: William H Elliott Golf@mytbaa.org or call 727-480-9686
Westchase Golf Club
Nathaniel's Hope Make 'm Smile June 1, 2013
a community festival that celebrates kids with special needs (VIP kids) and their families and features a Buddy Stroll around Lake Eola. Enjoy free food, entertainment, prizes, and a chance to visit exhibitors that service the special needs community. This event is FREE of charge and happens RAIN OR SHINE!
Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando
Florida Aviation Business Association (FABA) Annual Conference
Monday June 9, 2014 at 1:00 PM EDT -to- Tuesday June 10, 2014 at 1:00 PM EDT
FABA is a leader in promoting and protecting aviation in Florida. Part of our advocacy is taking the message to the non-aviation community about the positive economic and quality of life effects aviation brings to their community.
Gaylord Palms Resort
Dimanche Chic Fashion Show
Saturday August 16, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
For fashion lovers in Orlando, Dimanche Chic provides the only premiere high-fashion event in the area and a fantastic reason to wear their favorite outfit. Dimanche Chic is all about indulging in the fashion you love while giving back to the communities that need it.
Orlando Executive Airport
Aviation Professionals Golf Classic supporting Mercy Flight Southeast
Monday October 20, 2014 from 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM EDT
Running during the Orlando NBAA convention, includes Bus Transportation to/from the convention center. See the Dan Boever Golf Show, Shot Gun Start:11:30 (Scramble Format), Cocktails, Dinner & Awards! For more info and registration visit: businessaviationgolf.org
Champion's Gate Resort
For more information on our monthly meetings, call the office at
(352) 326-0761
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| Two transplant flights in 24 Hours! |
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Two Tampa Bay Children Transported by "Angels" to
Potentially Life-Saving Organ Transplants
Leesburg Fla. (May 20, 2014) - As they often do the frantic calls came in the middle of the night to Fred Cutting, of Clearwater, and David Trilling, of Lutz. Last week, the volunteer pilots with Angel Flight Southeast (http://www.AngelFlightSE.org) were enlisted to transport two prospective Tampa Bay area transplant recipients to Miami for life-saving organ transplants
"It's unusual to receive two back-to-back requests for transportation of transplant patients in one week," said Steve Purello, CEO of Angel Flight Southeast. "What made this week even more exciting is that both patients were young children."
The first call came early Monday, May 12 on behalf of Desmond Creary of Clearwater. The nine-month old boy was placed on the transplant wait list for a new liver after becoming ill last November. Fred Cutting was the pilot who scrambled to ready his personal plane and fly Desmond and his mother, Charmaine, to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
Unfortunately, the little boy did not receive the potentially life-saving organ as another patient was deemed a better recipient. This was the fourth time the Creary's made the stressful trip in hopes of having the procedure and was turned away.
On Tuesday, May 13, Angel Flight Southeast went to its list of volunteer pilots in the Tampa Bay area again after receiving a plea for a second emergency flight. This time 15 month-old Caleb Hall, of Clearwater, was in line for a transplant operation at the same Miami hospital and David Trilling answered the call to transport precious cargo within hours.
"Caleb's transplant has been successful!!!!!!! We are all done as of early this morning," wrote Tim Hall, Caleb's father, in a follow-up e-mail sent to Angel Flight Southeast on May 14th. "God bless that pilot! He was wonderful!!!"
After the excitement of bringing one anxious family to a long-anticipated and ultimately successful appointment, Trilling was in the position to transport the disappointed Creary family back home.
"It certainly has been bittersweet knowing one patient is on the road to recovery while the other youngster is still desperately in need of medical attention and other assistance," said Trilling. "I know that when his mother receives that ever important call, there are a number of Angel Flight Southeast pilots, including myself, who will be ready to drop everything to deliver Desmond in time to receive the new organ."
David Trilling (left) on a mission
Trilling and Cutting are two of more than 650 volunteer pilots in the Southeast who donate their time, personal aircraft and fuel to Angel Flight Southeast passengers. Trilling was named the 2013 "Pilot of the Year" for the Central Florida West region last fall. Caleb's was Trilling's third transplant flight in the seven years he's been flying on behalf of Angel Flight Southeast.
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For information about Angel Flight Southeast, please call 352-326-0761 or visit http://www.angelflightse.org.
About Angel Flight Southeast
Angel Flight Southeast, Inc. is a non-profit volunteer pilot organization that provides free air transportation throughout Florida by private aircraft to distant medical facilities when commercial air service is not available, impractical or simply not affordable. Angel Flight Southeast is a member of Air Charity Network, an association of charitable aviation organizations comprised of more than 7,500 pilots and who represent over 90% of all charitable non-emergency flights flown in the nation. Angel Flight Southeast has won the seal of approval from Independent Charities of America recognizing Angel Flight Southeast as a good steward of the funds it generates from the public.
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Media Contact
Nanci Schwartz
The CommConnection, Inc.
(305) 788-8256
nanci@thecommconnection.com
Mom Charmaine and Desmond. Photo taken by pilot David Trilling.
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| Pilot Spotlight | |
These are the very special pilots that volunteered to take one or more of our many weekly missions. Thank you!!
Benny Burleson
Ken Jordan x5
Bob Wall
Dave Rivero x3
John Thomas
Ernest Burdette
David Trilling x2
David Trilling - transplant
Mookie Bahiri
Dave Carlson x2
Joe Knight
Clayton Tapp
Dr. Donna Shannon
Rick Wachstein
Fred Cutting - transplant | Ken Jordan x5
Chuck Zunk
Marc Miller x2
Alan Hoffberg
Rick Wachstein
John Posson
David Trilling x2
Dave Rivero
Mark Nowicki
Warren Cheatham
Mike DiPetrillo
Rodger Knox
Bruce McGregor x2
Jerry Kenney x2 | |
39 mission legs were coordinated 5/10/2014 to 5/16/2014
| 39 mission legs were coordinated 5/17/2014 to 5/23/2014 |
Pilot Ken Jordan took this picture of the campers , Cheyenne, Rebecca and Madison that he flew on their way to Camp Immokalee to learn about coping when they have a parent with MS. 
Three and a half year old Sven says "Thank you for helping us!!" Sven flies almost 700 miles to Miami, FL for treatment of retinoblastoma, an eye cancer.
Barbara and Buddy travel from Key West, FL to Orlando, FL for treatment at MD Anderson.
Buddy and pilot Alan Hoffberg on the same flight EYW to ORL
Nice thank you cards given to pilot Ken Jordan from the campers he flew round-trip, which he does every year.
Pilot Bruce McGregor
Heather and Molly
Heather, Molly and pilot Bruce McGregor who flew the family home to Tampa, FL from Raleigh/Durham, NC after a bone marrow transplant and a six month stay at Duke University for treatment of hurler syndrome.
Molly and Mom
Pilot Bruce and Molly
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Volunteer opportunities &
help needed |
Technology
Our office is aging! In the past few weeks a number of our stations have died and one of iPads is "on the fritz" making it difficult to handle those middle-of-the-night calls for transplant flights.
If you or your company would like to donate new or used we are looking for:
(4) PCs, Windows-based
(1) iPad Version 2 or higher (preferably)
Of course, we will provide your company/accountant a letter for your taxes
Thank you!
Event Chairperson: Fort Lauderdale Pilot Awards Gala April 17th/18th, 2015. We will be moving this event to the Emerald Hills Golf Club where the Mike & Shirley Brady Foundation will be putting on our Golf Tournament there in 2015. We are looking for someone who has the time and resources to organize a committee to hold our 2014 Pilot Awards there. Thank you to Volunteer Helicopter Pilot Jane Wareham for signing up as a committee member! We still need a chairperson! Thanks to Bruce Brown for volunteering as Co-chairman.
Nathaniel's Hope - Orlando Florida Saturday June 7th 7am-1pm Need help driving Amelia the Airplane Float, and handing out toy airplanes donated by volunteer pilot and board member Neil Glazer of Pilot Mall. Thanks Neil! Email Steve if you're interested. steve.purello@mercymail.org
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| Air Care Alliance Conference | |
The Air Care Alliance is a membership organization comprised of more than sixty groups who have volunteer pilots that will fly patients for care or provide other flights or aviation services to help those in need or serve our communities. Annually, a conference is held near a member organizations' headquarters to strengthen the volunteer pilot organizations through educational programs specifically designed to teach how we can better assist those in need with our aircraft.
Philadelphia Aviation Country Club, birthplace of AOPA
Overlooking Wings Field
Normandy Farms Blue Bell, PA
ACA Members
ACA Members
Conference day
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| International Fly-Day |
International Learn to Fly Day is a cooperative effort set in motion by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) of pilots, companies, governments, and organizations in countries around the world to raise interest in flying.
May 17 2014 was the 5th Annual Aviation Day at North County Airport, FL. It was all about general aviation, learning to fly and coming out to the neighborhood airport and seeing airplanes, helicopters, taking a ride and fun for the whole family.
Special thanks to Pam Landis of Ocean One helicopters for inviting us and putting on a great event.
President of AOPA Mark Baker speaking
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| Hotline "retiree" | |
Dedicated hotline volunteer John Goetz "retired" this week from his position as volunteer hotline specialist having served our charity and it's passengers for the past three years. John was also instrumental in keeping our websites up to date.
Thank you very much John, and enjoy your retirement! We will miss you.
It's a great time to also thank the following individuals who've been volunteering for us for years as well!
David Silseth, Hotline Volunteer since: 2007 Gloria Simonson, Hotline volunteer since: 2010 Lori Zagorski, Hotline volunteer since: 2010 Kathy Wilson, Hotline volunteer since: 2009 Holly Clayson, Volunteer Mission coordinator since: 2006 Tom Rockwell, Volunteer Mission coordinator since: 2003 Beverly Richards, Volunteer Mission coordinator since: 2001 DEDICATION!!!! THANK YOU!!! Welcome to our newest Hotline Volunteer, Dawn Lang. | |
| Tampa Bay Golf Tourney |
Thanks to a gift from former Angel Flight Southeast pilot and current board member Bill Shivers, Angel Flight Southeast will have a foursome competing in the Tampa Bay Aviation association's annual golf tournament. TBAA supports Angel Flight Southeast annually through their fundraising efforts.
The Angel Flight Southeast Team:
Bill Shivers
Bruce Brown
Paul Battle
Lee Romick
Get'm fellas! Make us proud!
Tampa Bay Aviation Association Golf Event
Friday May 30, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Each year the Tampa Bay Aviation Association supports us through their annual Annual Safety Stand Down Day and golf event. Please help support the TBAA by sponsoring the event or just coming out to play that day! For more info contact: William H Elliott Golf@mytbaa.org or
call 727-480-9686
Westchase Golf Club
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| Hittin' the Trail |
Bob Koch is on the Appalachian Trial on a quest to hike the entire trail this summer. He started on April 26 and so far is on schedule to complete his hike in early August. His wife Becky, Peggy Bowman, and volunteer pilot Bo Bowman flew to Tennessee on May 19 to meet him, have lunch in Damascus, VA and provide some supplies and exchange some clothing. Other than some blisters and sore legs, he is enjoying himself. Having had much time to think during the initial phases of his hike, Bob would has decided to hike for our cause. Thanks to Bob and Bo, the hike is dedicated to raise funds for Angel Flight Southeast!
Bob Koch taking a break while hiking the Appalachian Trail
The entire trail is 2,185 miles long. He is asking that people make pledges for his hike on a per mile basis. For example, if he completes the entire hike as planned:
- One cent/mile pledge = $21.85
- Two cents/mile pledge = $43.70
- Ten cents/mile pledge = $218.50 (Bob himself and Bo have pledged)
To join and make a pledge, click here
In "additional comments" box, please add "Bob Koch trail"
Arranged by Bo Bowman- Thanks Bo!
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