Mon, Aug 15, 2011
Four Selected From Thousands Of Volunteers Nominated
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA), in
partnership with the Air Care Alliance, a nationwide league of
humanitarian flying organizations, will honor the 2011 recipients
of the National Public Benefit Flying Awards at the "Above and
Beyond" Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, September 15,
2011.
This year's recipients are:
- Distinguished Volunteer Pilot - Dr. Lewis Young, Angel Flight
Central Dr. Lewis Young has provided more than 700 flights
since 2001 for Angel Flight Central, a volunteer organization that
provides long-distance transportation at times of personal and
community crisis.
- Distinguished Volunteers - Dick Gooch, Angel Flight Central and
Larry A. Lemke, Wings of Hope Dick Gooch has provided
volunteer services for Angel Flight Central for more than 14 years
as a volunteer staff member, outreach ambassador, board member, and
advocate for patients, pilots, and staff. Larry Lemke's
extraordinary Wings of Hope program, which he joined in 1995 and
has chaired since 2004, provides humanitarian efforts worldwide.
Lemke has flown more than 1,100 U.S. flights and worked more than
7,000 hours in charitable efforts, providing advanced health care
to impoverished people.
- Outstanding Achievement in Public Benefit Flying - Bruce Robin
Stoddard and Wright Flight Inc. For more than 25 years Bruce Robin
Stoddard and Wright Flight have used the powerful motivator of
aviation to help America's children stay in school and attain
higher personal and educational goals. Relying almost entirely on
volunteer teachers, pilots, and ground crews, the program currently
operates in nine states and has more than 20,000 graduates.
In announcing the winners, NAA President and CEO Jonathan
Gaffney said, "I am very proud of the recipients of the 2011 Public
Benefit Flying Awards. All of the nominations were worthy and the
list of our honorees again demonstrates again the diversity of
public benefit flying in America and the many different people who
benefit from it."
Air Care Alliance Chairman Rol
Murrow noted, "Each year thousands of volunteers in aviation
quietly work to fly patients for care, provide educational flights
for youth, support environmental causes, serve in times of
emergencies, help our veterans, and provide help in many other ways
to those in need. Along with NAA, we are pleased to be able to work
with leaders in our Nation's capital to honor these selfless
individuals, their groups, and those who provide essential support
for them."
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