Fri, Mar 02, 2007
Conservation Group Will Fly Plane To Help The Environment
Aero-News has learned that in a ceremony Monday, LightHawk
Executive Director Rick Durden accepted the title to a Cessna
A185F, from donors Jane and Peter Carpenter of Atherton, CA. The
turbo-normalized plane will be deployed during 2007, initially in
the northern US Rockies to help fulfill LightHawk’s mission
to protect the environment through the unique perspective of
flight.
"This is a generous gift by any standards but, thanks to
LightHawk’s tremendous volunteer pilot corps, this aircraft
will provide an immediate and direct benefit to many critical
conservation issues," noted Durden.
Representatives with Lighthawk tell ANN the Carpenters, long
time supporters of conservation issues, had owned the airplane for
over 17 years and flown it in the continental US, Canada and
Alaska.
Peter Carpenter pointed out that if one were to purposefully
configure an airplane for the LightHawk mission of providing
flights for conservation and environmental support, it couldn't be
better than this Cessna 185 for the combination of performance,
observation capabilities, range, safety, handling and the ability
to use remote airstrips.
The plane -- which sports almost every available option offered
by the Cessna Aircraft Company, including Plexiglas door panels for
observation, as well as modifications such as a STOL kit --
will initially be based in Sun Valley, ID and flown by qualified
volunteer pilots.
LightHawk is a public benefit flying organization, whose
volunteer pilots donate their time and aircraft for flights that
provide an aerial perspective of land and water ecosystems at
risk.
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