"A Wing And A Heart" Coming May 22 To Farmingdale Airport
Angel Flight, a network of over
1,500 pilots with over 70 of those pilots based on Long Island,
will hold its third annual Long Island benefit -- A Wing and A
Heart -- at the American Airpower Museum at the Farmingdale
Airport, NY beginning at 1730 EDT on May 22.
The charitable event is for the benefit of Angel Flight NE, an
organization dedicated to providing no cost transportation to
children and adults in need of life saving medical treatment far
from the place they call home. The event-A Wing and A Heart-is
aptly named to raise awareness and funding to keep "Angel Flights"
soaring for those in critical need.
This year's event will be unlike any other to date, say event
organizers... with a new "flight plan" that somehow was filed
shortly before D-Day. When guests arrive, they will be transported
to a time shaped by the sounds, machines and heroism of a people
and a nation reaching for its proudest moment-WWII. The American
Airpower Museum is the perfect venue to recreate this great
era.
The squadron - "Warbirds Over Long Island" has already received
its orders and will be on a mission that evening to perform an
exciting and special air show that is not to be missed. The flyboys
will be piloting a Boeing PT-17 Stearman, a Curtiss-Wright P-40 and
a North American P-51.
Founder of AFNE, Larry Camerlin will bring the assembly together
in the mess hall for a special presentation with heartfelt stories
from Angel Flight families and debrief of several missions flown by
AFNE volunteer pilots and their earth angel ground crews.
Entertainment will bring the feeling of WWII to the
forefront-with music, dancers and the museum's VIP tours throughout
the evening. A silent auction and a variety of raffle prizes will
keep the energy high and the spirit of giving alive.
Angel Flight NE-AFNE, is a member of the nationwide Air Charity
Network of more than 7,000 general aviation pilots that are called
on to fly ambulatory children and adults to various treatment
centers for access to life-saving medical care, free of charge.
"Our Long Island Angels are made up of over 60 Angel Flight
Pilots and a growing corps of Earth Angels," says Rudy Holesek,
Volunteer Pilot and Committee Chair for A Wing and A Heart. Holesek
continues, "We couldn't ask for a more suitable location and time
for the benefit -- the American Airpower Museum that replicates the
historic 1940's era situated at Republic Airport. Everyone will go
home with something -- especially a new sense of compassion and
respect for our patients, their families and the volunteers of
Angel Flight."
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