LifeLine Pilots was honored recently to accept the Public
Benefit Flying Team Award from the National Aeronautic Association
and The Air Care Alliance for volunteer-provided "Lifeguard" flight
services following the attacks of September 11, 2001.
C.W. "Wes" Moore, 84, died Thursday, March 18, 2004. Born on
Sept. 22, 1919, in Buffalo, N.Y. He had worked at Bell
Aircraft from 1938 to 1943, and obtained his private and commercial
pilot certificates in 1939.
"The two thousand hour milestone not only demonstrates
incredible teamwork by the ITT and VMX-22, it also provides an
opportunity to reflect on what those flight hours have accomplished
toward changing perceptions toward the revolutionary capabilities
of the V-22."
Source: Col. Craig Olson, USAF, V-22 Joint Program
Manager, commenting on the achievement of surpassing the 2,000
flight hour milestone by one of VMX-22's aircraft.