Support Lifesaving Helicopter Relief Efforts

When we heard of the devastation in Western North Carolina, we immediately dispatched two helicopters for relief efforts. We plan on sending a third later this week. We have been providing helicopter disaster response flights for 30 years and we’ve never seen anything like it. 19 years ago, we had also two helicopters in Louisiana for Katrina and we think the need for helicopters is greater now than it was then. Since Saturday we have been operating out of Hickory and Lincolnton, NC and after speaking to our team members on the ground, we feel like we’re going to be there for a long while.

We have self-funded up to this point, but we don’t have the financial horsepower to stay there as long as we feel like they will need civilian helicopter operators. We’ve helped deliver supplies, including medical supplies like insulin, evacuated people and helped people find lost loved ones. The requests for missions keep flowing in and we’d like to stay in western North Carolina as long as necessary to help those folks.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated as you can help us, help those in need.

Whit