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2nd Plane for Grace On Wings Service
October 29 , 2011
The second plane in the Grace On Wings fleet is “Riley.”
She was graciously
given to us by a dissolving mission from
New York, “Able to Aviation”. Their
mission was to show disabled children
the joy of flying and actually teach them
how to be young pilots. When the
company lost their funding, they were required to donate the aircraft to another nonprofit agency.
The director and owner, Wayne Kaler , remembered seeing Nellie fly in to help get a little girl on a vent to her new home in Indiana. He contacted Hal Blank, Grace on Wings CEO, and Hal knew that God had brought us a new way to serve. We can now fly patients who need to go shorter distances that are ambulatory and do not need medical monitoring. (so-called Angel Flights) The only request from the agency was to name the plane after his grandfather and famous test pilot for Lockeed Martin, James Riley.
Riley is a Cessna 177 Cardinal and during her recent maintenance inspection, was described as a wellmaintained aircraft. If you or someone you know is in need of a medically necessary flight within 150 miles, please fill out flight request form on our website or call 1-877-75-GRACE. |
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