Executive Director Selena Shilad and Press Secretary Matt Hager will be up at Oshkosh Wisconsin today and tomorrow for the EAA AirVenture.  If you are out at AirVenture and would like to meet with one of Alliance's reps, email them at matt@aviationacrossamerica.org.  Looking forward to see you there!

Since 2004,Officer Dan Herrick of the Bangor Police Department has volunteered his serviced and four-seat 1969 Piper Cherokee single-engine airplane, piloting 132 flights for Angel Flight Northeast.  Recently, he provided his services and time to help a very deserving young girl from Woodland Maine, providing her a lift to Bangor.  Camara Johnson and her mother Cherie Nichols traveled to Bangor to receive treatment for a bone deformity.  CLICK HERE to read more about Camara Johnson’s story and the work being done by Angel Flight.

Actor Harrison Ford took time off from filming his latest movie in Sante Fe New Mexico to volunteer his services and jet to some very deserving kids participating in the Special Olympics in Lincoln Nebraska. 

At a news conference after arriving in Lincoln, Ford discussed the importance of general aviation and thanked Cessna and everyone who made the airlift possible.  

Starting tomorrow, the Citation Special Olympics Airlift will begin transporting some 800 athletes from around the country to the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games. The airlift, the sixth such quadrennial effort, is sponsored and managed by Cessna Aircraft Co.  This remarkable event allows numerous special Olympians have the opportunity to compete the Special Olympics USA National Games.  A special bond develops between volunteer pilots and the Olympians, lasting well after the flight and games end.  

Pilots are teaming up with biologists to search for and rescue oil covered birds and other wildlife in the oil-stricken Gulf of Mexico. The flight crews use Emergency Medical Service Aviations FLEET automated tracking to help coordinate their rescue efforts with the US Fish and Wildlife. This innovative operation displays a practical non-traditional use of aviation technology for an important cause. 

Hoping to encourage and educate current and future women pilots, Mary Sittman and Leah Dunn are setting out in the Women's Air Race Classic that was made famous by Amelia Earhart.  Established in 1929, the race forces participates to rely on their senses rather than instruments as they maneuver around obstacles up in the clouds.

Also participating, Linda Street-Ely (Liberty, Texas) and her co-pilot Dr. Elizabeth Kummer (Dallas, Texas) are sharing their passion for aviation as an activity that’s good for families, businesses and communities. With her husband, Linda promotes general aviation through public speaking, writing and aviation programs.