Tsunami - civilian pilot available

[Alex Calder]

Hey gang.

A good friend is a high-time civilian pilot who is interested in going
over to the Tsunami-damaged areas and flying relief missions.

Additionally, he recreationally flies an Alouette II here in L.A. and
the owner of that bird is willing to have it shipped overseas for this
purpose as well.

Is there a direction I can send this guy for information about doing
this? My initial thoughts leaned towards Red Cross, UNICEF, etc., but
those organizations don't really have ties to the aviation side, do
they?

What about Civil Air Patrol?

Anyway, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Alex Calder
Helispot
http://www.helispot.com

[[email protected]]

There is a long line of helicopter pilots that have volunteered already.
Your friend should check out this forum:

http://www.pprune.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=136f10e4a5743b333411d9735538161 9&forumid=23

I have seen several posts from pilots that want to help.... And a few
posts from people that "know somebody" involved in the effort. BTW
almost all of the volunteers are based in the UK or other parts of
Europe, as this is primarily a UK forum.

good luck,

Dave Blevins


On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 13:58:17 -0800, Alex Calder >
wrote:

>
>
>Hey gang.
>
>A good friend is a high-time civilian pilot who is interested in going
>over to the Tsunami-damaged areas and flying relief missions.
>
>Additionally, he recreationally flies an Alouette II here in L.A. and
>the owner of that bird is willing to have it shipped overseas for this
>purpose as well.
>
>Is there a direction I can send this guy for information about doing
>this? My initial thoughts leaned towards Red Cross, UNICEF, etc., but
>those organizations don't really have ties to the aviation side, do
>they?
>
>What about Civil Air Patrol?
>
>Anyway, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Alex Calder
>Helispot
>http://www.helispot.com