AFW Golf Event: Fun in the sun on October 21! July 27, 2016 Few golf experiences can match those at Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point. This par-70 championship course offers an unending variety of play plus commanding sweeping views to the sea. Join us on Friday, October 21, for a day of golf and late afternoon/evening of celebration. Be an angel and become a sponsor, a golfer or donate to our auction, the proceeds of which will enable us to increase our missions and people… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Angel Flight West SoCal Fly-In July 22, 2016 The Annual SoCal Fly-In on July 16 at McClellan Palomar Airport (Carlsbad) was a huge success! Over 40 AFW volunteers, pilots and soon to be pilot members, and staff attended to network and learn more about Angel Flight West. A highlight of the meeting/luncheon included passenger Santiago and his mom Irma’s testimonials, which aired on the Saturday CBS Channel 8 news. (See: http://www.cbs8.com/story/3246207… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Angel Flight West has a new, fabulous partner! July 13, 2016 Angel Flight West is pleased to be partnering with Optima Publications, publishers of the best-selling Pilots Guide VFR Airport Information Guides. For a limited time, members of AFW can purchase any of the popular Pilots Guides direct from Optima and save 10% off the retail price. In addition, AFW will earn 20% of each purchase! Pilots Guides are now exclusively in digital format, with Data Plans available… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Donate $1 a mile – let’s get the kids to Camp this summer! July 6, 2016 Pilot Neal Dillman is flying Jose C. and Elias A. 186 miles to Champ Camp, a special camp for kids who are burn survivors. Over 500 AFW flights take place each summer, transporting children to camps like Camp Kindle (affected by HIV/AIDS) and The Painted Turtle (serious medical conditions). You can enable a child to spend some fun, quality time with children like themselves. No amount is too little! Click onto: https:… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Painted Turtle Camper June 28, 2016 Angel Flight West is the official airline for The Painted Turtle Camps where children with serious medical conditions celebrate just being kids! Through innovative, camp-based programs that offer a great big dose of fun and support, children with more than 70 medical conditions visit the camps each year, reclaiming the joys of childhood. Valerie H. attended the Painted Turtle camp recently and was flown home by p… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Champ Camp! June 22, 2016 AFW’s Josh and Isabel greeted 29 campers (all burn survivors) and 21 pilots last Saturday, 6/18 at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT). Campers were returning home from a week long summer Champ Camp run by the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation. AFW has been flying campers to and from Champ Camp for over 20 years. Pictured is 18 year old Anthony M and Pilot Dave Lombard who has flown for AFW for 13 years and especi… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Northern California Fly-In: 2016 Angel Flight BBQ June 15, 2016 The northern CA Fly -In took place last weekend (June 11) at Byron Airport (C83) in the Patriot Jet Demonstration Team hangar. Numerous attendees both from the Wing and community enjoyed the barbecue festivities, orchestrated by Wing Leader, Bob Strawn. The event was able to raise over $1200 for Angel Flight West. Check out the fun by clicking onto this link. 2016 Angel Flight BBQ… Tanya Omolo Read More »
UPDATE! AFW: Toys for Tots! June 1, 2016 Pilot Luis Perez and his 50 furry passengers wait for the weather to break in San Diego during Memorial Day weekend as the group is making their way to AFW office at Santa Monica airport. The toys will be gifts provided to our littlest passengers during missions. A huge thanks to Pilot Perez for his time and fuel for the plane, the Literacy First Charter School 7th grade class of El Cajon for collecting the toys and Cartw… Tanya Omolo Read More »
We VALUE our volunteers! April 27, 2016 On Friday 4/22, AFW hosted a luncheon for our volunteers in recognition of National Volunteer Week. During 2015, AFW had 1,912 magnificent volunteers who served 3,863 people. Soon, all volunteers will receive their member decal to affix to their plane or auto. Pictured are some of our awesome office volunteers: Christina, Christian, Margot and Ari.… Tanya Omolo Read More »
Our volunteers wear many hats! April 21, 2016 Mike Forney, Angel Flight West volunteer for over 13 years, wears many hats in service to AFW. Mike has been a command pilot and serves as Wing Leader for the Colorado Wing. In addition, he leads outreach efforts to educate those who may request missions from Angel Flight West. Mike attended the Rocky Mountain Blood Cancer Conference recently and is pictured here touting our great services to a nurse attendee. Thank y… Tanya Omolo Read More »
It’s National Volunteer Week – meet one of our volunteers who goes above and beyond: Idaho Wing Leader Steve Laflin April 15, 2016 I have been flying with AFW for about ten years. I am a U. S. Navy submarine veteran and a graduate of Idaho State University. I have been running a small business that I started nearly twenty years ago in Idaho Falls. In addition to flying my wife Dottie and I love the outdoors especially time on our Tennessee walking horses in the mountains. I knew I wanted to fly for AFW even before I finished my… Ivan Martinez Read More »
It’s National Volunteer Week – meet one of our Idaho volunteers who goes above and beyond: Ryan DeLuca April 15, 2016 I’ve lived in Boise, Idaho for almost all of my life and fell in love with fitness in high school. In 1999 I founded Bodybuilding.com, which is now the world’s largest online supplement retailer, and retired from it late last year at 38 years old. I tried to stay retired but couldn’t, recently starting a new company, Black Box VR, to create virtual reality boutique gyms. I earne… Tanya Omolo Read More »
It’s National Volunteer Week – meet one of our volunteers who goes above and beyond: Claudio Friederich April 14, 2016 Being able to fly an aircraft had been a childhood dream of mine. Although I pursued other interests in school and university programs, exposing young people to aviation simply did not exist in Hawaii during my childhood. So, learning to fly remained a fascination of mine. At the University of Hawaii at Manoa I majored in physics, first intending to study astronomy in graduate school and becoming an ast… Tanya Omolo Read More »
It’s National Volunteer Week – meet one of our volunteers who goes above and beyond: Phil Rosnik April 13, 2016 It is my pleasure and honor to be associated with Angel Flight West (AFW) as a Mission Command Pilot. I joined Angel Flight West in the Spring of 2015 as a way to combine my passion for aviation, general aviation in particular, and my desire to help families and individuals dealing with difficult medical situations, seeking out medical services not accessible to them near their homes. Aviation seems to have alw… Tanya Omolo Read More »
It’s National Volunteer Week – meet one of our volunteers who goes above and beyond: Rick Holloway April 12, 2016 I am truly touched to be the Pilot of the Year for the Idaho wing for 2015. I did a lot of flying for AFW last year, and hope to have even more flights for 2016. Pilots for AFW generally do not seek recognition for their service. The knowledge that we are helping people whose travel would be difficult or impossible as they struggle with life situations that they did not choose for themselves is rewarding enough… Tanya Omolo Read More »