To many people a local volunteer pilot is like a real-life angel, helping them get the critical medical care they need and he does it all for free.
"This is a Cirrus SR22," said 73-year-old Rob Newman as he pre-flights."One of the really cool things about the plane is the way the doors look," he said as he opened them, checking everything ahead of take-off."Fuel, oil, turn it on, check the batteries and go around to check the lights," he said. Thursday Newman is taking FOX 29’s Shawnette Wilson and photojournalist Starling Underwood on a drive around Chester County from Brandywine Airport in West Chester.
"The one little girl had an eye tumor and had her eye removed at Children’s Hospital and I was taking her from Erie, Pennsylvania coming back to CHOP for one of her checkups to be fitted for prosthesis," he said.Newman has been with Angel Flight since 2018. He’s done 47 missions. They relieve the financial burden on families who have to travel to far away medical procedures and a private flight protects them from further sickness in crowded airports on commercial flights.
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