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Air Angels
Flying Standby with a Wing and a Prayer
ANGEL WING SERVICES:
PRIVATE AIR TRANSPORT: It may AIRLINE TICKETS: Provide air- AIR AMBULANCE/CRITICAL
be difficult for a medical patient line tickets to patients needing CARE: Angel Wing Flights knows
to endure commercial airlines to fly to other cities for medical that far too often these services
even when air ambulance is not treatment or a second opinion aren’t being covered by many
necessary. Angel Wing Flights for a severe diagnosis. medical insurance policies and
may be able to finance trans- most families aren’t prepared to
portation on a private aircraft. cover such significant expenses.

An actual request:
W
hile lately there is physician or treatment facility
little about air travel due to the lack of funds for
that is good news, a transportation services.”
“I am an adult protective services
Canyon Country operation is worker for Portage County, Wisconsin
and desperately seeking help. We reconnecting plane ﬂ ights with Assistance comes in three
have a woman here in our hospital
smiles. Angel Wing Flights in possible ways: commercial
from Redding, CA that desperately
Canyon Country is a non-proﬁ t airline ﬂ ights, private aircraft
wants and needs to get home. She
organization that raises money ﬂ ights and air ambulance/critical
was here visiting her husband and had
for air ambulance ﬂ ights. An care ﬂ ights. “Unfortunately,
a very severe neurological condition
extension of Exquisite Air we’ve been receiving more
happen to her. She and her husband
Charter, a charter airplane requests than we can
have no insurance and have no way
corporation, the philanthropic accommodate, as the funding
to pay for special transport. Redding
outﬁ t is dedicated to facilitating is not available,” said CEO
APS is ready to take over when we get
medical related ﬂ ights to those Rena Davenport of Exquisite her home. She is fed via feeding tube,
non-ambulatory, but able to talk. She
in need. It aims to “…insure Air Charter. To get involved
requires rehab and other services that
that no man, woman or child with Angel Wing Flights,
her home county can provide. I have
goes without proper medical contact Davenport at www.
also contacted 2 local corporations for
care from the most appropriate angelwingﬂ ights.org.
possible help.”
24 Canyon Country Magazine November 2008
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