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If so, Angel Flight Australia needs you.
Angel Flight Australia is a charity that co-ordinates non-emergency flights for financially and medically needy people.
All flights are free and assist patients or compassionate carers travelling to or from medical facilities anywhere in Australia.
The service has more than 3000 volunteer pilots Australia wide, but needs more in the Eurobodalla.
Pilots donate their time and the use of their aircraft, but Angel Flight reimburses them for their fuel.
Angel Flight Australia CEO Marjorie Pagani said the pilots gained a lot of satisfaction from completing the missions.
Phone 1300 726 567 or visit www.angelflight.org.au for more details.
Angel Flight facts
Angel Flight pilots do not carry aeromedical staff or medical equipment so do not act as an alternative to the Flying Doctor (RFDS) or Air Ambulance in that capacity.
Angel Flight services are entirely free.
Who is transported?
- Patients of all ages needing medical treatment at destinations where other forms of transport
- are physically and emotionally taxing or unaffordable
- Patient carers for compassionate reasons
- Blood and blood products
- Medical drugs
- Anyone medically and financially disadvantaged
The service has conducted 20,000 Angel Flight missions helping over 10,000 patients, carers and family members.
How is the service accessed? Registered "Health Professionals" i.e. medical practitioners, nurses, social workers, are the people request missions.
Who does the flying? Angel Flight pilots donate their time, their skills and the bulk of their aircraft costs* for each flight.
Volunteer pilots and aircraft owners’ flight credentials exceed the requirements of CASA and the aircraft meet specified CASA and insurance minimums.
Geographically, Angel Flight serves the medically needy Australia wide with a network of pilots and aircraft in all states and territories and growing as the word spreads.
* To help offset the pilots’ operating costs, Angel Flight negotiates the waiver of landing fees at airports around the country.