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Hurricane Michael, 2018: In collaboration with World Hope International, LabCorp and Cobra Energy, OAD flew supplies from Gainesville, Florida, into affected areas in Florida and Georgia.
Big One Exercise, 2019: OAD consulted with Washington state’s Kenmore Air and the Washington Seaplane Pilots Association for a statewide exercise to simulate aviation response to a large magnitude earthquake on the West Coast.
Hurricane Ida, 2021: Over three days, OAD transported 21,500 hot meals to residents, first responders and military personnel in southern Louisiana.
Tornado outbreak, 2021: OAD activated in December to deliver supplies to Kentucky, one of the states hit hardest by the deadly tornado outbreak that hit the middle of the country.
Hurricane Ian, 2022: OAD deployed more than 200 pilots and 75 ground volunteers to provide 10,000 hot meals, $15,000 in supplies through donations, 25,000 pounds in flight supply donations and a significant number of Amazon orders in three days.
A King Air Pilot’s Perspective
Johnson is a 4,500-hour pilot and owned a Cessna T210, then a Cessna 421C before moving up to the King Air E90 in early 2019.
“I logged over 1,200 hours flying the 421 and loved the airplane, but I also craved the reliability of a turbine,” he said. “The looks of the King Air line always appealed to me, and after a several month search that had me come close to purchasing three other airframes, I ended up owning one of the final E90s made.
The extended fuel capacity of the E90 and the upgraded -135 engines make it a great fit for our long-range missions.”
Johnson has been flying since college, when a friend’s father who was a Marine aviator became his aviation mentor, taking him for a flight in a Piper Archer and encouraging him to learn to fly. He’s been using airplanes as business tools since running his first company, and the serial entrepreneur credits being able to reach clients in communities of all sizes quickly via business aircraft for the growth and eventual sale of the three businesses he’s started – two in technology and one in oil and gas. He said it also helped him achieve a positive work/life balance.
Johnson, who moved to the Dallas area with his parents when he was 13 and lives there now, stepped away from the day-to-day operations of
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