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going to use a King Air that we fill it up on both legs. It doesn’t make sense to put one or two patients in an eight- or nine-seat King Air when we can do the same trip in a Bonanza or a Cirrus much more economically.”
Pilots for Patients also relies on patrons and accepts monetary donations through the website. Petrus feels fortunate to be able to continue to help his friends and neighbors in their time of need, whether it’s flying them for treatment such as heart surgery, chemotherapy, dialysis or bone marrow transplant or reuniting them with family after a long stay at a medical facility.
“I’m blessed in the fact that I have airplanes, I know how to fly them and I’m financially able to help people,” he said. “That’s really what life should be all about – trying to help if you’re able.” KA
All first-time patient passengers receive a quilt from Pilots for Patients. Here Adalee gets her quilt from Kari Barnett, PFP’s marketing and event coordinator, before her first trip from Monroe, Louisiana, to Pensacola, Florida.
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