DavidWhite
Final Approach
I really done it now. Just signed up for Angel Flight South Central as a pilot - I need to do some kind of conference call and need to send them a proof a insurance. I imagine it will be official on monday. Hooray!
Congrats David!!
Thanks Randy! I'm pretty excited - it's alot more responsibility than flying around dogs, but in a good way. Atleast they can't tell me no because of my hippy hair anymore
Funny enough, the hippie hair never seemed to bug them with me.
Yes but you look like White Jesus. I looked like some ruffian who got yanked off the streets.
What you'll get now from your passengers is "Geez, he doesn't even look old enough to drive!"
I already get plenty of that from line guys
David as the President of Angel Flight East www.angleflighteast.org I can tell you that you will never have a more rewarding flight than those that you do for AFE. The gift that you will give to those in need is immesurable. Good on you!
Adam,
I would like to join your group. I was seriously injured during a routine surgery and it was a miracle that I survived. I would like to help others who are not as fortunate as I.
That seems like a really worthwhile thing to do. Please let us know about your first mission. I've been considering doing it myself.
That is really exciting and something that I'm hoping to do one day. Congratulations, keep us posted!Just signed up for Angel Flight South Central as a pilot
David as the President of Angel Flight East www.angleflighteast.org I can tell you that you will never have a more rewarding flight than those that you do for AFE. The gift that you will give to those in need is immesurable. Good on you!
Funny, as soon as you posted this they
emailed me to see if I could do hospital outreach. Not sure what that is. Let us know when you sign up for your first mission.
Thanks yall
I will most likely do atleast one flight as a co-pilot before I go off on my own, just to get the swing of things.
Who is the girl in the photo?
I will most likely do atleast one flight as a co-pilot before I go off on my own, just to get the swing of things.
Ryan, Thank you we would LOVE to have you as part of Angel Flight East. See the PM that I sent to you.
Does Angel Flight use non pilots during any flights? I would love to do this before I get my PPL.
Random question - if I am signed on as a pilot, and I receive donations from friends/family to pay for the cost of say, a rented piper cherokee, can I pass the tax deduction on to them? How about if the money does not go through me, but they pay the flying club I rented the plane from on my behalf.
I do not know about Angel Flights, but I remember once talking with a student pilot who had not yet soloed. He wanted a way to fly that was useful. He learned about Animal Rescue Flights and got his instructor involved. Together, they made some rescue flights and then after he got to solo, he made some more. Eventually, he got more and more involved in animal rescues, got several licenses and ratings, formed his own charitable organization, acquired a couple of airplanes, and became a pretty successful pilot. His name is Ted Dupuis. You could probably follow his fine example.
You may want to contact Julia at AnimalRescueFlights.org, too. I see she is trying to set up a flight this weekend and she has no volunteers listed: KAXH-5C1-KMAF-KLRU-KDVT
[edit] Sorry, I thought you are in Texas. She had a flight originating in Sarasota, FL, but cancelled it.[/edit]
Adam can answer better for this for Angel Flight, but anyone who does something for Cloud Nine that reduces the costs of our trip I can give a tax deduction to. Keep in mind that in order to fly without paying your pro rata share you must have a commercial pilot certificate and follow all appropriate regulations.
For some reason I thought there may have been an exception for charitable flights. Just to clarify, a donor who is not flying in the aircraft pays for the plane rental, and I fly the plane on an angel flight.
Does Angel Flight use non pilots during any flights? I would love to do this before I get my PPL.
I'd like to help out too if I can. I don't quite have the hours yet (I have 250 and IR) but if I can assist in any other way shoot me a PM. I am in Raleigh, NC.
Random question - if I am signed on as a pilot, and I receive donations from friends/family to pay for the cost of say, a rented piper cherokee, can I pass the tax deduction on to them? How about if the money does not go through me, but they pay the flying club I rented the plane from on my behalf.
When I was flying for ARF, I deducted my expenses from taxes using the receiving or sending rescue organization's charitable certificate. (I forget what the series of numbers and letters are.) You just figure out what your costs were and send a letter to the organization. They reply with a letter stating you gave a charitable donation in kind valued at $xxx.xx. Put that number onto your tax return and increase your refund by about $xxx.xx/3 or $xxx.xx/8, depending upon your tax bracket.I thought the exemption was that people were allowed to deduct that flight time off their taxes even if they weren't a commercial pilot, but maybe I'm wrong.
I thought the exemption was that people were allowed to deduct that flight time off their taxes even if they weren't a commercial pilot, but maybe I'm wrong.
Ted my understanding is that if you rent you can deduct the rental, fuel, landing fees etc anything you pay for. If you own you can deduct the fuel and other mission specific out of pockets but you cannot amortize things like tie downs, oil changes your annual etc.