Wings of Hope’s 2nd Annual Pulling for Hope event was a huge success. Eleven enthusiastic teams participated in this friendly competition to record the fastest time pulling a 25-ton Gulfstream III jet 60 feet across the taxiway outside the Wings of Hope hangar. Food, fun […]
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On Aug. 30, 2024, a visionary teacher and pilot who played an integral role in Wings of Hope’s history peacefully passed away at the age of 101. We were fortunate to speak with Mike Stimac a few weeks before his passing and are grateful for
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Meet Sofia Sofia’s first Wings of Hope flight from her home in western Kansas was her second time traveling to Shriners Children’s St. Louis. The first trip took 12 hours one way by car. “We’re so grateful they (Shriners) suggested Wings of Hope,” said her
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Wings of Hope partners with Patrulla Aérea Civil Colombiana (Colombia Civil Air Patrol), or PAC. This team of volunteer pilots and health care professionals has been flying into the most isolated places in Colombia, performing health brigades for the country’s most vulnerable communities for nearly
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On a sunny Saturday morning this past September, dozens of excited students and their parents — some of whom appeared more eager than their children — gathered at the Wings of Hope hangar to enjoy a Young Eagles Flight courtesy of EAA Chapter 1675. The
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Our volunteers are the lifeblood of Wings of Hope. Whether they are in the hangar working on planes or in the front office managing administrative and financial tasks, we depend on them to do mission-critical work that keeps our wings in the air and our
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When Jared received a phone call from Wings of Hope with the news that he had won our spring airplane raffle, he called the experience “surreal.” This was his first time participating in a Wings of Hope airplane raffle, and it happened by chance. “I
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