INITIAL TRIP REQUEST: - Janet from Thargomindah and has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has to travel to Toowoomba for chemotherapy. Janet has undertaken multiple trips over the past few weeks, and has been exhausted by the long road trips.

David Laughton - Pilot

Angel flight 1 by David Laughton
This is David's 9th mission
Previous mission for David - M448 AF2.

Comment by David
"This mission was the second part of a double header into SW Queensland we conducted on Sunday, Oct 9. Having fought strong SW headwinds all the way out to Thargomindah via Eulo we were met by Janet, her husband Adrian and Sharon from the hospital. Together with Dave & Rae, the regular crew for our missions, we had Robyn who is the Cardiac Rehab Manager at St Andrews in Toowoomba, and a friend of ours. Robyn has been involved with many receipients of Angel Flight missions and it was great to have her along to share a mission.

To our delight Sharon had volunteered to conduct a quick Cook's Tour of Thargo while the plane was refuelled, so off went Robyn & Rae. We all gathered back at the Oasis Motel dining room for the best steak sandwich any of us had ever enjoyed, and Adrian insisted on paying for it which was very much appreciated. Heading off just before 3pm with a light tail wind and a bumpy ride the higher we climbed the better it got. Smooth & fast.

Soon we were beetling along at 9500 ft gazing down at the stunning scenery and ejoying a 30 knot tail wind. The further we travelled the stronger the wind, and nearing Toowoomba the GPS showed us doing 180. On descent into Twoowomba, through fairly thick smoke the GPS showed us doing 201 knots, the best the old bird has managed in the past 20 years.

In seemingly no time at all, and just before sunset, we arrived home having taken well over an hour less than our somewhat labourious outward journey, ending a bit over 6.5 hours flying for the day for all of us. Another couple of happy customers, and three happy crew."

Michelle Bell - Earth Angel
(Michelle's 1st mission)

Earth Angel duties performed by Michelle Bell

Comment by Michelle

"Everything went well with the drive, Janet is a lovely woman. Thank you so much for my angel bear, it was such a lovely and unexpected surprise and really made my day! It was my absolute pleasure to be able to help out and hope I am able to do so again in the near future."

Angel flight 2 by Trevor Steel
This is Trevor's 20th mission
Previous mission for Trevor - M554 AF1.

Trevor Steel - Pilot

Kirsty Maclean - Earth Angel
(Kirsty's 2nd mission)