Even if you’re the founder and President of Dream Flights, you still need to pass your ACE Check Ride at Dream Flights University to be able to fly Dream Flights for the upcoming season! Darryl Fisher made time between work trips to train and get ready for the 2025 Dream Flights Tour. Big thanks to Hunter Stuckey and Darren Bond for the incredible training and program we have at Dream Flights University! And shout out to our friend Major, who is curled up in the background. #dreamflights #training #checkride #stearman #2025 #nonprofit
Dream Flights
航天
Carson City，Nevada 1,021 位关注者
Nonprofit honoring the service of America's senior veterans by taking them on an open-air flight in a WW2-era biplane.
关于我们
Dream Flights is a nonprofit dedicated to honoring the service, sacrifice and stories of America's senior veterans by providing them with a life-changing experience: an open-air flight in the cockpit of one of Dream Flights’ fleet of fully restored WWII-era Stearman biplanes. From its founding in 2011 to today, the organization has honored nearly 6,500 veterans and seniors with free Dream Flights. Each is made possible through the generous donations of corporate sponsors including Sport Clips, Veterans United Home Loans, American Airlines, Allied Pilots Association, Discovery Senior Living, American Healthcare Association/National Center for Assisted Living, Argentum, and individuals and businesses from across the country. The flights are piloted by professional, volunteer pilots, many of whom are retired military aviators. In 2021, Dream Flights completed a 61-day, 49-state mission called Operation September Freedom to honor 891 members of the ‘greatest generation’ for their service and sacrifice. According to Dream Flights' founder Darryl Fisher, this historic tour was our nation’s last opportunity to actively recognize and honor the men and women whose sacrifice led to the Sept. 2, 1945 signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, which effectively ended WWII. Donate a Dollar to Honor a Hero. Visit https://dreamflights.org/donate/ to make a tax-deductible donation to Dream Flights.
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https://www.dreamflights.org
Dream Flights的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 航天
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Carson City，Nevada
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2011
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主要
获取路线
US，Nevada，Carson City
Dream Flights员工
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"Will my veteran be able to get into the plane?" is the most often asked question by senior living and assisted living communities' activities directors. Every year, pilots and crew chiefs are trained using the safest and most effective techniques for getting senior veterans -- the oldest Dream Flyer was 105! -- in and out of a vintage, open-cockpit biplane. We may have more than 7,000 Dream Flights under our wings, but we never stop training, preparing, and improving the Dream Flight experience. The safety of our precious cargo is our #1 priority! #dreamflights #DF2025Tour #givingback #veterans #honorahero #seniorliving #improvinglives #assistedliving
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30 or so volunteers gathered at Dream Flights University for annual training over the weekend, and WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH the 2025 DREAM FLIGHTS TOUR! Creating magical, life-changing, and safe Dream Flights is how we give back to those who gave, and we couldn't do it without the pilots, crew chiefs, and dozens of other behind-the-scenes volunteers. Follow us for more details, including when and where we're giving our first Dream Flight of the tour. Sport Clips Haircuts...we LOVE & APPRECIATE our Sport Clips volunteer Cassandra Taets (first row, last smiling face on the right) and ALL your volunteers for supporting our mission. Ready to make some magic? ?? American Airlines AHCA/NCAL Veterans United Home Loans Allied Pilots Association Direct Supply Argentum #AgelessDreams #dreamflights #Veterans #stearman #givingback #DF2025Tour #dftour #HonorAHero
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Dream Flights University at Castroville Municipal Airport
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Dream Flights University Day 2! See that map on the right? It’s where we landed in 2024 to honor more than 800 veterans with free Dream Flights! More than 7,000 since 2011! #givingback #dreamflights #agelessdreams
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Gettin’ ready for Dream Flights’ 2025 Tour! Every year volunteers friom across the nation land in #castrovilletx for 3 days of training for pilots and crew chiefs. A peek at day 1! Another great year giving back to those who gave with our amazing sponsors Sport Clips Haircuts American Airlines Veterans United Home Loans Vital Life Foundation AHCA/NCAL Allied Pilots Association Argentum
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#tbt Dream Flights landed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), the world's third-largest airport, to honor 4 #WWII veterans. These four heroes soared the blue skies of Texas in restored, WWII-era open-cockpit biplanes: ???? #coastguard veterans Carlyle Hayes ????#navy veteran Al Chatwin ????#airforce veteran Jerry Brown ????#army veteran Bill Henry This mission was made possible by Allied Pilots Association, @American Airlines and Sport Clips Haircuts. Veterans United Home Loans, the?#VUPlane, had the honor of giving our 7,000th?#DreamFlight?that day to Mr. Carlyle Hayes! Thanks, #alliedpilots, for this awesome video that captured the magic! https://lnkd.in/ejiwRuvG #AgelessDreams #Military #givingback #honorahero #DreamFlights
Dream Flights at DFW
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This is a difficult post for us to make as we have lost a beloved Dream Flights family member to cancer. Jann DeLong, volunteer crew chief and loving wife of Dream Flight pilot and husband of 35 years Scott “Scooter” DeLong valiantly fought until her last breath. While we take comfort she is no longer suffering we are sad and are going to miss her and all she brought to our team and mission. She amazingly gave back in the midst of treatments while not feeling her best she still gave her best. Until we meet again dear friend. ? ??
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It's Twofer Tuesday, so why not share some of the best Twofers we could ever get?? Honoring our senior veterans is what we live for and it warms our hearts to get this coveted seal of approval! #dreamflights #veterans #twofertuesday #stearman #givingbacktothosewhogave #twothumbsup #aviation #biplane #honor
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Marvelous Monday is upon us! Find the same joy the veterans we fly find and make it a great week! #dreamflights #veterans #stearman #vietnam ##thankful #joy #MarvelousMonday #smiles #givingbacktothosewhogave
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