Angel Flight Cessna 182 Skylane

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The Cessna 182 Skylane is a four-seat, single-engine light airplane built by Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. The plane has the option of adding two additional child seats in the baggage area. Introduced in 1956, the 182 has been produced in a number of variants, including a version with retractable landing gear, and is the second-most popular Cessna model still in production after the 172. The Cessna 182 was introduced as a tricycle gear variant of the 180. In 1957, the 182A variant was introduced along with the name Skylane. As production continued, later models were improved regularly with features such as a wider fuselage, swept tailfin with rear “omni-vision” window, enlarged baggage compartment, higher gross weights, and landing gear changes. The “restart” aircraft built after 1996 were different in many other details including a different engine and a new seating design.

Angel Flight was created by a group of pilots who believe in the benefit of volunteering. They are a non-profit charitable organization of pilots, volunteers, and friends and will arrange free air transportation for any legitimate, charitable, medically related need. Angel Flight’s service is available to individuals and health care organizations and will also arrange transportation of those people who are financially distressed, or who are in a time-critical, non-emergency situation due to their medical condition.

The Angel Flight in Albuquerque New Mexico was formed to fly sick children to hospitals such as Shiners’ hospitals and Jewish Hospital in Denver. All the aircraft used by Angel Flight were privately owned and expenses were paid for by pilots. One of the Angel Flight aircraft seen in Albuquerque was a Cessna 182 Skylane, N182TT, owned by Fred McCullough who started flying for Angel Flight on July 1, 1999.

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