212 Angel Flight West – Interview with Safety Officer Rich Pickett + GA News
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Summary
212 Max talks with Rich Pickett about Angel Flight West, whose volunteer pilots fly people to their medical appointments at no cost to the passenger. Rich is the Safety Officer, and we discussed Angel Flight West’s approach to safety, and a fatal Mooney accident they had a couple of years ago at the Palo Alto, CA airport.
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