Another set of volunteers made a world full of difference for Jady. She was pulled from a shelter in Georgia and flew to a temporary foster home in Asheville, NC. How many people does it take to move a dog on a 45 minute flight? 1. Kristen Bell – coordinator 2. Dede Fauconnet – Shelter [...]

Wade Roberts flew two missions toward the end of January 2013. He tells his story below. I flew two missions this last week (1/20 and 1/22/13).  Frankie (short for Frankenstein; you’ll see why from one of the images), was a male Great Dane, picked up by animal control in Texas City, Texas. A choke collar [...]

Steve Shoop took off on another PnP mission and delivered five pups from Charleston, WV to Linden, NJ. He connected with Bill Curtis again at Leesburg, however this time Steve was the receiving party. They were treated to gorgeous, clear weather.  Steve enlightens us on the trip… “As cute as all the rescue dogs seem [...]

Bryce is a 6 year old, male, blue merle Australian Shepherd saved by the Aussie Rescue Placement Helpline (ARPH). He’s a very loving, playful, calm, and obedient boy. Why anyone would neglect and ultimately abandon this dog is a question that can’t be answered. He was abandoned in Georgia and ended up at animal control [...]

Brian Mulrooney had a very special passenger for his first Pilots N Paws mission. I just returned from my first Pilots & Paws journey with Sadie. A two year old Border Collie. She was an absolute sweetheart and a great flying companion. I flew her from Minneapolis, MN to Grand Rapids, MI with an unplanned [...]

A happy, energetic, 3 month old, 20 pound lab pup named Bree got a lift to her new home via a few generous pilots with PnP. Bree was a great passenger.  She hitched her final leg with Andris and Kristen Skulte in their white and blue Cessna 172.  A few snacks were provided to the pilots, and [...]

By Catalina Trivino It’s all thanks to Pilots N Paws and local shelters. Tuesday, more than a dozen pups across south Alabama will now have a place to call home — and they’re heading to Tampa, Florida. A small-engine plane made its landing at Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport in Greenville, traveling from Tampa, Florida to pick [...]

Jerry Cain is a volunteer for PIlots N Paws (and Angel Flight West) that flies out of his own piece of paradise in Lincoln, MT. He also co-founded the Recreational Aviation Foundation. Jerry says, “Flying for Pilots N Paws is one of the best excuses for flying that I can come up with. Love having [...]

December 1st, 2012 we started our 23rd Pilots N Paws Rescue at (3M5) Moontown Airport in Huntsville, AL, our home base. Weather was good getting out of Moontown, so we headed to Jasper, AL to pick up 14 puppies and 2 dogs from Tracy Rayburn. There were 2 fluffy puppies, Mia and Moses who were [...]

Eight white Aussie pups, of which 3 were special needs, and one other random pup, a cutie named Roscoe, needed an airlift from Arkansas to Oklahoma. As usual, there were lots of folks involved in making the trip happen. Sarah Carr at the Russellville, AR Animal Shelter on the sending end, the final receiving rescue, [...]