On June 23, 2018, my family finally flew our first Pilots N Paws mission after signing up a year before. My lame excuse for not doing one sooner is that the northern CA ones tend to get scooped up fast, and we’ve been busy enough that finding one for a day we can go has been tough.

Finally, the stars aligned, and we flew the first leg of a trip to bring a cat to its owner. The crew consisted of myself as captain and my five-year-old daughter as first officer. The cat, Roxy, was a great traveler. She was in a carrier for the trip itself, but we opened the carrier before and after the flight to give her the safety briefing and pet her, and she made no effort to escape. Inside the plane, she was calm in her carrier. We’re looking forward to the next mission!

-PNP Pilot Michael Coyle