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‘I Was Anxious To Do It’: Local Pilot Loads Up His Own Plane With PPE For Frontline Healthcare Workers

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From Philadelphia to Syracuse, a pilot for Angel Flight East made a special trip to drop off PPE to a local health center.  On a typical mission, Johnathon Fink would be carrying a patient in his plane.  “I’ve been flying for about 20 years, charity flying is something I’ve always done,” said Fink.

Fink is part of a non-profit called Angel Flight East, which offers free flights for people who need medical care far from their homes.  But since COVID-19 hit the United States, they stopped taking patients and started picking up PPE delivering it all across the country.

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