Last month we had booked a trip to visit Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort. We had also scheduled a Pilots’n’Paws rescue flight on the way home to bring a German Shepherd back from South Carolina to the the D.C. metro area. Unfortunately Hurricane Florence had other plans, and our whole trip was canceled. When a natural disaster hits, there are usually many animals that need to be transported to new locations. So last weekend when the same rescue organization reached out about a couple puppies needing to be moved from a post hurricane area, we jumped at the chance to help out. Keep reading to learn more about our flight path that day (and for some really cute puppy pics!)

This weekend we completed a double Pilots’n’Paws rescue mission, flying two pets to their new fur-ever homes. Our day started boarding a Cessna 182 in the suburbs of Washington, DC. We flew over snow covered ground to the mountains of Western Maryland, where we picked our first passenger...

This year Andrew started flying again. Read more about how he is combing his love for airplanes and pets as a volunteer for the Pilots'n'Paws organization. This week was the first rescue mission for some puppies and kittens that needed to get to their foster homes in the Washington, D.C. area.