Source: NBAA.org, News Editor, First published July 08, 2025 General aviation pilots, including business aircraft operators, are helping to rush critically needed supplies to those affected by the catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country. Operation Airdrop, a Texas-based nonprofit organization founded in 2017, has established bases at the Commemorative Air Force Museum at Burnet Municipal Airport (BMQ) northeast of Kerrville,TX, and the Million Air FBO at Addison Airport (ADS) near Dallas. Pilots and local residents may drop off supplies at either location.All donations – ranging from chainsaws and shovels to clear debris, to mops, brooms, cleaning supplies and N95 masks – are consolidated at BMQ, then BUSINESS AVIATION SNAPS INTO ACTION TO HELP VICTIMS OF DISASTROUS TEXAS FLOODING transported via ground vehicles to the communities of Kerrville, Hunt and other surrounding areas most affected by flooding. Tara Winter, communications director for Operation Airdrop, said more than 20 aircraft ranging from singleengine Cessnas to a Beechcraft King Air had dropped off supplies at both locations through Monday afternoon. “Our volunteer pilots started contacting the organization immediately after the magnitude of damage became known,” she said. “Our usual response involves planes arriving empty to take supplies to the affected area. However, with Interstate 10 and other roadways in the affected area largely clear, this is kind of opposite of that.” NBAA has been in contact with local fire and police OPENING LINES 7 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 05, ISSUE 02
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