departments, as well as officials at Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV). “Their priority is keeping local airspace open for ongoing search and rescue operations,” said Steve Hadley, NBAA’s regional programs director.“That makes ground-based operations vital at this time. Fortunately, the ability to quickly adapt to the specific mission at hand is a hallmark of this industry, and business aviation operators can still play an important part of this relief effort.” With more rain in the forecast for the area throughout the week, Operation Airdrop expects to remain active as needed. “We’re grateful to the aviation community that has come out to support us,” Winter said. “We anticipate a similar response Tuesday and will continue monitoring the situation. “This hits very close to home for our group,” she added. “This isn’t a typical deployment for us, but so far it appears to be very successful.” Operation Airdrop is part of NBAA’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Operator (HERO) Database, a list of individuals and organizations in the business aviation community who are part of disaster-response mobilization efforts. In the aftermath of major crises, basic information from the database is provided to organizations coordinating relief efforts. 8 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 05, ISSUE 02
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