Featured Projects - Honor Air 2009-10

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A Service Project of Rotary District 7670

 Honoring WWII veterans of Western NC

Their Courage, Sacrifice, and Valor

HonorAir has grown. From a community service project of Rotary Club of Asheville in 2008 it has grown into a District 7670 event and beyond. Rotary Club of Asheville still plays a key role in supporting the flights from our district by supplying volunteers and organization skills learned from our experiences with this great project.

In the fall of 2009 District 7670 held 2 more HonorAir flights.  

In spring of 2010, on May 15th, 2010 (Armed Forces Day) Rotary Club of Asheville is again taking the lead helping with a District 7670 HonorAir flight to the WWII Memorial in Washington DC. For questions about HonorAir, or to volunteer contact one of the co-Chairs for this project:

John Palmer

Ken Barry

There are several HonorAir forms available for downloading related to this project:

Veterans application & questionnaire form click HERE

Liability Waiver form (for veterans & guardians) click HERE

If you are interested in being a guardian for this flight:

To add your name to the online sign-up sheet click HERE

Download Guardian application & questionnaire form click HERE

Saturday, May 8th

8:00 - 12:00            Pre-flight meeting

To add your name to the online volunteer sheet for the prefilight meeting click (TBA)

Saturday, May 15th Schedule:

6:30  - 7:30 am        Veterans assemble at Asheville Regional Airport

7:30  - 8:00 am        Veterans, guardians, teams leaders and medical staff board plane

8:00  - 9:00 am        US Air charter flight to Reagan Airport, Washington DC

9:30  -                     Board buses for drive to WWII Memorial

10:00 - 11:30 am      Veterans visit WWII Memorial and visit public officials

11:30 - 12:30            Box lunches in tents near Memorial

12:30 - 1:00             Board buses and go to Lincoln Memorial

1:00 - 2:30 pm         Visit Linclon, Korean War, and Viet Nam War Memorials 

2:30 - 3:00 pm         Board buses and go to Arlington Cemetery

3:00 - 4:30 pm         Change of Guard at Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington Cemetery

4:30 - 5:00 pm         Board buses and return to Reagan Airport

5:00 - 6:00 pm         Check in and board airplane for return flight to Asheville

6:00 - 7:00 pm         Return US Air flight to Asheville

7:00 - 8:00 pm         Greet returning heroes and send them on their way

The Rotary Club of Asheville is providing support for both the flights and for the preflight meetings