Pilot group helps others
Maine Aeronautics Association President Lisa Reece gets a ride in a Texas Flying Legends Museum Warbird, a P-51. Courtesy of MAA
The Maine Aeronautics Association logo. Courtesy of www.wingsoverwiscasset.org
Maine Aeronautics Association President Lisa Reece gets a ride in a Texas Flying Legends Museum Warbird, a P-51. Courtesy of MAA
The Maine Aeronautics Association logo. Courtesy of www.wingsoverwiscasset.org
The pilots of the Maine Aeronautics Association do more than help one another, President Lisa Reece said. Their efforts also support other nonprofits, including ones for veterans and youth.
The group helps with fly-ins, where pilots give rides and tell about their planes; supports ACE Camp, a summer aviation camp for teens; and gives to both the Wounded Warrior Project and Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation (formerly Maine Handicapped Skiing), which also serves veterans, Reece said.
“We really strive to make ourselves part of the community,” Reece said.
The association is one of three nonprofits for which donations will be collected at “Wings Over Wiscasset,” August 6 at the Wiscasset Municipal Airport.
Reece is on the committee planning “Wings.” In addition to the free, daylong event's other goals, she hopes it will help spread interest in the association. The group currently has about 250 members across the state, she said.
For more, visit www.maineaeronautics.org.
Susan Johns can be reached at 207-844-4633 or susanjohns@wiscassetnewspaper.com
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