Honor Flights 58 & 59 Take to the Skies Saturday Oct. 5
Message from North County Honor Flight – This Saturday, October 5, will be the final North Country Honor Flight of the 2024 flying season. Flights 58 and 59 will have 3 Korean War Veterans and many Vietnam Veterans among the 30 Veterans being honored.
“Thunder in the Burgh” will take place once again thanks to the hard work and dedication of Lloyd Provost, who organizes all the motorcycles and law enforcement to accomplish all these escorts. Lloyd will pass these duties on after this flight; we could never thank him enough for all his years of organizing these escorts. He has truly brought this part of North Country Honor Flight to a new level. Lloyds final goal is to surpass 250 motorcycles, let’s get the word out to any bikers who can join us on Saturday.
The send-off ceremony will start at 7 a.m. sharp at Veterans Park on the US Oval, followed by the parade route to the Plattsburgh International Airport. The welcome home will be at 8:30 p.m., right back at Veterans Park.
These flights have become very expensive over the years; we are fortunate that the North Country always steps up when called upon. Flight sponsorships are available for the nominal cost of $12,000. The actual cost is $35,000. We are thrilled to have both these flights sponsored for the first time.
The Dutil family and D and D Meats will be sponsoring flight 58 through the great fundraiser “Bumpkins Halloween,” held last year and again this year starting on October 18th. Thanks to Shane Dutil and all the volunteers he recruits for organizing such a wonderful event.
Flight 59 is being sponsored by the Redford American Legion Post 1618. The Legion, Legion Riders, Legion Auxiliary, and Sons of the Legion have all made this sponsorship possible. This is the second flight Post 1618 has sponsored. Thank you for all the hard work in raising funds for this sponsorship.
All portions of the flight day are free, and the public is encouraged to attend. Please join us for these family-friendly events as we show our thanks and gratitude to our North Country Veterans.
Posted: September 30th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Community Events, General News, Honor Flights, Northern NY News, Veterans' News.