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Flying
Hospital's Global Humanitarian
effort
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia:
The Flying Hospital, a Lockheed L-1011 containing
the world's largest fully equipped surgical
hospital ever constructed inside an aircraft will
be managed by a tax-exempt charitable organization
located in Newport News,Virginia.
"Our goal for The Flying
Hospital remains clear and unequivocal. We
are citizens of the world and The Flying Hospital
will be available to help the sick and needy of any
nation," said Mr. Walter Frehe, the organization's
new Chief Executive Officer. (see
additional photos)
A 30+ year aviation
veteran, Frehe has held senior management and
consulting positions with numerous airlines and
aviation companies including Western Airlines,
Regent Airlines and Federal Express. He
explained that The Flying Hospital would be
operated "as a 100 percent, non-denominational,
non-religious, worldwide humanitarian effort."
Our most
current information on the Flying Hospital is from
Frontline of India: http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1924/stories/20021206002108300.htm
and ISTAT: http://www.istat.org/jettrader/sept_2001/page3.html
Letters:
I'm glad to see the aircraft sill in service. I
had not heard much about her since the last Delta
L-1011 was sent to her for parts. Has anyone
looked into getting the aircraft from Donald Trump?
Its the only one of the four original aircraft that
still is configured with the lower lounge. I would
expect that would be a good donor aircraft. I had
last seen the hospital ship when she was being
modified in Tucson. I had first seen her when she
was parked in the desert shortly after PSA had
received the 4 aircraft. I later planned and
supervised the 455 gross weight mod at Lockheed
Aero Mod.
I did the
estimates for her modification into the flying
hospital. It was one of the most interesting and
enjoyable programs of my career. I believe I met
John on one of my trips out to Tucson. I know we
had talked several times on the phone.
Are you
maintaining the aircraft yourselves or contracting
it out? I have lost track with most of our L-1011
people who were at Lockheed and at American Trans
Air, where I first worked the L-1011. Again, its
good to see she is doing the good work she was
intended to do. Frank Showalter, Greenville,
S. Carolina. JShowal638@aol.com,
Apr 2004
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NOTE: The
Flying Doctors' Society of Africa (FDSA)
was founded in 1970, primarily to finance
the work of the Flying Doctor Service
(FDS), one of AMREF's oldest programmes
offering medical evacuation services to
critically ill patients in remote areas.
The Society funds other projects including
surgical safaris and specialist outreach
programmes in East Africa; the radio
communication network, the 24-hour standby
emergency personnel and free medical
evacuation and transfer flights for the
poor. Surgeons, Physicians, flight nurses,
pilots, a fleet of aircraft, ground
ambulances and a 24 hour Emergency
Communication and Response Centre make up
the famous Flying Doctor Service. The
service is supported by subscriptions to
the Flying Doctors' Society of Africa.
http://www.flyingdoctorsocietyafrica.com/
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 The
Flying Hospital is a medical vehicle that can be
used by non-profit organizations, corporations,
governmental agencies and other groups wishing to
sponsor short or long-term compassionate medical
missions throughout the world. The Flying Hospital
Inc., designs, coordinates staffs and implements
these medical missions in partnership with the
organization sponsoring thehumanitarian
endeavor.
The Flying Hospital has
previously conducted The World Journey of Hope
forOperation Smile in 1999 visiting Honduras,
Nicaragua, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Brazil, Panama, Morocco, Italy, Romania, Russia,
Gaza Strip/Middle East, Kenya, Philippines,
Thailand, Vietnam and China in 68 days.
"The Flying Hospital
provides the best possible example of how to bring
countries closer together though offering care and
medical training. I am proud to be associated with
this wonderful charity," said His Royal Highness
Prince Michael of Kent, KCVO and a member of its
International Advisory Board.
The Flying Hospital
has also conducted medical assignments in El
Salvador, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, India and Mexico and
performed during the past five years, more than
90,000 life-changing medical and surgical
procedures - of which more than 3,000 surgeries
were performed on board The Flying Hospital and in
partnering healthcare facilities.
At a cost of more than $25
Million to build and including the latest medical
and avionics technology, The Flying Hospital is an
outpatient surgical facility dedicated to
addressing the unmet medical needs of populations
around the world. The L-1011-50 aircraft is
controlled by The Flying Hospital
Inc. (FHI); a 501(c)(3)
charitable humanitarian organization based in
NewportNews, Virginia.
The Flying Hospital,
www.flyinghospital.org
is a non-denominational,non-religious international
humanitarian effort. The new Flying Hospital
offices are located at 11836 Fishing Point Drive,
Suite 200, Newport News,Virginia, 23606.
For additional information,
please phone The Flying Hospital at
1-757-873-6794.
The
Flying Hospital Names Terryl L. Dickinson As Vice
President of Operations;John L. Rutan Tapped As
Director of Maintenance
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia: The
Flying Hospital, Inc.
http://www.flyinghospital.org/, which manages the
world's largest fully equipped surgical hospital
ever constructed inside an aircraft, has named Mr.
Terryl L. Dickinson as its new Vice President of
Operations and Mr. John L. Rutan as it Director of
Maintenance.
"We are very proud to have
these two highly talented individuals as part of
our management team, who combined have nearly 50
years professional aviation experience. Their
knowledge and expertise with our Lockheed L-1011 is
extensive and we are very pleased to have their
expertise and knowledge available," said Walter
Frehe, Chief Executive Officer, The Flying
Hospital,Inc.
Mr. Dickinson has served The
Flying Hospital as its Director of Operations for
the past three years and held senior flight
operations positions with US Airways from
1968-1994. Mr. Dickinson operated his own
aircraft consulting firm and during his two decades
as a chief pilot has logged more than 18,000
worldwide flight hours.
For the past six years, John
L. Rutan has served as the Flying Hospital's Chief
Flight Engineer. Previously Mr. Rutan served
as a commercial aircraft-planning supervisor for
Tucson-based Lockheed AeroMod Inc.; Project Manager
for Bombardier Aerospace and a Flight Mechanic for
the Evergreen Air Center at Marana, Arizona. Mr.
Rutan earned a BS in Professional Aeronautics from
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and an AS in
Flight Engineering from Community College of The
Air Force.
The Flying Hospital is a
medical vehicle that can be used by non-profit
organizations, corporations, governmental agencies
and other groups wishing to sponsor short or
long-term compassionate medical missions throughout
the world. The Flying Hospital Inc., designs,
coordinates, staffs and implements these medical
missions in partnership with the organization
sponsoring the humanitarian endeavor.
At a cost of more than $25
Million to build and including the latest medical
and avionics technology, The Flying Hospital is an
outpatient surgical facility dedicated to
addressing the unmet medical needs of populations
around the world. The L-1011 aircraft is controlled
by The Flying Hospital Inc. (FHI), a 501(c)(3)
charitable humanitarian organization based in
NewportNews, Virginia.
The Flying
Hospital
http://www.flyinghospital.org/,
is a worldwide international humanitarian effort.
The Flying Hospital offices are located at 11836
Fishing Point Drive,
Suite 200, Newport News, Virginia,
23606.
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