Category: Content: Blog
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Choosing the Right Aircraft for the Mission
As a new pilot, LightHawk contributing writer Kristin Smith wanted to know how we choose the right aircraft for each conservation mission. She spoke with CEO Jim Becker about what goes into those decisions, from carrying photographers and scientists to transporting endangered species. Here’s what she learned. It’s hard to beat a small plane with…
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A Flight I’ll Never Forget: A Mission of Hope
This month’s Above & Beyond features a special perspective from Chief Advancement Officer Joanna Weitzel. The morning began in the quiet stillness of a small airport in Portsmouth. Snow covered the ground, and for this Southerner, it was a chilly morning. My colleague Jonathan Milne and I met one of the pilots, who slid open…
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Reflections from a Retiring LightHawk Volunteer Pilot – Jane Nicolai
At LightHawk, we have the privilege of working with volunteer pilots whose dedication, skill, and generosity make conservation possible from the air. Few embody that spirit more deeply than Jane Nicolai, who has flown missions with us for decades. This fall, we asked writer and fellow pilot Kristin Smith to sit down with Jane to…
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Wilderness, Wings, and Words
A Journey into Conservation, Aviation, and Storytelling I fell in love with wilderness before I could spell my own name. From a toddler-carrying backpack on my parents’ shoulders in the North Cascade Mountains to slicing across Bellingham Bay in my own sailboat, my childhood was shaped by the outdoors; it was where I went for…
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A Wolf Story – Saving a Species Up Close
A first hand account of a LightHawk transport of endangered Mexican wolves.