Michael SchneiderFounder, Executive Director & Chief Pilot aka "Top Dog", Pilots To The Rescue · Top Dog @ Pilots To The Rescue

13 Animals Rescued After Hurricane Helene! 🐾✈️ #rescuemission #adoptdontshop

28 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief on‑site video at Binghamton Airport, Michael Schneider and pilot Paul introduce their inaugural mission using a new Kodiak 100 aircraft, partnered with the Bissell Pet Foundation. The team rescued 13 animals—nine dogs and three cats—from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Schneider highlights the plane’s larger size, its Pratt & Whitney turbine engine that offers greater safety, reliability, and speed, and mentions a potential nickname, “Big Paw.” Paul confirms the aircraft performed well on his first mission. The clip serves to showcase the aircraft’s capabilities, the collaborative rescue effort, and the successful evacuation of the animals.

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We are at Binghamton Airport in Binghamton, New York. First mission with our new plane, Kodiak 100. Saved 13 animals from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene with Bissell Pet Foundation. Paul was the pilot for this mission. Paul, this is your first mission. How'd it go? Everything go well?
Oh yeah, plane's great.
All right, all right. Well, so as you guys can see, this is a lot bigger plane. We got 13 animals on here, 9 dogs, 3 cats.
Let's try that. And yeah, okay. Welcome.
So the biggest difference about this plane besides it being bigger is this Pratt Whitney turbine engine. Safer, more reliable, a little faster. She's a big bird. We're thinking about calling her Big Paw. We're very excited about this plane.