The video documents a field report at Waukesha Regional Airport following a 4.5‑hour general‑aviation flight that moved Capri, a pregnant Guiding Eyes Service Dog, from New Jersey to Wisconsin. Host Speaker A introduces Capri and the participants: airport volunteer Emily Heron, passenger Dana, and PTTR pilots Mark and Chris. Emily describes learning about turbo‑charged Saratoga operations, fuel management, and over‑water flight, noting it was her longest GA trip. Dana shares her first experience in a small plane and describes Capri’s calm demeanor throughout the flight. The pilots explain the Pilots to Rescue (PTTR) mission, noting the leg from New Jersey took about 2.5 hours and they arrived with roughly an hour of fuel remaining, still IFR‑legal. The report emphasizes that air transport greatly reduced stress for the pregnant guide‑dog compared to a road drive, and highlights the collaborative effort of volunteers, pilots, and the Guiding Eyes organization to move the dog to her next breeding location in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The video concludes with gratitude to PTTR supporters and a reminder of the Guiding Eyes mission to match guide dogs with vision‑impaired individuals.
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This is Capri. She's a pregnant guiding eyes dog. We flew from New Jersey to Wisconsin, 4.5-hour flight. Definitely stretched the legs of the Saratoga. We're here at— do you pronounce it Waukesha? Waukesha. I botched that one big time. Hi, Capri. We're here at Waukesha, and she's a lovely girl. I think she's having 6 or 8 puppies, right? Yeah. And we have Emily here. Heron, is that how you pronounce your last name? Heron. And what's your—
Emily at the Airport.
That's right. How was the flight?
It was amazing. Beautiful flight, very smooth. Capri did awesome. So happy to be here.
Amazing. Hey, well, what, what did you learn from the flight today? What was interesting for you to your aviation fans? You never been in Saratoga, right?
Nope, never been into Saratoga. So yeah, there was a lot learn about that for sure. Learning about the turbo, learning about fuel management and keeping up with all of that, flying over open water, things like that. So I mean, there's, there's definitely a lot that I had never done. It's certainly the longest GA flight I've ever had, and it was a lot of fun.
So really, really enjoyed it. Great, awesome. And we also have Dana here. Hi, Dana! That was your first time on a small plane, right?
Yes, yes.
And your first time in Canada? Yeah, yeah, for all of 20 minutes, right?
It was awesome. Yeah, and it looks nice from the sky.
And you, you got to be in the back with Capri. That was pretty cool, right?
I was a backseat driver, um, backseat pilot I guess you should say. And she was the best dog ever. Didn't— just smiled the whole time, put her head on my lap, and it was, it was wonderful. It was the best 4 and a half hours ever.
Okay, great. And your bladder made it, so—
oh yes, my bladder did make it.
There we go.
We were nervous.
Yeah. Once again, here's our sweet girl Capri. I don't even I don't even know how long that drive would have been, but this is far less stress for this pup. And we also have pilots, PTTR pilots, Mark and Chris here. First PTTR mission. You said it took how long to get here? Uh, about 2.5 hours to get here. Okay, really appreciate you doing the final leg. Yeah, no, I'm glad to help you out. Glad to get her to her final spot in St.
Cloud, Minnesota. Amazing.
Get her on her way. Amazing. And Chris, you're co-piloting today?
I am co-piloting today. Mark asked me to come along and help out with this, which I thought was a great deal. I found out the story about Marie, that's pretty cool. I mean, it's nice to have a mission to fly with. We go out and fly for fun and get something to eat, but to actually have it benefit somebody else.
Amazing. Well, we really appreciate it. It's not often we get to work with other PTTR pilots, and with a 4.5-hour flight from New Jersey It is much appreciated. We definitely stretched the legs. I think we land with about an hour of fuel, which is certainly IFR legal, but you know, would have been nicer to meet someone on the other side of Lake Michigan. Yep, yep. But we really appreciate everybody supporting Pilots to Rescue. Once again, here is Capri, and she's expected to have 6 or 8 pups, and she's really friendly. She keeps coming over.
She doesn't want to be on the camera.
The Guiding Eyes is a great organization. They put a lot of time and energy into these amazing animals and they match them free of charge with vision-impaired individuals. And from what I believe, Capri is one of the dogs they use to breed some of the future guide dogs. So a 4.5-hour flight and then I guess about 2-ish hours back is certainly a lot better than that drive. Far less stress. The whole time she basically just laid down and went to sleep. She was a really good girl. So we're gonna get her where she needs to go and we look forward to seeing you at the next rescue. Thank you, take care.
