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

Meet Guiding Eyes Momma Capri!!

22 Jun 2022 · 1 min

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The video documents a Pilots to the Rescue volunteer flight that moves Capri, a pregnant dog destined to become a guide‑dog mother for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. The narrator describes flying Capri in a Piper Saratoga from New Jersey to Milwaukee (about 4.5 hours, over Lake Erie and Lake Michigan) at 6,000 ft to provide sufficient oxygen. Upon arrival, Capri is handed off to another team of volunteer pilots for the next leg to St. Cloud, Minnesota. The return trip is flown at 17,000 ft with supplemental oxygen, and the narrator notes Capri’s calm demeanor and the enjoyable nature of the flight.

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Today we're going on a mission with Pilots to the Rescue, a nonprofit animal rescue organization. On today's mission, we are working with Guiding Eyes for the Blind and transporting Capri, who is set to give birth to a litter of pups who will be trained as guide dogs for the visually impaired. We flew Capri in the Piper Saratoga from New Jersey to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She loved flying and was very relaxed during the flight. We flew over Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, and it took us about 4.5 hours to get there. We flew at 6,000 feet to ensure Capri would have enough oxygen. It was a beautiful flight into Milwaukee. When we arrived, we handed Capri to the next set of volunteer pilots who would be flying her to St. Cloud, Minnesota. On the way back, we flew at 17,000 feet since we had supplemental oxygen. We may have had a little fun along the way, and pretty soon we were back in New Jersey.