Fellow modeler and decal manufacturer Greg Drawbaugh owner of Draw Decal was in Florida on business when opportunity knocked to serve in the relief efforts for Haiti. I recently received this note from Greg.
I was exceptionally fortunate to fly with Florida Air Transport and act as their liason with a Fox News crew from WSVN in Miami on a relief flight to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We departed on C-54G (DC-4) N406WA at 0300 from Opa Locka airport and arrived in Haiti 3½ hours later. Our flight was carrying 18,000 pounds of donated food items. After off-loading the freight, we then loaded the equipment from a Dutch search and rescue crew and headed for Curacao.
After unloading the search and rescue equipment in Curacao, we then refueled and headed back to Miami on a 1100 mile leg, cleared customs, then made the short hop back to Opa Locka arriving at 0115. Needless to say, it was a long but exceptionally rewarding day. We had flown over 2000 miles in a DC-4, delivered aid to the Haitian earthquake vicitms, returned a search and rescue crews equipment and had a great time doing all of it.
More to follow later, when I get a bit more sleep and after I edit more of the almost 250 photos I shot.








