PEORIA — Six million miles flown. Nine thousand missions undertaken. Hundreds of volunteer pilots who use their own private planes and donate their time and the cost of fuel. And thousands of ...

PEORIA (WEEK) - For 40 years, LifeLine Pilots has been providing free life-saving services to those in need. “We have people calling us everyday and they are desperate," said LifeLine Pilots Executive ...

DANVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - Originally founded in Champaign, LifeLine Pilots has been flying people all around the Midwest for over four decades. Now operating out of Peoria, they're averaging around 80 ...

A young Wanda Whitsitt of Champaign on the wing of her Piper Archer, dubbed Sweet Charlie, that she flew when she founded LifeLine Pilots in 1981. Wanda Whitsitt, center, with volunteers transporting ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) - A non-profit is taking to the skies to make sure people in Michigan get the health care they need. LifeLine Pilots is breaking down transportation barriers one flight at ...

Lindsey Kerr, executive director of LifeLine Pilots, shared what the purpose of the Plane Fun Day was. “It’s a great way for us to raise money for our mission, which is to provide free air ...

Many people associate helicopter rides with luxury, but for UCHealth LifeLine flight nurses and paramedics, it’s their mobile hospital. In their approximately 60 cubic feet of workspace — equivalent ...

National Aeronautic Association and Air Care Alliance recognizes both nonprofit organizations for collaboration in providing free, non-emergency medical flights Public benefit flying is a vital yet ...

Peter Paul Luce, the second son of Time Inc founder, Henry Robinson Luce, died peacefully at his home in Cherry Hills Village, CO. He was 89 years old. Born in Manhattan on May 18, 1929, Luce was ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The nonprofit that operates the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on behalf of the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) plans to soon launch a ...

Wanda Whitsitt, left, with Amanda, age 9, and her mother in June 1991. Amanda needed monthly treatments for leukemia in Knoxville, Tenn., and was flown from Springfield to Knoxville by LifeLine Pilots ...