Cloud Nine Rescue Flights

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Cloud Nine operates two aircraft, both piston twin-engine “all weather” airplanes with radar and de-ice equipment, offering similar capacities yet having several distinct advantages.

Our first aircraft is a 1969 Piper Aztec, N6927Y. We call it our F-350 with wings. This F-350 cruises at 155 kts and can routinely comfortably travel non-stop between South Carolina and New Hampshire in a bit more than 4 hours. While it is slower than our other aircraft, it is very spacious, allowing for a higher carrying capacity, transporting more animals at one time.

Cessna 310 (Click to Zoom)

310 Instruments (Click to Zoom)

N488SP (“Sugar Pop”) is a 1968 Cessna 310 Colemill Executive 600. With a cruise speed of 190 kts, Sugar Pop is our hot rod, and can rapidly transport animals safely over long distances. While Sugar Pop has slightly less space than our Aztec, it is best suited
for longer distance trips that have fewer animals, especially smaller animals. It can travel from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania in 6 hours, including a fuel stop.

When other aircraft are sitting in their hangars, ours are still flying. To date, we have had zero cancellations and only one delay of greater than a few hours. We keep our planes in top mechanical condition and give our pilots the tools they need to fly missions safely and reliably.

You can help keep our aircraft in the sky and running in top condition! We need sponsors to help cover items like our insurance, fuel, maintenance, and other expenses.

We would like to thank Mark Ziegenfuss for the donation of N488SP, Sugar Pop. For more information (and the story behind the name), check out our blog.

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