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Avoiding F-16 Intercept, Teens-in-Flight Team Delivers Aurora Gift and Heads Home

September 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Teens-in-Flight’s Jack Howell getting wired for an interview with Action news Jax on Sept. 14. His team landed in Aurora, Colo., on Saturday, and began the flight back on Sunday. (Teens-in-Flight)

Around 11 a.m. Thursday Air Force F-16s scrambled and intercepted a single-engine plane that had entered a temporary no-Fly zone in the Denver area, where President Obama was delivering a speech. The Cessna 182 had fallen out of radio communication. The F-16s escorted it to Centennial Airport south of Denver, and authorities accepted the pilot’s explanation: he’d made an honest error.

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It wasn’t Col. Jack Howell, who was also flying a Cessna into the Denver area–but not until Saturday, by which time Obama was actually in Florida, speaking at campaign events in Kissimmee and in St. Petersburg. On Thursday, Howell, who heads Flagler County’s Teens-in-Flight program, was still getting ready for a flight he’d planned for months as a fund-raiser for the surviving victims of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, which left 12 people dead and injured 58.

With Howell is 16-year old Cora Rand, a student pilot from Daytona Beach, who’s been getting a lot of press along the way, and Cora’s flight instructor Kurt Schneider.

The goal was to raise $10,000. As of Thursday, he’d only made it to $4,000. Howell was clearly disappointed by the amount raised locally, considering the attention he was getting along the flight path. The amount doesn;t include what may have been added after considerable exposure in local media: the Cessna took off from Flagler County Airport on Sept. 14 at 7:24 a.m., making it to Memphis, with a stop in the Panhandle, at 1:35 p.m., and to Salina, Kansas, just before 7 p.m. (Flagler time). The team landed at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport at 4:40 p.m. Saturday. It began the flight back early this morning, making it to Salina at 11:15 a.m.


Here’s how the Salina Journal in Kansas described it yesterday: “Cora, Howell and Schneider landed in a Cessna 172 at Salina Municipal Airport about 5:45 p.m. Friday. They planned to spend the night in Salina before completing their flight to Aurora this morning. Greeting the trio was Salina Police Chief Jim Hill. A former Marine himself, Hill fought during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968, as did Howell, although the two men had never met before Friday. Hill presented Howell with an envelope containing a contribution for Aurora victim assistance from the city of Salina. ‘It’s to show support for Teens-In-Flight and its mission,’ Hill said. ‘We wish them godspeed, and hopefully the funds they deliver will help relieve suffering in Aurora.'”

Television and radio stations have given the trip some air time, too. Jacksonville’s WTEV (Action news Jax) was at the Flagler County Airport the day before take-off, and KAKE, a television station in Salina, greeted the trio Friday, You can see that report below.

The flight is scheduled to make it back to Flagler late today. Live flight tracking is available here.

Howell is still raising money, of course, because he had pledged to give $10,000, even if he had to put in the balance of the money himself. So to defray his costs, donations are still being accepted. You can send in a check or money order to Teens-In-Flight Inc., 23 Felwood Lane, Palm Coast, FL 32137, with memo “For Colorado.” Credit card payments can be made at the group’s website.

 

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  1. Thea Mathen says

    September 16, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    If everyone in this county donated a minimum of 2 bucks, imagine what the donation $ could be! I am sending in my donation (yes, it will be more than two bucks too).

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  2. Sue Dickinson says

    September 16, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    It really saddens me that none of our local TV station cover anything good coming out of Flagler County. They run right up here when there’s contorversial issues. Thank you to Action News Jacksonville, and Salina Kansas for your coverage but unfortunatly it is not shown here in Flagler. Channel 9 JUST covered an event in St. Augustine (12:30 new on Sunday). Again folks in St. Augustine don’t have access to watch the news clip. Perhaps a local channel can be here when they touch down this afternoon. Col. Howell thank you for all that you do for our children and community.

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  3. Charlie Ericksen, Jr says

    September 17, 2012 at 5:26 am

    Teens-in-flight landed safely about 2AM, on Monday, with it’s mission completed. Our 16 year old pilot got alot of experience flying in clouds, a bit of rain, and darkness. Success at two levels..

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  4. Reality Check says

    September 18, 2012 at 5:54 am

    Great program, all by a selfless man who gives more to these kids and community then the entire county goverment and school board combined. Thank you Col Howell for all you do for this community and others, Semper Fi

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  5. Cindy D. says

    September 18, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    A valiant effort Col. Howell! I’m sure the victims in CO were happy with the amount and knowing some folks in FL care about them.

    Reply
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