{"id":15465,"date":"2020-05-12T12:43:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=15465"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:51:26","slug":"bandit-flight-team-to-salute-nc-triangles-frontline-hospital-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/bandit-flight-team-to-salute-nc-triangles-frontline-hospital-workers\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Bandit Flight Team to Salute NC Triangle’s Frontline Hospital Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hospital workers are on the frontline in the battle against Covid-19. WRAL is joining the North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) and the Bandit Flight Team<\/a> for a special event salute to the Triangle’s healthcare heroes on Thursday, May 14. On that date beginning at 7 p.m., the Bandit Flight Team will fly over seven area hospitals, carefully coordinated so that hospital workers have the opportunity to see the display. WRAL’s 7 p.m. News will be dedicated to covering the event on the ground and from Sky 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are very grateful for the dedication and sacrifice of\nour frontline healthcare providers,” says Jim Kilpatrick, Lead Pilot of\nthe Bandit Flight Team. “The flyover is a visual way to say thank you, but\nas we turn on our smoke system to say thank you, we are not representing just\nus, we are saying thank you for the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight route takes the Bandit Flight Team from the\nWRAL Studios on Western Blvd. on a path that passes over the following\nhospitals in this order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n