Turtles Fly Too Completes First U.S. West Coast Mission
Two pilots launched a mission to transport an endangered sea turtle from Seattle to San Diego.
Turtles Fly Too completed its first turtle rescue mission on the U.S. West coast, thanks to pilot volunteers—AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber and aviation marketing/communications veteran Jeff Miller—supported by a team of wildlife experts, FBOs, air traffic controllers, and two aquariums. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)
Turtles Fly Too completed its first turtle rescue mission on the U.S. West coast, thanks to pilot volunteers—AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber and aviation marketing/communications veteran Jeff Miller—supported by a team of wildlife experts, FBOs, air traffic controllers, and two aquariums. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)

A crew of two pilots—AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber and aviation marketing/communications veteran Jeff Miller—supported by a team of wildlife experts, FBOs, air traffic controllers, and two aquariums yesterday flew an endangered Olive Ridley sea turtle from Seattle Boeing Field to San Diego International Airport for turtle rescue charity Turtles Fly Too. This was the first U.S. West Coast mission for the turtle-rescue organization.


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