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April 16, 2009
Vickie Pleus, APR
Community Information Manager
Volusia Honor Air flight scheduled
for May 9 from DBIAA group of World War II veterans and their escorts will board a US Airways A-321 Airbus charter plane at Daytona Beach International Airport bound for Washington, D.C., at 6:26 a.m. Saturday, May 9. The flight will have 113 veterans on board.
The group is the third from Central Florida to travel to the nation’s capital through the Volusia Honor Air program, which is organized by the Rotary Clubs in DeLand. The organizers raise funds - about $700 per veteran - to escort the servicemen and women to D.C. Escorts, called guardians, pay their own way.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) honor guard will welcome the veterans as they make their way through a dedicated security checkpoint at the airport, followed by a pre-boarding reception inside the terminal. Volusia County Fire Services will send off the aircraft with a water cannon salute.
While in Washington, D.C., the veterans will tour the WWII Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Wall and the Tomb of the Unknowns. The group will return to DBIA at 9:02 p.m. Saturday, May 9. For more information about the nonprofit Volusia Honor Air, visit www.volusiahonorair.org.
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