Rice Employees Fly Missions of Mercy

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Rice Employees Fly Missions of Mercy

In September, air traffic controllers from Texas to Alabama gave a
twin-engine plane piloted by two Rice employees priority over everything in the
sky.The plane had “lifeguard” status which designates an air transport medical
mission. For years, the pilot Jim Rahe, a
career planner, and the co-pilot David
Ikenberry, an associate professor, have been volunteering their skills and
plane to fly patients and transplant organs across the south central United
States.

To schedule interviews contact: Philip Montgomery in the News Office at
(713) 831-4792 or pmontgom@rice.edu. For
information about the Jones School see http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~jgs/.

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