Wait, is that Emmy award-winning Caitlyn Greene, cinematographer Justin Zweifach, and Mardi Gras masker Walter Sandifer, III? 😲 What are they doing with SouthWings? Well, if you checked out our post yesterday, you'd sure have a hint. 😉

What do you think they were joking about? 🤔

Emmy award-winning Caitlyn Greene and SouthWings have been planning this flight for over a year! Walter Sandifer, III of the Mardi Gras masking tradition, was aboard for the special project!

Lucky for you, VP Eric J. is offering a sneak peek since the project is not yet released. 😉

Last week, Volunteer Pilot Woody supported the @dogwoodalliance.org with flights in Georgia to view the wood pellet industy and its impacts on local forests. Thank you to Woody and partners on the ground for advocating for the protection of our Southeastern forests!

📷 provided by Dogwood Alliance

A big thanks to Volunteer Pilot Rick W. for taking Mobile Baykeeper's Executive Director William Strickland and Water Quality Investigator Conrad Horst above the watershed for a bird's eye view! Check them out to learn more and get involved in protecting the Bay! www.mobilebaykeeper.org

We are so very proud of one of our very own volunteer pilots for being named "Distinguished Volunteer Pilot" in the Public Benefit Flying Awards presented by NAA and the Air Care Alliance!
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Please join us in congratulating Rolf Wallin!

📷 by J Henry Fair

Reflecting on the first half of 2025, we are so grateful for the positive momentum that our volunteer pilots have helped create in our region alongside our various flight partners.

Read about the 50+ flights we've completed so far this year in our hot-off-the-press Mid Year Report:
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"We don't want money in exchange for our lungs or in exchange for our lives. We want clean air. We want clean water, clean soil. Just like everybody else."
- KeShaun Pearson

Honored to partner with Southern Environmental Law Center protecting Memphis. Thanks NBC News for coverage!

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We had a blast at our Fly-In a couple of weeks ago! Huge thank you to everyone who helped make the event special, from sponsors and door prize donors, our AMAZING speakers Justinn Overton @coosariverkeeper.bsky.social and Dr. Treva Gear @dogwoodalliance.org, and of course all the volunteer pilots!

1970: thousands of people came together to demand action for a cleaner, safer environment, and by the end of that year, we had the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act

Let's not forget what we can achieve when we come together 💪

📷 by Will Parson

#EarthDay2025 #OurPowerOurPlanet

Spring is in the air🌸 Get your orders in for fresh SouthWings gear. Orders ship at the end of the month 📦

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Could your environmental initiative benefit from an aerial perspective? SouthWings coordinates pro bono flights with our volunteer pilots across the Southeast and Gulf regions.

Submit a flight request, and we'll get in touch!
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#generalaviation #environmentaljustice

Join us in celebrating International Women's Day!

Women's leadership and expertise are needed to solve the climate justice and environmental justice issues in the Southeast & Gulf regions we work in, and around the globe.

#ForAllWomenandGirls #climatejustice

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It's still #BlackHistoryMonth and we are celebrating all month long! Today, we invite you to listen to an interview with Kamora Freeland - who became an FAA-certificated private pilot in February 2024, making her one of the youngest African American female pilots in the US: https://buff.ly/435MP7M