Learn about sea turtle airlift rescue efforts of 'Turtles Fly Too!' at the Aviation Museum of N.H.
Schedule
Thu Apr 25 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
27 Navigator Rd, Londonderry, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03053 | Londonderry, NH
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...turtle? Learn how New England pilots help rescue endangered sea turtles in Aviation Museum program on Thursday, April 25
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Never mind when pigs fly. How about turtles?
That’s what happens each year when local pilots help a conservation group transport hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles by air from chilly New England waters to warmer climes.
Learn all about this unusual rescue effort on Thursday, April 25 at the Aviation Museum of N.H., 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, N.H.
The program starts at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 per person; Aviation Museum members admitted free. (The program was originally scheduled for Thursday, April 4 but was postponed due to inclement weather.)
David Dinneen, a pilot and Massachusetts Aviation Coordinator for ‘Turtles Fly Too,’ will speak about how aviation supports the rescue of sea turtles that each year become disoriented and stranded in the cold waters off New England.
Species involved in the rescue include Kemp's Ridley turtles, the most critically endangered sea turtle in the world.
Dinneen is also the aviation coordinator of Cape Cod Ocean Community, a non-profit and community-based organization that facilitates shark surveillance testing projects.
Turtles Fly Too is a non-profit with a mission to use general aviation to transport endangered species and promote conservation through education and outreach.
Their tactics include giving medivac flights to turtles that remain too long past summer in the waters of the Gulf of Maine.
By mid-November, temperatures begin dropping too fast for these cold-blooded reptiles, and volunteers find them washed ashore in a hypothermic state. That’s where the pilots come in to transport them to emergency treatment facilities.
Dinneen has a long history in local aviation, having worked as an airport manager and serving as executive director of the Massachusetts Airport Management Association (MAMA) from 2009 to 2020. Dinneen and his sister, Kelley Dinneen, also owned and operated KING Aviation Mansfield in Mansfield, Mass.
David Dinneen currently sits on the Board of Directors of MAMA, is Treasurer of the Aero Club of New England and Chairman of the Waterways Commission for the Town of Scituate. Dinneen is an airport management, operations, and development business leader who is passionate about educating the public on how general aviation impacts everyday life.
The program takes place Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of N.H., 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry and is open to the public. Admission to the event is free for Aviation Museum members and $10 per person for non-members.
Learn more about Turtles Fly Too at www.turtlesflytoo.org
The Aviation Museum, a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization based in the 1937 art deco passenger terminal at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is dedicated to preserving the Granite State's rich aviation past, and also inspiring today's students to become the aviation and aerospace pioneers of tomorrow.
The Aviation Museum of N.H. was named "Best Place to Take Kids" and “Best Place to Geek Out” in southern New Hampshire in the 2024 HippoPress Reader’s Poll.
The Aviation Museum is located at 27 Navigator Road, off Harvey Road, in Londonderry, N.H. For more information, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call (603) 669-4820 or email [email protected]. Follow the Aviation Museum on social media at www.facebook.com/nhahs.
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