With a 50-year history and an immeasurable number of support and aid flights to several disadvantaged Caribbean island communities, Florida-based Missionary Flights International (MFI) has lived up to its motto ‘Standing in the Gap’.
Now with a pair of turbine-powered Douglas DC-3C-TP aircraft, MFI has transitioned from the era of piston-powered DC-3s, using them to carry personnel, cargo and mail for church groups and families involved in aid work in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Missionary Flight International’s headquarters moved up the Florida coast from West Palm Beach to Fort Pierce in 2006. It comprises the main 28,000ft2 (2,601m2) aircraft hangar and offices and neighbouring ‘Larry and Sarah Campbell Maintenance Complex’ which covers 15,000sq ft (1,400m2).
In 2010, following the catastrophic January 12 earthquake which centred on Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, MFI’s Ft Pierce base became the centre of a huge international aid relief operation. One of the carrier’s DC-3s was the first aircraft carrying emergency water treatment equipment, tarpaulins and medical supplies to arrive in Port-au-Prince less than 24 hours after the initial quake.
Because of MFI’s vast experience in Haiti, many other relief organisation…
