DAY 4 / 5 In Haity – Updates from Higuero

FLY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

January 16, 2010

Santo Domingo – Higuero Airport

Coordinations efforts in higuero airport – The PNUD Mission, Los Auxiliares Navales (Naval Auxiliaries) together with government officials from IDAC, keep handling traffic between that airport and Haiti.

DAY 4 – TASKS AT HAND

Clearing departures to PauP, coordinating comms from military in Haiti. Receiving rescue teams, coordinating supplies to be send to Haiti and all difficulties of the operations.

At: 8:00 pm, some planes had to returned to Higuero – no clearance to land.

@ Higuero – Rescue Teams and UN disaster experts personnel – preparing and getting clearance for departure.

BEGINING DAY 5

FAA – to take control of Barahona Maria Montez Airport,

Hillary Clinton OTW – Comms and traffic busy

SOME PICTURES
LAS AMERICAS AIRPORT VIA @BLOGADEMIA
LAS AMERICAS AIRPORT

IN MEMORIAM

Franklin Polanco Sr.

The website is dedicated to the memory of Franklin Polanco Sr. My father, pilot, communicator, aviation promoter, mentor, and friend to countless aviators around the world.

Throughout his life, Franklin became one of the Dominican Republic’s strongest advocates for general aviation. Whether helping international pilots plan Caribbean adventures, supporting aviation organizations, mentoring young aviators, or promoting Dominican aviation abroad, he believed aviation was ultimately about people.

His influence reached far beyond the cockpit.

His work earned recognition from the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), which honored him by naming the main auditorium of the Higher Academy of Aeronautical Sciences (ASCA) after him, recognizing his extraordinary contribution to Dominican aviation.