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Meet the Buford pilot who helps fly sick patients for free

Mercy Flights Southeast pilot Charles George volunteers his time and plane for charitable work by flying people to and from their homes to get medical treatment they need - photo by Scott Rogers

07052018 FLY 1.jpg — Mercy Flights Southeast pilot Charles George volunteers his time and plane for charitable work by flying people to and from their homes to get medical treatment they need - photo by Scott Rogers

Getting his pilot’s license may have been the best decision Charles George ever made. And it’s not just because he gets to fly overhead in his Mooney M20C, looking down at different places around the Southeast. It’s because that airplane actually helps more people than he could have ever imagined.