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Aviation Charities Work To Support Texas Flood Victims

Donated goods and volunteer services are flowing into the impacted area

crew unloading flood relief supplies at Texas airport — Emergency relief supplies are making their way to two Texas airports via business aircraft after devastating floods surged through the Kerr County area on July 4. © Million Air Dallas

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

July 9, 2025

Following the devastating flooding in Texas on Friday that claimed at least 100 lives with scores of people still missing, business aviation operators have swung into action to deliver critical supplies to those affected in Kerr County and the Guadalupe River area. Leading the effort is Operation Airdrop, a Texas-based disaster relief nonprofit founded in 2017 by a group of aviation enthusiasts, and part of NBAA’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Operator (HERO) database.

Operation Airdrop established supply bases at the Commemorative Air Force Museum at Burnet Municipal Airport (KBMQ) near Kerrville and at the Million Air FBO at Dallas-area Addison Airport (KADS) to accept donated goods and equipment. The latter handled approximately $50,000 in goods, and the FBO itself donated more than $5,000 in fuel, according to Jeff Zimmerman, v-p of FBO services for Million Air Dallas.

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