Our Mission

Name: Operation HIGH FLIGHT
Address: 2 Post Office Drive, Brookline, NH, 03033-2126, US
Telephone: 603-732-6113

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Operation HIGH FLIGHT (OHF) preserves the spirit of vintage aviation through an immersive museum experience while delivering life-changing open-cockpit flights. We raise funds for charitable organizations and provide once-in-a-lifetime experiences to veterans, first responders, children's hospital patients and at-risk youth, uplifting those who serve and inspiring the next generation over the skies of New England.

Joy

Heartfelt Experiences

We offer whimsical joy rides that bring smiles and create cherished memories.

Support

Financial Assistance

Through your donations, sponsorships, auctions, and raffles, we raise essential funds that directly support our local charities. Your contributions enable us to make an impactful difference in our community.

Community

Building Connections

We strive to strengthen community ties by partnering with various charitable organizations. Together, we aim to reach more individuals who can benefit from our services.

Inspiration

Aiming Higher

Our goal is to provide flights that inspire hope and positivity, as we mentor the next generation of leaders by reminding everyone that the sky is not the limit.

What We Do

Education

Value Proposition

Adventure Therapy: Lifting spirits by enhancing mindfulness and presence with a new perspective on life!
Inspiration: Overcoming challenges, providing a sense of accomplishment, reinforcing resilience
Reminiscing: Reliving the nostalgia of flight, of mission, and of comradery alongside fellow veterans
Youth Mentorship: Passionate and committed to providing positive role models, career guidance, subject matter expertise, respectful accountability, and achievable goals

Beneficiaries

Disabled veterans, first-responders, children: Vintage warbird flights for individuals ages 12+ who have medical or mental health disorders who present voluntarily or as nominated by hospitals and/or other non-profits & are physically-fit to fly
Aviation enthusiasts: Individuals ages 12+ who display an interest in aerospace education

Key Activities

Flights and Flight Simulator Rides: Donating flights to qualifying recipients
Museum Experience: Preserving vintage aircraft and educating the public through STEM experiences
Mentoring: Inspiring the next generation!
Airshows: Reaching out to local communities
Community Events: Offering hangar and aircraft tours, aerospace education, and warbird fly-bys

‘Slip the surly bonds… to touch the face of God’ - John Gillespie Magee Jr.

Operation HIGH FLIGHT (OHF) is on a mission to raise funds and deliver flight services to local New Hampshire recipients and beyond! OHF does so by raffling and auctioning flights in vintage warbirds, light sport aircraft and realistic military flight simulators to raise funds on behalf of and in partnership with recipient organizations. Through donations, sponsorships, and revenue generated from flights for hire, OHF also provides flight services at no cost to the ride recipients in an effort to help them find moments of presence and mindfulness.

Those partnership organizations include local, regional and nationally-recognized charities, hospitals, veteran first responder and youth organizations. Our New Hampshire-based non-profit organization emphasizes our home state as its first priority and is growing its influence to extend regional and national impact by leveraging complementary relationships in Massachusetts, Maine, Tennessee, Maryland, and Texas.

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Operation HIGH FLIGHT (OHF) is a registered 501(3)(c) non-profit organization, all of your donations are tax-free! We have partnered with Infinite Giving Advisory Services, Inc. They provide us with nonprofit expertise and fiduciary services, and their sister company, Infinite Giving Technologies, Inc., provides us with award-winning technology to easily facilitate donations of appreciated stocks, cryptocurrency, gifting through a donor-advised fund (DAF), or making an endowment.

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Making an Impact

Success Stories

Donations

Fundraising Achievements

More than $187,000 raised last year, enabling us to provide numerous flights and outreach services to local charities.

Flights

Providing Hope

Over 25 flights provided to local charities, veteran and first responder organizations, and hospitals helping recipients experience moments of joy and inspiration despite difficult circumstances.

Events

Engaging the Community

Hosted 10 fundraising events, engaging community members and local businesses in our mission to uplift those in need.

Join Our Journey

Meet Our Wingmen

"Dream come true!"

Cam Washington, Make-a-Life recipient

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OHF A-10 Flight Simulator Project
Come fly "Brrrrrt" and take your pic with his pilot, "Ernie"!

In addition to Honoring those who selflessly serve, we are passionate about our dream to Inspire the next generation of leaders. The Maryland Air National Guard (MD ANG) helped make that dream a reality by donating a real-life A-10 Warthog Part Task Trainer (PTT)! Though only designed for switch familiarization and egress training, we transformed it into a functioning A-10 flight simulator!

Our changes:

Replaced the original controls with a Thrustmaster HOTAS system
Added a VR headset with true 360° immersion
Powered it with a high-end gaming PC running DCS World software

This simulator is a cornerstone of our STEM aerospace education program for 6th–12th graders and accommodates those veterans, first responders, and children’s hospital patients who are unable to fly in our Sportster & Stearman orientation flights. The sim will load up into our recently donated trailer and will be transported to VA and children's hospital around the region. It will also be available for anyone to fly for only $100/hr with the proceeds going to support our outreach efforts!

Checkout the Stearman incentive rides we flew for the MD ANG Airmen and the interviews captured by our friends at The Old Fly Guy Network describing the experience!

Ready to help us Honor, Inspire, and Soar? Donate to the OHF A-10 Flight Simulator Project. Your contribution will get this A-10 simulator to the next level!