From the NBAA Press Release:
Washington, DC, Sept. 17, 2014 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is pleased to announce that International Jet Aviation Services of Centennial, CO and the Dream Chaser have been named as co-recipients of NBAA’s 2014 Al Ueltschi Award for Humanitarian Leadership.
The award will be presented to these organizations on Oct. 21 during the Opening General Session of the 2014 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2014) in Orlando, FL.
In 1990, International Jet designated the Dream Chaser as its official charity. Since then, International Jet has periodically provided children with serious illnesses with rides aboard a dedicated Lear business jet, which International Jet paints in a special and inspiring rainbow paint scheme, named "Dream Chaser."
In January 2014, Dream Chaser 4 operated 10, 40-minute sightseeing flights for more than 50 children across four states, with the plane's flight crew, fuel and operation provided by International Jet. In addition to experiencing sightseeing flights over their communities, the children were also able to sign the aircraft's exterior, visit with the flight crews and sit in the aircraft's pilot seat and become "celebrities for a day" in recorded interviews with International Jet employees.