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Five Decades in the Air

A group of pilots helps UNC medical experts meet with patients anywhere in the state.

A group of pilots helps UNC medical experts meet with patients anywhere in the state.

Whether it’s UNC, Carolina or North Carolina, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill goes by many nicknames.

But for the pilots of the University’s Air Operations, it’s “Charlie Hotel.”

Those tail numbers are heard at air traffic control towers across North Carolina every day as the pilots of UNC Air Operations connect the University with the state.

For five decades, Air Operations has physically brought the world-class research of Carolina’s faculty and medical experts to help the people of North Carolina from the coast to the mountains.

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