Update on DART & CERT Training Exercise July 9th

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Michael Sanford, left, assists pilot Ray Ballantyne of Sequim as he loads a cargo of bottled water and food into Ballantyne’s aircraft DART volunteer pilot Ray Ballantyne of Sequim prepares his airplane for a training airlift to Diamond Point Airport from Fairchild Airport Bob Woodcock checks over the food supplies to be delivered to local airports The training took place at local airports: Fairchild, Sequim Valley, Blue Ribbon, Diamond Point & Port Townsend. Ten pilots and eight ground crew participated in a Clallam County Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) training exercise packing, weighing, loading and delivering more than 4,000 pounds of donated food and water to five airports on the Peninsula from which it would be distributed to local food banks.