OUR TEAM

Andrew serves as Director of Operations and Chief Executive Officer of North Star Aero Services and its affiliate companies CareJet | AccessCare | Vector AeroMedical Services.   

His passion for aviation started at an early age flying with his uncle in an Aeronca Champ at the age of 3. Soloing a plane at 16 before legally able to drive a car, his flying continued throughout high school and college.  At NC State University Andrew would spend his days in class, his evenings working in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and mornings flying the news traffic reporting aircraft over the Raleigh “Beltline”.   

 Andrew continued both passions, for aviation and emergency medicine, throughout his life.  In 2014 he combined the two together and formed Vector Aeromedical Services, an organization dedicated to bringing safe high quality fixed wing transport to the high acuity medical world mostly using helicopters. That company became the first in the State of North Carolina to hold a non specific hospital based fixed wing specialty care license.  

Flying patients and organs recovery teams continued for Andrew, as well as flying corporate jets for companies including LORD Corporation, Justice Energy and Environmental Air Systems.   He also flew for several high net worth families – running their corporate flight departments.  

Today Mr. Baird leads a team of twenty five plus pilots, paramedics, nurses, maintenance team members and administrative staff all dedicated to keeping the customer focused, safety conscious drive towards excellence.   

In his spare time Mr. Baird enjoys spending time with his family including his six year old son who’s favorite airplane is proudly a vintage warbird.   Andrew regularly donates his time and resources to fly those in need.  This might be a child needing transport to a specialty care facility who is unable to travel by the airlines, a wounded warrior or someone just needing a ‘lift’.

Andrew proudly serves on the NC State University Poole College board of advisors, as well as an active member of the University Development Coalition (UDC).   He is the North Carolina Legislative Appointee to the Office of Emergency Medical Services board.   He is a recent founder of the Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation.  

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Krystal serves as Vice President of Administration & Finance of NorthStar Aero Services and its affiliate companies CareJet | AccessCare | Vector AeroMedical Services. She manages various operational functions such as accounting, administration, finances, and international flight handling, for example.

As graduate of North Carolina State University from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, she comes to us with many years of retail and corporate experience. After shifting gears, Krystal decided to go back to school to pursue another passion, aviation. She is a current student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University obtaining a degree in Aviation Business Administration.

Krystal enjoys all things aviation and flies at any given opportunity as she works on obtaining her pilot’s license. She is a member of Civil Air Patrol and has spent many hours volunteering within her local squadron assisting cadets in aerospace education, administrative work, and flying with the air crew. In her spare time, Krystal enjoys spending time with her family and friends, playing music, traveling, reading, history, and photography to name a few.

Dan’s flying career started in his former home state of Indiana in 1990. While flying out of Valparaiso, Indiana, VPZ, he  earned both Private Pilot and Instrument ratings while working as a technician and business manager in an eye clinic.

Upon moving to Colorado in 1993 and as owner of the Mountain Shop in Fort Collins he continued flying for business and pleasure in his Cessna 182. After leaving retail as his second career he earned his Commercial and Flight Instructor certificates at The Flying School in Loveland, CO in 2008. While there until 2011, Dan taught for over 1300 hours and also met his partner Kelli as her substitute instructor. She was on leave from teaching in Tanzania, East Africa.

His first charter experience started 2016 after joining Valley Med Flight, flying a medically equipped and crewed Pilatus PC12 in support of the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota. It was here that he earned his Air Transport Pilot certificate and went on to later fly for Classic Air Medical closer to home in Colorado.

A middle school teaching job offer for Kelli provided the stimulus to move to NC in 2019. It was a big change from living in a straw bale, timber framed home on the prairie with fantastic views of the mountains and the milky way. Dan met Andrew Baird at this juncture flying for the same charter company. This was fortuitous. With Drew’s vision to develop North Star Aero, and their continued friendship, Dan found his new place. It is his firm belief that medical care is greatly enhanced and supported by aviation.

When not living his dream job of flying,  Dan enjoys skiing, hiking, paddling canoes, and taking long motorcycle trips on his “Guzzi”.