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July 15, 2002

ORBIS resumes flights for sight-saving missions;FedEx becomes sponsor

Memphis, TN-ORBIS, the nonprofit organization operating the world's only "flying eye hospital," returns to the skies this month. The converted DC-10 will begin a new round of medical missions to prevent avoidable blindness in developing countries with FedEx Express as its primary aviation sponsor.