But that’s what came out of the sky in Frenchville on a recent overcast morning. He descended not on wings of feathers but on wings of metal.

Jim Platz of Poland is a member of Angel Flight, a group of pilots who donate their time, planes and gasoline to fly medical patients to airports near hospitals and doctors’ offices that are often too far away or too costly for patients to drive.

Last week 4-year-old Tyler Dufour anxiously waited for the plane on a remote airstrip in Frenchville, a small town in northern Maine near the Canadian border. It was not the first time Dufour had taken a flight with Platz, and this day it was for a routine follow-up visit to a doctor in Bangor. It was a relatively short trip, but other flights whisked the small boy to hospitals in Boston, where he has undergone cochlear implants for his ears.

Tyler loves the adventure, cuddling up with a gigantic stuffed frog in the back of the plane when he is not looking out the window.

After dropping off the Dufours in Bangor and picking up another passenger, Platz headed to the Knox County Airport to get fuel and pick up yet another passenger. About 240 gallons of fuel were burned during the day’s flights, all paid for by Platz.

Arriving in Boston, the plane landed on a smaller runway adjacent to big jets arriving in a steady stream. After a short taxi to an executive terminal, the passengers deplaned and were transported by airport shuttles to taxies and subways for their appointments.

Platz has been an Angel Flight pilot for 10 years, so everyone knew him. He was greeted with wide smiles and a joke or two.

“Most airports are real good to us and waive the landing fees,” he said. While Platz may not look like a traditional angel, he is certainly doing God’s work.