pierre smith
Well Known Member
Jenny and I decided that a Northern heading would be the way to go today, so we headed off to Waxhaw (N52) N.C. this morning. The airport houses an organization known as JAARS which used to mean Jungle aviation and radio service. (www.jaars.org).
JAARS is the aviation arm of Wycliffe Bible translators and fly mostly older Helio Couriers and Cessna 206's with belly pods in and to the undeveloped parts of the world bringing medicines, goods, Bibles and missionaries to remote outposts around the world in support of Bible translation. Every Friday from 9:30a.m. until noon they give tours of the maintenance hangar and the facilities followed by a good lunch in their cafeteria.
The pilots' skills are honed there and they learn land in 900 feet down to 700' strips in the Helio's.
About 600 plus work there...a really good Friday $100 hamburger.....
Pierre
JAARS is the aviation arm of Wycliffe Bible translators and fly mostly older Helio Couriers and Cessna 206's with belly pods in and to the undeveloped parts of the world bringing medicines, goods, Bibles and missionaries to remote outposts around the world in support of Bible translation. Every Friday from 9:30a.m. until noon they give tours of the maintenance hangar and the facilities followed by a good lunch in their cafeteria.
The pilots' skills are honed there and they learn land in 900 feet down to 700' strips in the Helio's.
About 600 plus work there...a really good Friday $100 hamburger.....
Pierre