Orange Friends Church in Lewis Center, OH, invited MMS to participate in their annual "Taste of Missions" Event Sunday evening. We were only too happy to represent MMS and share the ministry of missionary aviation.
Dwight talks to an inquirer at the MMS Aviation display table
The airplane for Gabon, Africa is just about done. Missionary pilot Steve Straw is here to do the return to service flights and take delivery of the plane. He and some members of his family took the project team and us out to eat at a local Mexican restaurant in appreciation for the work done.
Steve Straw presents a plaque to MMS Aviation in appreciation for the work done on his airplane. Representing MMS is Dwight and Dale Coates (project supervisor)
Below is a video of the final stages of completion of this airplane for ministry in Gabon, Africa
Now that Dad Tarter lives close to us, we can celebrate his and Dwight's birthdays together. Their birthdays are just two days apart.
Getting candles on the cakes
1 2 3 blow!
The yellow cake has #1 on each side of five candles in a row (151). Can you guess why the grandchildren did that? The answer is at the bottom of this page.
The last weekend of August I was at a retreat for the board of directors of the International Association of Missionary Aviation. A storm passed through Coshocton the first evening I was away and blew down part of one of our apple trees which was heavily-laden with fruit. Co-workers came for the downed apples at Rena's invitation and I had a clean-up job waiting upon my return.
I took off the little branches with a pruning shear, then used a chain saw for the rest of the fallen tree.
Since mid-July I'd tried to schedule with a seaplane rated pilot with the right kind of experience to come do return-to-service flights for a Cessna 206 we've prepared for Asas de Socorro in Brazil. Everything came together early this week as an AIMAIR pilot, Jim Streit, came to MMS Aviation to help us. The only fly in the ointment was that the new engine's fuel pump wouldn't produce enough pressure for full power operation. A new engine driven fuel pump was ordered and hopefully the flights will resume by the middle of next week.
After two short flights the plane taxied in and the fuel pressure troubleshooting began.
September flew by this year. All month it seemed there was more things to do than there was time in which to do them. I have an idea October might be like that too. This morning I "pinch hit" for one of the MMS mechanics who is out of town. The Boy Scouts in the Troop that meets at the church he attends are workingon the aviation merit badge.It was a lot of fun working with the boys, especially trying to teach them the aviation term "aileron".
