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| New Mexico landscape |
It was a vacation we had been looking forward for quite a while. Several months ago we got word that there would be a reunion in late April of all the Wycliffe Bible Translators DC-3 crews (pilots and mechanics). Wycliffe/JAARS at one time operated 3 DC-3 airplanes in Bolivia, Columbia and Ecuador.
The reunion was in Farmington, New Mexico, where the Ecuador DC-3 "Chief Tariri", now in a private museum, is on display. Around 50 of us turned up for the reunion and we had a great time of remembering those days. Lots of stories to tell, and time to renew old friendships.
Since this was not too far from Amarillo, Texas, were Rena has an Aunt, Uncle, cousin and her husband, we included both places on our trip. We flew to Amarillo where we stayed with Rena's cousin overnight. (Frequent flier miles made our air travel quite inexpensive.) Then thanks to her generosity of loaning us her car, we drove to Farmington, NM.
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| Rena meets her first Indian. He didn't say much. |
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| Bernie May was a JAARS pilot who established the first DC-3 program in 1964. He spoke to the group the first evening of the reunion. |
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| Dwight climbs aboard an attraction at the museum, which also housed the "Chief Tariri" DC-3 which served in Ecuador. |
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| Gene Hershey, Cindy and Eddie Lind and us standing in front of "Chief Tariri". Others who had served on "our" Bolivia DC-3 were not able to attend. |
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| Former crew members (who were able to attend) of the JAARS' three DC-3s |
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