MAF Cessna from Chad

MAF Chad 206 Dissasembly from Paul Jones on Vimeo.

In an earlier blog post (Nov. 3 & 12, 2008) we showed pictures of the Cessna 206 for MAF on a test flight and being loaded into a sea/land container to be shipped to Chad. Paul Jones put the work on this airiplane into a slide show (beginning with slides of the airplane in Chad before coming to us) and also did a time lapsed video of the disassembly. Enjoy the show and thank you Paul.

Family

back : Scott & Stepanie Jarboe, Chanelle R, Jen and Jason Robinson

front: Dwight, Javin R, Rena

It was fun to be all together to have a belated Birthday celebration for Scott. Note: with any of our blog pictures you can double click on them to make them larger for viewing.

Oral and Practical at the mercy of the weather

Dwight is an FAA Designated Mechanic Examiner (DME). In addition to mechanics who complete the MMS Aviation training program, he administers oral and practical exams to mechanic certificate applicants from the general public. It was a special privilege for Dwight to test Ron, a retired U.S. Air Force mechanic, last week.

It seemed the weather was against them completing Ron's exams (general, airframe and powerplant). The complete oral and practical takes about 11 hours of testing so must be done over two days. Testing on Tuesday went well, but just before Ron arrived Wednesday to complete his tests, the electricity failed. There was no testing Wednesday due to the power outage and Dwight's schedule was full Thursday, so Ron had to come back Friday to finish.

There are 176 oral questions covering 44 subject areas. Practical projects must cover all 44 areas as well. Ron finished well, passing all elements of the exams and went home a newly FAA certificated aircraft mechanic.

Amid ice, snow, and power outages . . .

Snow fell Tuesday of this week and in the afternoon it turned to sleet. By nightfall it was raining and Wednesday morning our world was coated with ice. By 8:30 AM, the airport lost electricity and those who braved the elements to get to work went home. The power stayed off most of the day, coming on to stay about 10:15 PM.




A week earlier, on the 21st, Ray and Carol Williams came to MMS Aviation to pick up their Bellanca Viking airplane. MMS mechanics performed an annual inspection of the plane and finished it that day. Ray is president of I CARE Inc. The primary mission of I CARE, Inc. has been that of establishing new congregations, training and educating Christian leaders, and caring for the health needs of people in the areas where those works are established.

Many Christian organizations, like I CARE, operate one or two planes in support of their ministry. We are happy to help them by providing top quality aircraft maintenance while stretching their maintenance dollars.

David Mozombite, Gertian Kamphorst and Ian Hengst facilitate the departure as the Williams head home to Yuma, Arizona.

Mary The Bargain Hunter

Last week at MMS was a little frustrating as we (Karen and Me -Rena) dealt with a computer printer that was dying and finally did not print the receipts. It was determined that we needed to either purchase and install new print heads or buy a new printer.

Mary our office manager and financial guru was up to the challenge to find us a suitable printer at a great price. Just wait till you read how she did it! Click on this link below

http://missionariesplanesnhorses.blogspot.com

You Know It Is Winter When.........

......your hubby and son-in-law are chopping and unloading firewood
......a car (across the road) is in need of a tow truck
......the thermometer shows you how cold it really is (actually it warmed up five degrees while I was trying to get the sliding door unfrozen!)


......the view from your front window looks like this

......it's warm and cozy inside

Rena