The Cessna Skymaster

We have been anticipating the completion of this Cessna 337 for LAMP. Notice the two engines - one in the front and the other in the rear. The test pilot will be arriving soon to fly it and return it to service in Canada.

Belleville

Rena and I spent the weekend visiting my cousin Joy and her husband Tom in New Hudson, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.  Joy's father and my mother grew up in the Detroit area, children of Oscar and Ruth Schulert.  All of my lifetime, Grandma and Grandpa lived on Belleville Road not far from the Ypsilanti Airport, where the Ford Motor Company built B-24 bombers in World War II. 

Grandma's and Grandpa's house on Belleville Road as it looks today

Sunday afternoon we drove by the house where our grandparents lived and then visited the cemetery where Grandpa's and Grandma's earthly remains are buried.  They were born in the 1880s--it boggles the mind how technology has changed since then.

Joy (my cousin) and I at the Belleville cemetery at our grandparents' headstones

On our way back to New Hudson we drove to Willow Run Airport.  The Yankee Air Museum is there and although there wasn't time to visit the whole museum, we stopped by a storage area and looked through the fence at some of the museum's aircraft.

As an Army Air Corp aircraft mechanic, my dad attended the B-24 school at Willow Run during WWII, and that allowed Dad and Mom to meet.

Tom and I looking at museum planes

Where's Waldo?

No doubt, you remember the series of books filled with intricate drawings of a multitude of tiny people asking "Where's Waldo?"  Well, today we found Waldo.

Rena and I drove to Michigan today on a personal and business trip and made a brief stop in Waldo.

So, now we know where Waldo is.  Do you?

Birthday and the Fair

Bill and Mae

 This past weekend we enjoyed a family visit with my (Rena's) parents in Wyomissing, PA. My brother, Bill, and sister-in-law, Deborah, also made the trip from Vancouver, BC Canada as we helped Dad celebrate his 87th Birthday. My parent's small group from church that meets together regularly, also helped him celebrate the day before, with cake and cards and loads of love. 


Back row: Bill and Deborah Tarter, Rena and Dwight Jarboe
Front row: Mae and Bill Tarter

This will be the last time that the six of us will be together for a while. Bill and Deborah are leaving for India in November to be on the staff of a missionary kid's school.  You can follow their journey by checking out their blog at http://www.billanddeborah.blogspot.com/ 
Meanwhile, back in Coshocton, the County Fair has been in full swing.  We left PA very early on Wednesday, and got back just in time to see our granddaughter sing with her school choir at the fair. Grandpa also got in some mini-golf time with our grandson.



Chanelle, front row, blue shirt/pink boots

 

Dwight and Javin



Fork Lift

The other day MMS Aviation's Facility Maintenance Manager, Dave Shelly, and I were in Hangar C.  MMS recently purchased a good used forklift and Dave was showing me the seat upholstery that was just replaced.  He moved the forklift outside so I could take some pictures of it.

This forklift replaces an old MoToLift from the early fifties that had become very difficult to maintain because many repair parts are unavailable.  Our "new" one is a 2000 Daewoo forklift rated at 4,000 pounds lifting capacity which will serve MMS very well for many years.  A grant from the Tyndale House Foundation provided the funds for this machine which is critical to the maintenance of our facility and our service to the mission aviation community.

Standing by to unload airplanes and parts arriving at MMS by truck or trailer.

Jarboe Reunion

Saturday we left the house at 6:15 AM in order to go eat lunch - in Kentucky.  It was time for the Annual Jarboe Reunion in Wilmore KY. We had a great noon potluck and plenty of time to visit with Jarboe cousins and their families.  Some of us stayed the night in the area and traveled two more hours east, to Jackson, KY to attend church where Dwight's cousin, Sam, is pastor. We returned home Sunday evening - glad to sleep in our own beds!



It was also Mom's birthday. Here she and Dad are enjoying her giant musical (chicken dance) Birthday card.

                                                   Dwight and some of the cousins


Marvin (Dwight's brother) and Paula



Cousins Esther and Carolyn





 



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