Three Boys and a Truck - On The Move!
We couldn't have picked a hotter day. 99 degrees! And I have to say that the boys did an outstanding job from sun up till way after sun down. Of course, the big inspiration was being able to drive with dad in the big 26-foot truck.
We are very thankful for the Lord for providing a buyer within 48 hours of our house going on the market, but it put us in a little pinch to find a house to move into. Not having finalized on anything yet, we put our things in storage and moved into an apartment at JAARS - for 4 days.
Then we headed up to Michigan to visit churches, supporters and family for a month. When we get back, we hope to have something more permanent.
But the boys are quickly falling in love with the JAARS environment - airplanes all over the place!
Engine Failure - God's Protection
- 8 June, 2009 -
Jonathan Schmidt
Something Wrong
With almost a full load of cargo and one passenger to Nuevo Mundo planning to pick up Ezequias Malpartida and company. I climbed to FL095 and leveled off and did a preliminary leaning. I discovered that for whatever reason, the coordinates in the check points in the route to NM were all screwed up. It had me flying 250 nm north of Cashibo before going on my merry way. Curiaca and Nueva Italia were the affected ones and so I measured the approximate position on the charts and reprogrammed the way points.
By that time I started the fine tuning of the leaning process and that was when the drop in oil quantity started to affect the waste gate and thus, the turbo and manifold pressure (unbeknownst to me at the time). I found peak which was about 100 degrees cooler than normal and started down the lean side and noticed that the fuel flow was under 10 gph! On checking my manifold pressure I discovered that it had dropped to 20 inches (basically minimal boost). I checked to make sure that the throttle had not slipped out and found it where I had locked it.
My first response was that I had a turbo failure and began a turn back to Cashibo. I called Dave Simmons who was flying at the time and advised him of my plans while taking in the rest of the instruments and discovered that the oil pressure had dropped to 0! . . .
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After 2 years of flying a desk, as they say, Lisa and are are very excited to say that God has opened doors for us to rekindle the spark of mission aviation.
Now, after 3 years of training, 7 years of flying in Peru, and 2 years of administrative work in the US, we have moved on to our new assignment - Training pilots at the JAARS Aviation Training facility in Waxhaw, NC.
We are still active members of South America Mission (SAM) and deeply depend on the faithful support of churches and individuals to make this important ministry happen. Thank you for visiting us on SAMpilot.com. God Bless.
JAARS Aviation in Waxhaw, NC, is a place you need to visit. It is the primary technical support branch for SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics) and
Wycliffe Bible Translators and there is a ton of exciting things happening here.
Aviation is the most obvious activity with training and service flights going on all the time. But there's a lot more.
JAARS is involved in land and maritime transportaion,
IT support, shipping and many other valuable services to bible translation.
And bible translation is everyone's primary goal.
Everyone here knows that there are roughly 2,846 translations in progress around the world. But more urgently,
there are still 2,393 languages that DO NOT have any portion of the Bible in their heart language.
And that is what JAARS Aviation is all about.
Since many, if not most, of the language projects are located in difficult to
reach areas, aviation is a critical link in the chain to expedite the work of Bible translation.
JAARS pilots are uniquely trained to safely fly into extremely remote areas in less-than-ideal conditions,
in order to transport and support those dedidicated translators on the front lines. Its a great work to be involved in.
To learn more about how bible translation works and see how we fit in the picture see How It Works.
Oshkosh 2009 happens July 26 thru August 1 in Oshkosh, WI. This year, the worlds biggest airshow has decided
to highlight mission aviation. And SAMAIR, along with every other mission aviation organization, is planning to
go and help communicate to the world, what mission aviation is all about. It is an opportunity for us to be
center stage for a world-class event that draws aviators from around the world.
Representatives from SAMAIR Bolivia as well as SAMAIR Peru plan to be there to help talk about our work
and to raise awareness. We would love to see you there!
For more information on what AirVenture is all about, visit
