Follow up Alright, All You Dashing, Swaggering Bush Pilots

"Gerrie" wrote in message ...
On 17 Aug 2003 22:47:37 -0700, (pac plyer) wrote:
... he must be loaded
down with misprinted bibles or something.

Just curious... why would it be misprinted bibles?

Gerrie

O.K. you win. He's hauling drugs and automatic weapons for the
backhaul.

pacplyer
bringing in the leaves


Man you're good. How did you know?
Point I was gonna make is that they don't distribute misprinted
bibles. That's defeating the object. It's like spreading only half the
gospel. Why risk your life and plane to distribute half the truth?

Well, there *are* some who'd like to believe that "I am THE way..."
has to be a misprint of "I am A way..." but that's WAY OT for this
crew. :-D

Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

"Corrie" wrote in message
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Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

Don't know about that, but most church fires are caused by lightning.

Rich S.

Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

Don't know about that, but most church fires are caused by lightning.

Rich S.
+++++++++++++++++++++++

Sweet irony.


Barnyard BOb --

"Barnyard BOb --" wrote in message
...

Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

Don't know about that, but most church fires are caused by lightning.

Rich S.
+++++++++++++++++++++++

Sweet irony.


Barnyard BOb --

Knowing *which* churches receive the fewest bolts might be useful
information. I'll bet it's not those with large gold statues at the top of
the spires. ;o)

Rich

Corrie wrote:

Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

Jim Elliot (accompanied MAF pilot Nate Saint on their martyrdom flight)
didn't die by accident, but among his esteemed sayings was a good one for
anyone: "When it comes time to die, make sure all you have to do is die."

Nate's two children were actually baptised years later -- on site -- by two
of their father's killers. A heckuva story.

Question, though. I had always thought it was missionary pilots, but
perhaps not -- who perfected the art of flying around in circles trailing a
rope in order to drop off and pick up things from the ground? I can't find
any references to the technique. What the heck would I enter in a google
search?

- Scott

The hump in the middle is the only way you'll get that baby in the
air off that strip.:-)

I know a grass strip that's like that, though far FAR less so than the picture
under discussion here.

OTOH, once when I came back from a flight to a nearby strip and mentioned it to
the hangar-flyers sittin' around at my home airport, they asked, "Did you see
the dip in the middle of the runway?"

They didn't hook me with that one... :-)

Scott Marquardt wrote in message . ..
Corrie wrote:

Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

Jim Elliot (accompanied MAF pilot Nate Saint on their martyrdom flight)
didn't die by accident, but among his esteemed sayings was a good one for
anyone: "When it comes time to die, make sure all you have to do is die."

Roger that. Another variation is, "Stay ready, so you don't have to
get ready."

Nate's two children were actually baptised years later -- on site -- by two
of their father's killers. A heckuva story.

Indeed! For those interested:
http://www.maf.org/news/stories/sandbar.html

Question, though. I had always thought it was missionary pilots, but
perhaps not -- who perfected the art of flying around in circles trailing a
rope in order to drop off and pick up things from the ground? I can't find
any references to the technique. What the heck would I enter in a google
search?

I tried a few variations using "missions aviation flying rope pickup
circles" but got nothing germane. Apocryphal tale perhaps?

Don't know about that, but most church fires are caused by lightning.
Rich S.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Sweet irony.
Barnyard BOb --

Well, a church is supposed to be a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

Have heard about the rope trick also.

Seached the Internet and didn't find anything. Have passed the problem
to some friends. Will see what they can come up with.

If I had to guess, I'd say it happened many many years ago with some
of those olden birds.

Big John


On 19 Aug 2003 13:09:47 -0700, (Corrie) wrote:

Scott Marquardt wrote in message . ..
Corrie wrote:

Curious, though - any accident-rate stats on missionary aviation? Be
interesting to compare it to secular bush-flying.

Jim Elliot (accompanied MAF pilot Nate Saint on their martyrdom flight)
didn't die by accident, but among his esteemed sayings was a good one for
anyone: "When it comes time to die, make sure all you have to do is die."

Roger that. Another variation is, "Stay ready, so you don't have to
get ready."

Nate's two children were actually baptised years later -- on site -- by two
of their father's killers. A heckuva story.

Indeed! For those interested:
http://www.maf.org/news/stories/sandbar.html

Question, though. I had always thought it was missionary pilots, but
perhaps not -- who perfected the art of flying around in circles trailing a
rope in order to drop off and pick up things from the ground? I can't find
any references to the technique. What the heck would I enter in a google
search?

I tried a few variations using "missions aviation flying rope pickup
circles" but got nothing germane. Apocryphal tale perhaps?

Barnyard BOb -- wrote in message . ..
On 19 Aug 2003 13:11:57 -0700, (Corrie) wrote:

Don't know about that, but most church fires are caused by lightning.
Rich S.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Sweet irony.
Barnyard BOb --

Well, a church is supposed to be a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

Hmmmmm.
If that's what you want to believe, but....
Churches are meeting places for those with incurrable bingo fever.

Anywhooo, to get a bit more serious,
Ya lost me with your post.

What does your remark have to do with God's use of
lightning to set HIS own houses of worship on fire.

Irony...

1. Incongruity between what might be
expected and what actually occurs:

2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance
notable for such incongruity.

Barnyard BOb --

okayyy, we're running way OT for this group (especially for THIS group
;-p) but since you asked...

The irony isn't lost on me, or anyone else I suspect. You might
recall in the news a few weeks ago a visiting preacher in Ohio asked
God for a "sign" during a wound-up sermon on repentance, and got one
in spades - you guessed it, a lightning strike to the steeple. You
might also ask why God has let the Jews - His chosen people - suffer
so much at the hands of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Inquisitors, and
Nazis. That's actually been going on a good deal longer than church
fires. Dennis Prager has some good stuff on this, btw.

But God uses calamity to further His ends. He may use it as a wake-up
call to get people to return to Him. Perhaps people need to be
reminded to trust in him, rather than in a building or an
organization. A church building can be full of people who have little
or no relationship with the Person that building is supposedly
dedicated to.

Very often, God uses difficult - even tragic - events to refine His
people, as fire refines precious metal by separating the dross. Read
the story of the MAF pilots hacked to death by natives (link further
up in thread). Their death lead to salvation for the tribespeople who
murdered them! Or the story of the Columbine student who maintained
her faith in Jesus even at gunpoint. God only knows how many people
have been brought to their knees by the example of her committment.
The point is, God's in control, and there is a reason for everything.
Even church fires.

Like I said, waaaay OT for RAH, but you DID ask!

Corrie