Comments on: Jungle flying with JAARS http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: HAROLD CARTER http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-98211 HAROLD CARTER Sun, 15 May 2011 20:41:31 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-98211 I am reading this nice article by Alyssa one year after she visited JAARS n JAARS Day and a week after the May 7, 2011, JAARS day where I flew a hovercraft all day on the facilities small pond not far from the runway. I am a former aircraft owner, retired commercial hot air balloon pilot and JAARS/Wycliffe Bible Translators supporter for 25 years. Thank you for this article, Alyssa in the event you might read this in the future. You protrayed JAARS and your experience there very well. I thank you for this. I was flown into a small uphill airstrip on a mountain top in northern Luzon, The Philippines in a Helio Courier 10 years ago so I got to experience the real thing. Yes, their pilots are trained well and their equipment is excellently maintained. I am sure any ot their pilots will tell you that God is their pilot and they are just the co-pilot.

]]> By: Bill Lambright http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-97707 Bill Lambright Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:01:54 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-97707 Good article Alyssa!

I am a retired JAARS missionary (avionics/electronics tech) Your article was forwarded to me by one of the best Helio pilots ever to buckle himself into a Helio Coouier – Bob Griffin! Bob also edited JAARS’ magazine -”Beyond” for many years. Next time you visit JAARS give Bob a call; he lives near the JAARS Center and can fill your pilot’s ears with Helio stories from Ecuador and the Philippines. He also flew Helio demos of “Old #1″ at Oshkosh for many years.

Glad you enjoyed JAARS Day!

PS I helped begin the JAARS Day program back in the early 80′s and video taped the visit of the developer of the Helio Courier when he visited JAARS in the mid 80′s. He gave an interesting lecture on how he developed the aircraft.

]]> By: John Pepper http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-96046 John Pepper Thu, 20 May 2010 14:11:33 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-96046 I was driving the 4×4 part of the ride, great article. I am glad you had a good time while visiting us at the Jaars Center. I am an aviation nut, and never get tired of watching the Helio demonstration. It is interesting that the Helio Courier has been used for so long in mission aviation. Helio Courier can be translated from greek as “Messenger of Light”, a very appropriate name for an aircraft that often delivers the new Bibles, as they are completed, to remote peoples around the world.

]]> By: David W Webster http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95986 David W Webster Tue, 11 May 2010 20:42:37 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95986 My wife and I had the privilege of visiting JAARS in 1995. I have been a supporter of Wycliffe Bible Translators and JAARS for many years. I am an inactive private pilot. We were able to go for a short ride in a Helio Courier and I was able to fly it briefly. We were very impressed by the JAARS facilities including the two museums.

]]> By: Thomas Ritchie http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95972 Thomas Ritchie Sat, 08 May 2010 15:30:48 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95972 One of their pilots give me my BFR, a fellow named Daley. Yes, they are as good as it gets. For those men and women, they could fly the hanger door if needed.

]]> By: Mark Grady http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95970 Mark Grady Sat, 08 May 2010 04:07:06 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95970 Thank you Alyssa for a great piece. The folks at JAARS are an incredible group of dedicated folks who show the amazing power of General Aviation in helping people.

]]> By: David Martin http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95969 David Martin Sat, 08 May 2010 02:09:44 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95969 Great article on some wonderful people doing a tough job. They even had a simulator set up at Sun-n-Fun to practice flying into one wild runway in New Guinea. I didn’t get to “fly” the simulator since the teenagers were having so much fun with it!

]]> By: John McGrew http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95967 John McGrew Fri, 07 May 2010 20:05:24 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95967 Got a ride in the front seat of the Helio a few years ago while helping out at an event in Arizona. Was also impressed by the checklist; simple and effective. If the wind is blowing enough, the landing is more like descending in an elevator than landing an airplane.

]]> By: Arthur Lightbody http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95966 Arthur Lightbody Fri, 07 May 2010 19:58:13 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95966 Wonderful!

Alyssa Miller understands. She put herself in my wife’s seat flying into the village with two small boys – with us not knowing what the next weeks would bring. (I was in the friont seat of course!) We had the “reassuring, confident pilot”. “Mike” or “George” or “Wendell” or “Dave” — they were all the same. And one came back for us and took us back to the Bible translation center when my wife and I both had malaria and we couldn’ take care of those two little ones well.

Arthur Lightbody, JAARS Meida Relations Officer

]]> By: Jerry Waddell http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-95965 Jerry Waddell Fri, 07 May 2010 15:30:28 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1027#comment-95965 JAARS added the integrated checklist to the Helio as a very important aid to its very busy and multitask pilots. It is very helpfull and is standard on the certified Model 44 Angel Aircraft bush plane I fly.

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