A plane's cargo limit forces a language survey team to explore frustrating alternatives, from leaving someone behind to taking one five-pound backpack each—until the Kodiak arrives.
After months of preparation, a donated PC-6 begins serving in Indonesia—carrying language workers, delivering supplies, transporting produce and performing medical evacuations.
For 23 years, translators Greg and Mary Pearson rely on aviation for nearly all transportation—as well as groceries and mail, training and medical rescues.
We fly helicopters for the same reason we fly airplanes, navigate boats and operate four-wheel-drive vehicles: to reach people who do not have the Word of God in their own language.
Fifty years after the martyrdom of five Christian missionaries, the Waorani people of Ecuador host a three-day conferencia that culminates with baptisms and a communion service.
After two days of countless aviation challenges, pilot Denny Dyvig learns the story of one African passenger—and realizes how privileged he is to serve in mission aviation.
Jeremy Kaetterhenry is broken down on the side of a Missouri road, in the middle of nowhere, when he gets a phone call: "How would you like to work on airplanes in Southeast Asia?"
During his internship with JAARS aviation, David Speyers becomes friends with mechanics who know their airplanes inside and out ... and who are always ready with a story from "some far-off place overseas."
Through an aviation maintenance internship with JAARS, Nathan Griffith gains valuable experience and learns how his service can impact worldwide Bible translation.
Through an internship with JAARS aviation, Mishael Herrmann gains invaluable relationships and experience—as well as a renewed vision to pursue her goal of becoming a pilot.
