Category: Flying
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Punctuation
Like the riddle Samson told, Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet. That was our day. Out of the heartbreak, something humorous; in the midst of calamity, something comical. Missionary flying, like all flying, is hours, weeks, months of monotony punctuated by moments of sheer terror, great joy or […]
Donna Douglass
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Lord, You know
(As told to me by an instructor at Mission Aviation Fellowship’s Nampa, ID headquarters. A true story of his flying overseas.) “Mom?” “Yes, honey,” the missionary wife turned to see her normally energetic twelve-year-old calmly looking right at her. It almost startled her. “It’s going to be all right,” she said. “Jesus told me it […]
Donna Douglass
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the solidity of pigs
A cloud of dust trailed the little airplane as it struggled to become airborne before disappearing below the curve of the hill. Wind drowned out the engine for a long moment before the trusty craft reappeared, skimming above square patches of Idaho farmland. Tim, Dave and their trusty 6-seater Cessna 206, the backbone of mission […]
Donna Douglass
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God’s math
“Say again your type aircraft?” a slightly incredulous voice sounded in the pilot’s headset. “Cessna 206,” the pilot replied clearly. On the other end of the radio connection, the man taking down flight information prior to take-off simply shook his head, baffled at how 15 people could fit in a six-seat aircraft. The pilot, however, […]
Donna Douglass
Cleverly Disguised 