Greetings from Michigan. For several weeks now my fellow maintenance students and I have been working hard logging time in the shop and classroom. We have been studying physics, math and electronics. It has been challenging and rewarding over the last few weeks. Additionally, it has turned out well so far working as a flight instructor for the school. My boss is very nice and the students I have been working with are dedicated.Above is a photo from the Brigade Air camp at Bear Lake Camp this summer. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with some great students as we all learned about Missionary Aviation. The week spent at camp introduced the campers to aviation through hands on flight experience and ground school. Everyone was very gracious and friendly. The camp would only be possible through the volunteer efforts of pilots, aircraft owners and donors.
In class we had the opportunity to here from a former maintenance student at the School of Missionary Aviation Technology who is about to begin serving with Missionary Aviation Fellowship. This person is about to begin working in some very difficult and dangerous locations. However, the focus and dedication of this individual was very encouraging. In the day to day drone of life here at school it was good to be reminded of the bigger picture and the long term goals of why I am here.
An aeronautical engineer would tell you that Bernoulli's principle (an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure) makes an airplane fly. A pilot, like myself, would tell you that he or she makes the airplane fly. However, the truth is that it takes money to make an airplane fly. In the end, the propeller only turns with cold hard cash. It is the same with tuition. I still have money due for this semester's tuition and over $13,000 of tuition bills are looming in the near future. Many of my classmates in maintenance school are facing a similar scenario. But that is the nature and power of the call to go.
