Follow up Alright, All You Dashing, Swaggering Bush Pilots

On 17 Aug 2003 22:47:37 -0700, (pac plyer) wrote:

From: (pac plyer)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt
Subject: Follow up Alright, All You Dashing, Swaggering Bush
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(Gerrie) wrote in message ...
On 17 Aug 2003 10:37:23 -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?

"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

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.

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

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?

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?

Not surprisingly, Cap'n Rich S. came up with a jpeg of a '50's era
magazine describing the technique in detail. In brief, fly turns
around a point while the passenger winches down a bag on a looong
clothesline. Keep flying in circles until the ground crew
empties/fills it, then crank it back up.

Then go fly straight and level for a while with the windows
open.....urk.


Big John wrote in message . ..
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

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?