Missionaries are getting unexpected W hen missionaries push into uncharted jungle areas of the world they’re likely to find the going slow and a little dangerous. During World War II a group of Navy pilots met some Borneo missionaries and what they found out pointed graphically to the need for fast transportation. This was the start of what today is Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF). MAF is an interdenominational faith work serving 18 denominations and mission organi zations on seven fields. Headquarters for this far-flung operation is in Fullerton, Calif. Each MAF pilot (there are 20 of them) must be a qualified mechanic as well as a top-notch pilot.
assistance from a group of airmen
And most of the Administrative staff (and Board members) have aviation backgrounds (President Grady Parrott was an Air Force and RAF flight instructor, Elizabeth Greene a WASP, James Truxton a Navy pilot, Charles Mellis, Jr. an Air Force pilot). This Spring and Summer audiences across the country will have a chance to see a fast- moving missionary film that tells the work of MAF. The film is “ Of Wings and Missions” (Westminster Films) and is set in the jungles of Mexico. The viewer is likely to come away with a new respect for the dedicated men who pilot the small single-engined planes over un charted regions oJVthe world.
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