August 3rd was the first day at Harvest Aviation to begin my 2.5 years of Air-Frame and Power-Plant aircraft maintenance technician training. The first day I received a detailed orientation of what to expect of my time at Harvest. The apprentice training program will consist mostly of hands on training with several work shops on aircraft fabric covering, composite construction and rib stitching. Lord willing, I will also begin training this winter to earn the pilot’s instrument rating. My time at Harvest will be very full of leaning new things and I very much look forward to that.
Harvest Aviation Hanger in Wauchula Fl
Lord willing, in several weeks I will be sharing rent on week days with another young man at a two bedroom house in the small town of Wauchula ten minutes from Harvest. I currently have a fifty-five min drive one way from Sarasota to the Harvest.
Here is a praise report that happened the first week. Harvest Aviation has been in need of a larger aircraft than the twin engine Beechcraft Travel Air they are currently using to make flights to Belize to deliver supplies to missionaries there. On Wednesday, August 5th, we at Harvest went to Avon Park airport to check out at a larger twin engine aircraft, a Seneca II, that had just been offered to Harvest as a donation. This aircraft hadn’t been run since last October and we were quite skeptical of the condition. We did a brief inspection on the aircraft and then a thorough engine run-up to get a better overview of the entire aircraft. Everything checked out great on the aircraft and Harvest accepted the Seneca II. We plan to bring the aircraft from Avon Park back to Harvest’s hanger in Wauchula in several weeks to begin the annual inspection and make the aircraft airworthy once again. It was such a blessing to see God moving like this and providing this larger aircraft!
Donated Seneca II
And yet another praise. 🙂 With just starting at Harvest, I do not have a toolbox and aircraft mechanic tools to complete the tasks set before me. Well, this gentleman who donated his Seneca II is also donating his aircraft tools to Harvest. I will be able to use this donated set of tools and toolbox while I am at Harvest. I am so blessed by the way God provides and supplies me with the needed resources!
Working on the trainer aircraft engine
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