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Month: August 2018

Moving Home

August 26, 2018 / / 2 Comments

Yay, PTL! In the past several weeks I have been able to get enough helicopter flight time that got me past the 280hr goal that will allow me to move back home to Sarasota! I am planning to move back to Sarasota on Thursday, August 30th.

About 2 weeks ago, by the grace of God, after 1 month of trying, I was able to finally make contact with the manager at Heli Aviation(a helicopter school, tour & utility business at the Sarasota/Bradenton airport).  After the manager learned that I had an aircraft mechanic certificate along with my helicopter flight instructor certificate and that I lived in Sarasota, they were surprised. They told me it appears like they will lose their current flight instructor soon and their mechanic needs help and it sounds like it could be a great fit! They asked if I could meet with them and so I traveled  home and met with them last Monday, August 20th. The meeting went exceptionally well and the plans are to start working there as a pilot and mechanic, which will allow me to continue to build my helicopter flight time to meet JAARS/ Wycliffe requirements! However, they are requiring  that I add-on two more helicopter ratings (the instrument rating & the flight instructor instrument rating which would then allow me to teach it to their students. I am planning to complete these two ratings with them over the next month). I am super excited and blessed to have this opportunity right at home and I see the powerful hand of God leading and directing all in His perfect timing! What I thought was frustrating of not being able to make contact with the manager for one month was truly a blessing because the managers answer one month ago most likely would have been a “no”!

Heli Aviation Hanger

Thank you to those who prayed specifically for this helicopter job situation!

Wrapping up in Illinois

August 5, 2018 / / 1 Comment

As I reflect over the past several months, I see the powerful hand of God at work that made many details fall into place that has been allowing this transition in Illinois go exceptionally well.

One of those details being, I have been super blessed to be able to do crop dusting the past several weeks for Norman Headings, it gave me the opportunity to build valuable helicopter flight time. As of today, I have 250 hours of helicopter flight time! Praise the Lord!

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Landed on trailer where the helicopter gets refilled.

 

Before I can move back to Florida and get a job teaching in helicopters, I need to have a minimum of 280 hours. So as of now, I plan to remain in Illinois until the end of August to be able to acquire the remaining 30 hours. I am actively in contact with a flight school in Clearwater FL about getting a job there to teach, and continue to build my helicopter flight time to meet JAARS requirements. However, this flight school does not have a helicopter job position currently available. But, this Clearwater flight school is offering I can teach in airplanes until a helicopter position opens up allowing me that position. I am also attempting to make contact with another flight school at the Sarasota airport to see if there is an available helicopter job opportunity there.

It was a blessing to have Meghan visit me last week. On July 28th, Meghan and I flew a helicopter to Oshkosh, Wisconsin and was able to visit with JAARS and touch base with the recruiter that I have been in contact with over the past year. We were able to update him on the training progress and get more advice from them. It was a blessing and encouraging time to be able to spend a couple hours with them. The following morning, Sunday, we flew a helicopter to Arthur to be at the Pleasant View church service that Pablo Yoder was speaking at. It was great to see and spend our time with Matt and Julie while we were there! 191_1533008083370-01.jpeg

 

Prayer Praises

  1. The crop dusting opportunity that allowed me to build helicopter flight time.
  2. Safety while crop dusting.
  3. The Lord’s clear leading hand.

 

Prayer Requests

  1. The Lord would open and close doors of helicopter job opportunities and lead where He wants me.
  2. Safety and alertness while crop dusting.

 

 

 

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