10-Jun-2011
Aviation Technology Accelerates Bible Translation!
JAARS is scheduled to receive a third Kodiak airplane in late June 2011. This new Kodiak will have the recently approved Cargo Pod, making it easier and more efficient to load and travel safely with a larger cargo payload. Bound for Papua New Guinea, where the first two Kodiaks delivered to JAARS are serving Bible translation very well, this turbine-powered aircraft will be the newest in our efforts to upgrade the JAARS aviation fleet.
JAARS aviation is also working expectantly on a deal to purchase a used Pilatus PC-6. Currently in South Africa, this airplane will head to Indonesia after receiving a partial paint job and some additional avionics equipment. The Kodiak replaces the C206, and the PC-6 replaces our aging piston-powered Helio-Couriers. Both of these older models depend on expensive Av-gas. These new models move us into the digital, turbine-powered, jet-fueled arena and will help us to fulfill Vision 2025—Wycliffe’s mission to see a Bible translation program started in every language that needs one by the year 2025.
Go to www.jaars.org for more information. And for more information on how you can impact this work using what God has entrusted to you visit http://www.wycliffefoundation.org/mylegacyplanner.html.
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