JAARS To Dayton, Ohio

Alphabet Museum


We arose this morning to the sounds of song birds chirping, and the sun blinding our eyes. It was a great morning for flying and you could tell after a night at JAARS and all the aviation talk that everyone was eager to fly. Inspired by the stories of flying that Roger told us last night we quickly had breakfast and headed for the field to prepare our planes. You could tell how JAARS had a huge influence on all of us and personally I think every pilot should spend some time there to help influence their love for flying. After preparing the planes, we went off to see the Alphabet Museum. We spent an hour there learning about all the different languages in the world and how they came about. It was amazing to see where each language originated from and how they have changed over the years to what we know now. We broke for lunch at 12:00 and met up with Nard while eating. Nard told us about some of his stories in the Philipines (and then asked us if we would like to go for a ride in a helicopter. We quickly jumped at the opportunity and headed to the airport. Nard pulled out a R44 Raven from the hanger and fired it up to take us for a ride. The ride was amazing and you could see really see the talent Nard had for flying his helicopter.


R44 Raven
Niels in the left seat with Nard as the pilot in the right seat.
We all had a chance to go for a ride and as soon as all of us had landed we headed to our planes. We departed JAARS amazed by the hospitality of Roger, his wife, Nard, and all the other folks who worked there. Thank you to all of you for the blessings you gave us. We started our journey north crossing over the Appalachians which was really exciting.

PTO over the Appalachians
After three hours in the planes we landed at Greene County Ohio. We fueled up and unloaded our stuff to take to the hotel. After arriving at the hotel we got settled in and headed for dinner at Apple Bees which was very good. We came back to the hotel and quickly got to bed for the day ahead of us is going to be busy. All in all the day was great and we couldn't have asked for a better one. The up coming days are going to be tough because of the long stretch home! So, here are some words of encouragement for my crew:

"GIT R DONE!!!"

"I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8.