Kansas (July 24, 2008)

   So here I am in Kansas, where the high temperature today was 99 degrees. Tomorrow is forecast at 98. But that's ok. It feels really good after spending all day in a freezing cold classroom:-) I am in Wichita, Kansas for 2 weeks going through a training course at Flight Safety International. The course is focused on learning the main systems of the Cessna Caravan (landing gear, flight controls, electrical system, etc.). I am attending the class because MAF operates a Caravan in the Congo where Kathleen and I will be serving. It is a larger aircraft than the Cessna 206 (MAF's most used airplane), is capable of carrying 9 passengers, and has a turboprop engine than can run on jet fuel instead of aviation gasoline.

   The course has been a very good introduction to the Caravan, and I am very glad that I have been able to be here. But I am also really looking forward to going home tomorrow. Where, incidentally, the temperature is forecast to be a very pleasant 75 degrees. With a temperature difference of 25 degrees I might say, "I have feeling I'm not in Kansas anymore."

Below are some pictures of the Caravan.

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This MAF Caravan in the Congo is one of the very first Caravans produced by Cessna in 1985.