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GroundCrew Issue - August 2008 - Page Two
Chase Ketcham Completes Service with MMS
Chase Ketcham completed two years of advanced training and received his Inspection Authorization from the FAA. Chase previously earned his A&P at Purdue University. Chase, Cindy, and their three children have been accepted for service as a maintenance specialist family with JAARS, the logistical support arm of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Shawn Bupp Completes Service with MMS
Shawn Bupp has completed his apprenticeship and received his A&P mechanic’s certificate. Shawn, Donna and their three girls have been accepted for service as a maintenance specialist family with Harvest Aviation. The Bupps will join three other MMS families already serving with Harvest.
Asas de Socorro’s Cessna 206 Arrives From Alaska
Asas de Socorro, a missionary flight program operating from the Amazon River in Manaus, Brazil recently purchased a Cessna 206 in Alaska. Bob Schwartz, already in Alaska on Rapid Response to MARC (see page 1), supervised the loading of the aircraft on the tractor trailer, on behalf of Asas de Socorro.
The Asas chief mechanic, Ryan Joy, earned his A&P certificate as an apprentice with MMS several years ago. Familiar with our maintenance capabilities, Ryan chose to send the airplane here to have it inspected, repaired, and modified for field service where it will ultimately carry the gospel far and wide over the jungles of the Amazon basin.
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