First Flights!

One thing that happens pretty often are passengers that have never, ever been in an airplane EVER!  Those are a bunch of fun.  I would estimate that about 30 people have gotten their first EVER ride in an airplane this year through this work.  Also happening often are passengers that have never, ever been in a SMALL, single-engine aircraft previously.  I estimate another 30 are in this category this year.  It's always fun to be part of this kind of thing.

Here is a picture of my most recent passenger in an airplane for the first time in his life!

This is Timothy- son of Pastor Jacob- on the right.  He's not feeling well and needed to get to Bongolo Hospital for an evaluation.

This is about 30 minutes into the flight back from Bongolo.  We were able to get Timothy down to the hospital by 10am, through a consultation, picked up his meds at the pharmacy, and then back to the airport for blasting off, back to Libreville (where they live) around 2:30pm.

Also on the flight was "Papa Pierre", seated behind me.  He also was able to be on the flight down to Bongolo, receive his care, and then be on the flight back in the afternoon!  A HUGE thanks to the Bongolo team (Dr. Alain, Dr. Renee, and more!) for making this all possible.