Airplanes and Relaxation

We have had a great weekend. Cannot say that we have done a whole lot. Becca and I both did homework, took Brooklyn to the park, and ate out a little bit, watched some movies and took some naps. It was great. It is amazing how tiring it can be to live in a new culture and learn thier language, getting rest is very important. Now only 4 weeks left for the completion of our first of three trimesters. Only one of those weeks is five days. Costa Rica is having more national holidays, wich will give us three more 4 day weeks. Church yesterday was awesome. There was such a sweet spirit during worship, and once again the pastor delivered a very good message - one we could actually understand, a huge bonus. It has been very refreshing to be attending this church. We are now trying to find out where we can get plugged in a little more and meet some friends.


I thought I would include another airplane picture. For those of you that care about this type of thing it is called the Quest Kodiak. It is destined to revolutionize the type of flying I will be doing. MAF is slated to recieve some of the first ones to come off the production line. This is currently the only one in existance as Quest is a new company and they are in process with the FAA to get it certified, not an easy or quick process. If you are really interested they have a good website at www.questaircraft.com. I cannot say whether I will ever fly one of these in Ecuador or when, but in the future maybe. I can say that somewhere, someone with MAF around the world will be flying them. One of the greatest aspects that this airplane brings is that it has a turbine (Jet) engine. This of course means that is burns Jet fuel, which is widely available worldwide. On the other hand, our Cessna 206's burn AvGas, kinda like sooped up auto gas but it still has lead in it. This is becoming a specialized fuel in the USA, you can imagine how hard it is to get this fuel in the third world. As a matter of fact, Ecuador is having a fuel shortage right now and there is no date set as to when more can be delivered. So this fuel issue should make the Kodiak a very usable aircraft, among numerous other things. Right now they are at Oshkosh, one of the biggest airshows in the world in Wisconsin. Hopefully by this time next year Kodiak will be rolling off the assembly line to customers in Alaska, South America, Africa, and numerous other customers that just need an airplane that is fast (about 200 MPH) and can haul a lot of weight. So the future looks exciting with the Quest Kodiak.

Anyway, we are once again gearing up for another great week here in Costa Rica. Language school is sure fun, although it is rarely easy. Nothing worth doing seems to be easy though, right?