Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own<\/i> journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o)<\/p>\n
For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of R&D, Terry Heffield, design a crashworthy passenger seat for a new type of aircraft. It’s slow work most of the time with Terry being so busy, but every once in a while I’ll have a flash of insight (which I can only attribute to a higher Source) and come up with a halfway decent idea for a new part of the seat. I’ll post the latest iteration of the seat up here eventually, I suppose (in Mattspeak = in three weeks :o) Just kidding)<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I got happy with the hangar’s digital camera. Enjoy:<\/p>\n
This<\/a> is my office. Well, not really mine. It’s where I am most of the time, though. Terry let me have the desk over to the left. It has a schematic of another seat design above it, and I sit in the green chair. Terry’s desk is the one with the computer and the blue chair. The office is on the second floor, right underneath the sloping roof of the hangar, so it would get pretty warm except for the AC in the wall and the fan going all the time. We listen to a Christian station on the radio, too. There’s a computer on the other side of the partition, which is the one I use. It belongs to a man who helps Terry out but only comes in to work on Mondays (he’s retired or something, apparently). So I pretty much have free reign on the computer. I’ll be teaching myself SolidWorks (an engineering modeling program) pretty soon here. There are bunches of sketches on my desk, and a large bookshelf filled with engineering references to the left.<\/p>\n Here<\/a> is the front half of the hangar. The next picture shows the back half, since it was too big to get in one shot. I’m looking out kind of a door-sized opening facing the door of the office. At night the King Air (the largest and most expensive plane JAARS owns) sits in the open area in the middle there. The plane on the right is a Cessna 310, a plane donated to JAARS that they’re touching up and repairing so they can resell it for around $45K.<\/p>\n The other half<\/a> of the hangar. The bins on the wall hold little parts, like nuts and bolts. The floatplane hanging from the ceiling was one of JAARS’ first aircraft. It’s a museum piece now, I guess. Evidently it has quite an illustrious history, which I’ll have to inquire about sometime. The plane in the back is a Helio Courier that they’re overhauling. It’s quite The break room<\/a>. Not a bad place to relax. There’s a TV and VCR (neither of which work very well), microwave, fridge, etc… Lots of very nice airplane magazines on the wall, too. This is where we have devotion in the morning. There’s a customer waiting area through a door to the left for people who are chartering flights.<\/p>\n The snack area<\/a>. This is along a wall of the hangar. 35 cents for a pepsi and 30 cents for a munchie ain’t bad. I make frequent use of both these machines, since for some reason (metabolism?) I just can’t go 3-4 hour without eating something.<\/p>\n This Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\n Another shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\n Here’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\n The biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\n Here’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\n The instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\n A Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\n Here is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\n Speaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\n This is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n “Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\n Here’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\n A detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\n Making<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\n A very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\n My supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\n
\ndisassembled.<\/p>\n
![This<\/a> is my office. Well, not really mine. It’s where I am most of the time, though. Terry let me have the desk over to the left. It has a schematic of another seat design above it, and I sit in the green chair. Terry’s desk is the one with the computer and the blue chair. The office is on the second floor, right underneath the sloping roof of the hangar, so it would get pretty warm except for the AC in the wall and the fan going all the time. We listen to a Christian station on the radio, too. There’s a computer on the other side of the partition, which is the one I use. It belongs to a man who helps Terry out but only comes in to work on Mondays (he’s retired or something, apparently). So I pretty much have free reign on the computer. I’ll be teaching myself SolidWorks (an engineering modeling program) pretty soon here. There are bunches of sketches on my desk, and a large bookshelf filled with engineering references to the left.<\/p>\nHere<\/a> is the front half of the hangar. The next picture shows the back half, since it was too big to get in one shot. I’m looking out kind of a door-sized opening facing the door of the office. At night the King Air (the largest and most expensive plane JAARS owns) sits in the open area in the middle there. The plane on the right is a Cessna 310, a plane donated to JAARS that they’re touching up and repairing so they can resell it for around $45K.<\/p>\nThe other half<\/a> of the hangar. The bins on the wall hold little parts, like nuts and bolts. The floatplane hanging from the ceiling was one of JAARS’ first aircraft. It’s a museum piece now, I guess. Evidently it has quite an illustrious history, which I’ll have to inquire about sometime. The plane in the back is a Helio Courier that they’re overhauling. It’s quite\ndisassembled.<\/p>\nThe break room<\/a>. Not a bad place to relax. There’s a TV and VCR (neither of which work very well), microwave, fridge, etc… Lots of very nice airplane magazines on the wall, too. This is where we have devotion in the morning. There’s a customer waiting area through a door to the left for people who are chartering flights.<\/p>\nThe snack area<\/a>. This is along a wall of the hangar. 35 cents for a pepsi and 30 cents for a munchie ain’t bad. I make frequent use of both these machines, since for some reason (metabolism?) I just can’t go 3-4 hour without eating something.<\/p>\nThis Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\nAnother shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. 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![Here<\/a> is the front half of the hangar. The next picture shows the back half, since it was too big to get in one shot. I’m looking out kind of a door-sized opening facing the door of the office. At night the King Air (the largest and most expensive plane JAARS owns) sits in the open area in the middle there. The plane on the right is a Cessna 310, a plane donated to JAARS that they’re touching up and repairing so they can resell it for around $45K.<\/p>\nThe other half<\/a> of the hangar. The bins on the wall hold little parts, like nuts and bolts. The floatplane hanging from the ceiling was one of JAARS’ first aircraft. It’s a museum piece now, I guess. Evidently it has quite an illustrious history, which I’ll have to inquire about sometime. The plane in the back is a Helio Courier that they’re overhauling. It’s quite\ndisassembled.<\/p>\nThe break room<\/a>. Not a bad place to relax. There’s a TV and VCR (neither of which work very well), microwave, fridge, etc… Lots of very nice airplane magazines on the wall, too. This is where we have devotion in the morning. There’s a customer waiting area through a door to the left for people who are chartering flights.<\/p>\nThe snack area<\/a>. This is along a wall of the hangar. 35 cents for a pepsi and 30 cents for a munchie ain’t bad. I make frequent use of both these machines, since for some reason (metabolism?) I just can’t go 3-4 hour without eating something.<\/p>\nThis Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\nAnother shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. 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![The other half<\/a> of the hangar. The bins on the wall hold little parts, like nuts and bolts. The floatplane hanging from the ceiling was one of JAARS’ first aircraft. It’s a museum piece now, I guess. Evidently it has quite an illustrious history, which I’ll have to inquire about sometime. The plane in the back is a Helio Courier that they’re overhauling. It’s quite\ndisassembled.<\/p>\nThe break room<\/a>. Not a bad place to relax. There’s a TV and VCR (neither of which work very well), microwave, fridge, etc… Lots of very nice airplane magazines on the wall, too. This is where we have devotion in the morning. There’s a customer waiting area through a door to the left for people who are chartering flights.<\/p>\nThe snack area<\/a>. This is along a wall of the hangar. 35 cents for a pepsi and 30 cents for a munchie ain’t bad. I make frequent use of both these machines, since for some reason (metabolism?) I just can’t go 3-4 hour without eating something.<\/p>\nThis Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\nAnother shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/hangar%202.jpg\"){kind=link}
![break room<\/a>. Not a bad place to relax. There’s a TV and VCR (neither of which work very well), microwave, fridge, etc… Lots of very nice airplane magazines on the wall, too. This is where we have devotion in the morning. There’s a customer waiting area through a door to the left for people who are chartering flights.<\/p>\nThe snack area<\/a>. This is along a wall of the hangar. 35 cents for a pepsi and 30 cents for a munchie ain’t bad. I make frequent use of both these machines, since for some reason (metabolism?) I just can’t go 3-4 hour without eating something.<\/p>\nThis Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\nAnother shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/break%20room.jpg\"){kind=link}
![snack area<\/a>. This is along a wall of the hangar. 35 cents for a pepsi and 30 cents for a munchie ain’t bad. I make frequent use of both these machines, since for some reason (metabolism?) I just can’t go 3-4 hour without eating something.<\/p>\nThis Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\nAnother shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/snacks.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Cessna 206<\/a> is essentially in better-than-new condition. Completely rebuilt and overhauled by JAARS, it’s absolutely beautiful to behold. Immaculate paint, perfect interior, upgraded instrumentation, etc… JP (another college-age volunteer) and I drool over it whenever we get the chance. They’re still breaking in the engine before they pack it up and ship it overseas (I’m not sure where).<\/p>\nAnother shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/206%201.jpg\"){kind=link}
![shot<\/a> of the pretty airplane. I closed the door to emphasize the sleek lines :o)<\/p>\nHere’s another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. 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![another view<\/a> of the 206. They wheeled it out of the hangar to do some engine and avionics tests.<\/p>\nThe biggest plane in the JAARS fleet–the Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/206.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Beech King Air<\/a>. Uses turboprops instead of piston engines. It’s a big plane–I can barely touch the tip of the tailplane standing on my tiptoes. The whistle and whine when it starts up is something else :o)<\/p>\nHere’s the cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. 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![cabin<\/a> . Notice the JAARS safety brochures in the backs of the seats.<\/p>\nThe instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/king%20cabin.jpg\"){kind=link}
![instrument cluster<\/a>\/cockpit. Isn’t that beautiful? And to think that to operate this aircraft right you have to be well-versed on the operation of every one of those. :o) I can just see myself at the controls…<\/p>\nA Piper Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. 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![Aztec<\/a>. They mainly use this one to transport people, since the cargo space is so limited.<\/p>\nHere is the tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/aztec.jpg\"){kind=link}
![tarmac<\/a>, or apron. There are usually more airplanes than this parked out there. Must have been a slow day. That’s another 206, with a Helio Courier parked behind it. The runway is behind them.<\/p>\nSpeaking of the runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/tarmac.jpg\"){kind=link}
![runway<\/a>, here’s a better shot of it. More hangars, too.<\/p>\nThis is the Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/runway.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Helio Courier<\/a>, the airplanes that JAARS’ reputation is based on more than any other. They operate about 20 of these at any one time. Designed back in the late 60’s by a team of MIT grads, it has bizarre short takeoff and landing capabilities. The long landing gear allow for a larger propeller, and the huge wing has many slats and flaps which increase its area by about a third for low-speed operations. It can take off and land within a few hundred feet. This airplane is registered to Peru for South American operations.<\/p>\n“Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/helio.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Ol’ No.1<\/a>” in the hangar. It went looking for cows yesterday. Apparently a cowboy\/farmer down in SC “misplaced” his cows, and the aircraft spent most of the day before yesterday scouring the countryside for them. Don’t ask, I don’t know any more than that… :o)<\/p>\nHere’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/helio%20in%20hangar.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Here’s<\/a> the existing design for a crew (pilot and copilot) seat. You can see the s-shaped tubes in the front which deform on impact, and the area in the back which crushes. There’s a trapezoidal linkage on the bottom for adjusting the seat height. This seat protected a dummy in 30G crash tests from excessive loads on his spinal column. It’s a crew seat so it’s a lot more adjustable than the passenger seats.<\/p>\nA detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/old%20seat.jpg\"){kind=link}
![detail<\/a> of the bottom.<\/p>\nMaking<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/old%20seat%20detail.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Making<\/a> the passenger seats. They’re a lot simpler than the crew seats and fold up much more compact. They attach to the racks running the length of the cabin. To fold up, the legs swing up under and the top folds down, making a pretty compact package.<\/p>\nA very large vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/seat%20making.jpg\"){kind=link}
![vacuforming machine<\/a> used to make replacement and upgrade fiberglass and polymer parts (like fillets and fairings for blending the wing and the wing brace, etc…)<\/p>\nMy supervisor, Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/vacuformer.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Terry Heffield<\/a>. A great man with a lot of creative spirit. He used to be a missionary pilot but basically decided it was a “glorified taxi service” (his words). He’s the head of R&D at JAARS now. Quite a hands-on man, he loves to make stuff. I’ve heard quite a few stories.<\/p>\nHere’s JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/terry.jpg\"){kind=link}
![JP<\/a>. He’s even taller than me (about 6’6) and rather larger, too. He drives a ’75 Ford Gran Torino with 62K on it–a stylin’ car :o) He’s from somewhere in southeastern Wisconsin and just finished his first year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Great guy.<\/p>\nWes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/jp.jpg\"){kind=link}
![Wes<\/a>, another volunteer. Looks high school-age, but I’m not sure. He’s a cut-up, a jokester, and fun to be around. He’s sewing a cargo net together. The reason the picture is so cropped is that I had my finger in front of the lens.<\/p>\nHope y’all find that little expose edifying in some small way. More to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figured I’d actually make an entry in my own journal for once, instead of living my “journal life” vicariously through commenting on others’ activities. :o) For those of you who don’t know, I’m down in Waxhaw, NC (a little town south of Charlotte) working with JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Services), helping the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www4.ncsu.edu\/~mesuffer\/summer\/wes%20at%20work.jpg\"){kind=link}