{"id":168,"date":"2022-12-18T20:52:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/travis-lesicka\/?p=168"},"modified":"2022-12-18T21:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:43:48","slug":"wrapping-up-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/travis-lesicka\/2022\/12\/wrapping-up-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrapping up 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Training<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Two weeks ago Travis finished his last training flight in the Cessna 206.\u00a0 This fall he completed 26 lessons during 25 hours of flight time.\u00a0 After Christmas break he will begin 40 hours of training in the Kodiak simulator.\u00a0 He also continues to work on the remote fuel pump project. We\u2019re hoping it will be in production and ready to be shipped by the end of January with the new helicopter.\u00a0 Wait, new helicopter??<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Remote fuel pump battery box prototype<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Helicopter!<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Currently Ethnos360 operates 3 Kodiak airplanes and 1 Robinson R66 helicopter in Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 The Kodiak is able to haul heavy loads long distances and the R66 is able to land in villages where a full-length landing strip is not feasible. They work together to transport people and supplies into really hard to reach places.\u00a0 A second R66 was on order from the factory, but like many other things, was delayed due to covid.\u00a0 It finally arrived in November!\u00a0 The team here has been hard at work painting it and outfitting it with custom equipment for flying in remote locations.\u00a0 The goal is to ship it to PNG sometime in January or February so it can begin serving church planting missionaries there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You can read more about the helicopter that arrived for PNG here: https:\/\/ethnos360aviation.org\/stories\/story\/i-see-the-light<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Painting the helicopter<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Family<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

November and December flew by quickly.\u00a0 Nathan participated in his school\u2019s Veterans\u2019 day program and Christmas concert, Travis\u2019s parents came for a visit, and all 3 kids were part of our church\u2019s Christmas play (1 shepherd and 2 sheep).\u00a0 For Christmas break we are planning to visit Travis\u2019s grandmother in California.\u00a0 Everyone has been pretty healthy and Nathan is still loving Kindergarten.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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A shepherd and his sheep in our church’s Christmas play.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Praises:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n