Smoketown, Pennsylvania

Steve Saint was at Missions Fest with a replica of the plane his father, Nate Saint, flew in Ecuador. Steve spoke about his experiences as a missionary and did a demonstration of the famous "bucket drop." Steve is a family friend and it was nice to catch up with him again.

Dave Voteman, one of the Kodiak founders, was also at Missions Fest. He is a long term missionary pilot and a passionate speaker. Dave has been a big help to Samaritan Aviation and is responsible for helping us become part of the Quest Mission Team. We were able to fly in the Kodiak for the first time and experience what our next airplane will be like. The Kodiak is a powerful and well built craft and will revolutionize mission aviation.

The event started early Saturday morning and ended Sunday evening. It was attended by 4,000 people from the local area. Each day there were flight demonstrations and speaking venues.

Before we knew it Missions Fest Lancaster had come to an end. We had a productive few days at Smoketown and were able to meet several interesting people. We would like to thank Merlin and Charlie for the invitation as well as all those who helped make the event a success.

Interesting fact: the Smoketown airport is owned by an individual who is into mission aviation work and they host Missions Fest each year.

Scranton, Pennsylvania was another stop along the way where we met some individuals for a late lunch meeting. The views were outstanding, just want to share a few pics!

Salem, Ohio

After leaving Indy we headed east to Ohio. Just after crossing the state line we flew over this corn field. Click on the picture to enlarge it and see if you can read what it says.

The "Spirit of Paradise" on final approach to Salem Airpark where we spent time with some old friends and introduced Samaritan Aviation to several potential supporters. You can read more about our visit by clicking on the link to the Salem News. http://salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/504549.html

Indy

Later that night we flew over Indianapolis to the northeast side of the city and spent the night with some of our long-time supporters. It is always exiting to show the plane to people who have helped fund the project.
After leaving Wings of Hope we flew past the Arch and on to Greenwood, Indiana where we met with some old friends about Samaritan Aviation.