yesterday morning. The Cessna 206 pictured at right was recently purchased in Alaska by Asas de Socorro, an aviation ministry in Brazil. The Chief Mechanic for Asas is Ryan Joy, a graduate of MMS.We recently had a team up in Alaska for three weeks providing maintenance assistance to Mission Aviation Repair Center in Soldatna, AK. From Brazil, Ryan coordinated with our team to handle the shipping of the aircraft back to MMS so we can prepare it for mission service. Our guys loaded it on the back of the 18-wheeler and off it went. The truck driver mentioned that gasoline was $7.50 per gallon in Canada.
Josh Adelsberger, a mechanic still serving with MMS, will soon move to Brazil with his family to join Asas and serve alongside Ryan to maintain this and several other missionary aircraft down there.
The 206's wings and control surfaces were unloaded by hand but we needed a little help from our friends at Shaffer Sports Events to lift the fuselage down to the ground. They have a facility very close to us at Coshocton County Airport and are very generous in assisting us with their big lift truck.
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