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Regina Margaret Jordan (August 30, 1929 – September 3, 2013) was a Canadian pilot and Christian missionary. She was the second woman pilot to fly with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in 1982. Jordan flew as a pilot and flight instructor in Africa until 1994, and later served on the board of directors of Mission Aviation Fellowship until 2001.
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[25] [n 17] Graduation from Advanced Flying School was required to be rated a Pilot; [n 18] ten years service and 1,800 hours of military flight for Senior Pilot rating; [n 19] and either 15 years service with 3,000 hours, or 20 years service with 2,000 hours, to become a Command Pilot.
In 1935, he found and flew to safety missing CAL pilot Con Farrel and engineer F. Hartley, who had been stranded for eleven days in the Barren Lands after a blizzard downed their aircraft. In 1936, he rescued Flight Lieutenant S. Coleman and Leading Aircraftsman J. Fortey of the RCAF from the Barren Lands north of Great Slave Lake, for which ...
In the US, pilot pay is dependent on aircraft type. The lowest-paid first officers of narrow-body planes at Delta , United, and American make about $111,000 a year, while the highest-paid widebody ...
Southwest Airlines plans to offer its pilots reduced hours and, in effect, monthly pay, two people familiar with the matter said, as it grapples with higher costs and overstaffing due to delays in ...
Bush flying refers to aircraft operations carried out in the bush. Bush flying involves operations in rough terrain where there are often no prepared landing strips or runways, frequently necessitating that bush planes be equipped with abnormally large tires, skis, skids or any other equipment necessary for unpaved runway operation.
The US organization was the first to take to the air, under the name Christian Airmen's Missionary Fellowship, later known as Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). In 1946, pilot Betty Greene flew the first MAF aircraft on its inaugural flight, transporting two missionaries of Wycliffe Bible Translators to a remote jungle location in Mexico. [3]