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When The Planes Can't Fly

I went over to the hangar this morning for a few minutes. I needed to return the lawn mower that I'd been using. Dan was there, and I could see he was getting ready to fly. Dave is the pilot working this weekend, but Dan was willing to help out since the weather had been bad on Friday and there was work to be done. He told me that he knew of at least two people who had died because they didn't get a flight out of the jungle. Apparently the radio calls came on Thursday to fly them out, but they weren't able to get them that day. They'd need to wait 'till Friday. But the weather was so bad on Friday that we couldn't get them, and they didn't make it. Dave was busy today with lots of emergencies to pick up. I don't know the details, but I do know the value of an MAF flight. It's not measured in dollars and sense, but in people's physical and spiritual health.