"He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust..."
Psalms 91:4
Flying the remote African skies can be likened to driving a winding mountain road in the dark with no car or street lights, cell phone, or maps!
Loading cargo and passengers, Dale began his early morning flight later than desired. The constant threat of thunder storms was always an unconscious concern of every small aircraft pilot Two stops to off load cargo and passengers and that concern came to the fore front. Clouds were building up as the wind blew strongly. Dale was aware of the wind shear but not its strength. Twenty minutes out from the final landing of the day, he radioed the mission station to meet him at the airstrip. Twenty minutes passed. Dale did not see the airstrip and began to realize that things did not look familiar. Only one thing to do --- fly ten minute grids to see if he would recognize where he was and be ale to find the
airstrip. That did not give him any idea where he was. He wasn't even sure if he was still in the right country as he had been flying near the border of Congo. Time was critical as the sun would set abruptly, fuel would be gone, resulting in a blind landing -- in a tree, river or wherever! There was one more option to try. It depended on the Lord who was now Captain of this flight!
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