Humanitarian organization Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)\nhas lent its brand new Citabria aircraft to Prairie Aviation Training Centre\n(PATC) in Three Hills, Alberta. This is the first straight-from-the-factory\naircraft that PATC has received, and MAF loaned the aircraft to the flight\nschool to support the training of future aviators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MAF Canada has been partnering with PATC to provide quality\nflight training for decades, and in 2017 PATC formally asked MAF to take on a\nlarger role. This saw MAF taking over the complete management of the flight\nschool in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The partnership between PATC and MAF not only builds strong,\ncapable pilots, it equips many of them to go on to serve people in some of the\nmost isolated places in the world today. MAF operated in over 35 countries\naround the world, and PATC is one of the training grounds for their Canadian\npilots. The purchase, loan, and use in training of the Citabria aircraft is a\ngift that goes beyond what is seen immediately. The skills pilots gain from\ntraining on it will go on to change peoples\u2019 lives for the better and reach\npeople with medical care, supplies, staff, and hope for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through generous donors, the brand new Citabria aircraft was\npurchased by MAF and flown to PATC directly from the factory in Wisconsin by\nformer student Matt Marples on January 29, 2021. The plane received an official\ndedication this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowell Deering, MAF Canada\u2019s VP of Operations and\nRecruiting, explains why this partnership and the Citabria is so important:\n\u201cProviding updated aircraft equipment to PATC provides great leverage to MAF\nfor the future. About 45% of our current pilot workforce received flight\ntraining at PATC. Going forward, this percentage will likely increase. Better\ntraining at PATC means better pilots. This is a huge win for MAF and the people\nwe serve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citabria are certified aerobatic airplanes. The name\n“Citabria” is derived from the word \u2018aerobatic\u2019 spelled backwards.\nThis Citabria will be used in the Upset Recovery training module, which is one\nof the last flight modules advanced students go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MAF Canada is very appreciative of the partnership and\noperations offered by PATC and are excited to see this partnership continue to\nflourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than 75 years, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)\nhas been using aviation and technology to reach isolated communities in the\nfarthest corners of the earth. Today, we partner with over 1,500 organizations\nto deliver support, hope, healing, spiritual care, and community development to\nthousands of communities where flying is not a luxury but a lifeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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