Brigade Air, Inc.
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Target demographics: Teens around the US and Canada, 14 - 18 years old.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 200 - 700
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Mission:
Humanitarian aid and mission organizations depend on pilots and small planes. Brigade Air is an early recruitment tool to cultivate future pilots and aviation mechanics to serve in third-world settings.
Results:
Our former campers now enrolled at Moody Aviation (Spokane, WA), Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA), LeTourneau University (Longview, TX), San Diego Christian College (San Diego, CA) training to become missionary aviators.
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Jim Ackerson
12/17/12
Baptist Park in Mapleton, ME has hosted a Brigade Air camp for 5 consecutive years, and I have been Co-director for each of these camps. We are thrilled to introduce teens to Christ and the possibility of serving Him as a missionary pilot. It is exciting to see a camper go from no awareness of ...
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Chuck Daly
12/13/12
JAARS has hosted Brigade Air camps for about 7 years. Each year it gets better, and the basic curriculum for the camp and the logistical support Brigade Air provides are an excellent framework for making an event like this happen. At the most recent camp JAARS hosted, one instructor remarked that he...
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rwyrtzen
12/12/12
I have been involved with Brigade Air for many years and have worked at several BA camps. It is awesome to see the Holy Spirit work in the lives of teens by introducing them to mission aviation. This is a ministry like no other in that it's sole purpose is to introduce kids to mission aviation and...
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