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Kristen continues to advance in her aviation career, with Joy Ways You Can Support Your Local
looking forward to following Kristen’s flight path. Museum

UPDATE:
While we are at it, there are other ways that you can
KRISTEN: In March 2017, Kristen left for Africa on her assist the museum.
Vision Trip with Africa Inland Mission (Canada) and
1 To find out more about them, contact their Front
AIM Air. http://ca.aimint.org By June 2017, Kristen Desk:
began instructing at Prairie Aviation Training Centre
2 Bring people out to visit our museum and
in Three Hills, Alberta. Three months later, her three
encourage others to join; word-of-mouth is a powerful
students passed their private pilot flight tests. She influencer;
then took an instructing position in New Brunswick
3 Consider becoming a volunteer; we urgently
in October 2017, teaching Chinese students how to
need cashiers but there are many other ways that you
fly. She returned to Prairie in the spring in 2018 as a might help on a regular or part-time basis;
Flight Instructor, as well as flying with Private Pilot
4 Support our programs, including Open House,
students until she started Aircraft Maintenance Pot-Luck Dinners, Speaker Night, Kidsfest and others;
training at SAIT. https://www.sait.ca/programs-and-
5 We can always use the donation of aviation
courses/full-time-studies/diplomas/aircraft-
books, artifacts, maps, documents, photographs and
maintenance-engineers-technology Kristen was ephemera;
officially accepted with the Africa Inland Mission by
6 Cash gifts to the museum are eligible for tax
March 2018. She plans on going to Africa after she
deduction certificates, and you might consider an estate
completes her courses at SAIT, along with a few bequest;
months of flight training and evaluations with JAARS.
7 Familiarize yourself with the benefits of
Having the Aircraft Maintenance training will provide membership, including free or reduced cost admission
Kristen with the skills to help with large maintenance to other museums, discounts at our gift shop and local
project or remote inspections, be able to do restaurants, and cheap travel insurance.
emergency field repairs in remote locations, be
better at troubleshooting abilities as a pilot, plus
have basic mechanical skills to better serve the
missionaries with AIM. A plus, she adds, is to have a
job to fall back on, if she becomes unable to fly. She
says, “School has been going well and my flying

experience has provided me with some useful
knowledge. I am especially enjoying my sheet metal
class.” She also likes her class ‘Reciprocating
Engines.’ Kristen continues to teach students at the
flying club on Saturdays to keep flying and make a
difference in her students’ lives.

JOY: In the summer of 2018, Joy was still doing pilot

assessments. Now at 88, she is considering letting
her pilot’s license lapse. Joy enjoys hearing about
Kristen’s experiences and accomplishments.