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Cleared for Takeoff: 50 Stories from the Pen of Jungle Pilot by Bob Griffin 50th Anniversary Edition!
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"Bob Griffin's book is a real gem. The avitaion themes are just the right combination to unlock my sometimes padlocked soul. His stories have the power to influence and change people's lives. Each on touched me deeply, and I am grateful this missionary aviator put pen to paper. My career path might well have been different had I read these writings at an earlier age. I give thanks for Griffin's book from the depth of my heart. It is a blessing that he has shared his stoies with us." - Leo Benetti-Longhini, Engineer and Aviation Record Holder
"Each and every story is pointed, thought provoking and written in 'Pilot' which I particularly enjoy. Also having met young Maj. Drown, (whose grandfathers figure in two of them) these stories have a personal interest. Thank you so much for sharing these treasures." - Jim Brown "JB," Lead test pilot of the F-22A Raptor
"Bob Griffn's stories moved me, riveted me, blessed me. These are stories to hug the readers' hearts and encourage their souls." - Larry Libby, Editor Multnomah Publishers
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cleared for takeoff - 50th Anniversary
It was late 1956, and we were on final approach to land at a tiny airstrip in the jungle of eastern Ecuador. A few minutes earlier the clearing had been swarming with happily waving Jivaro people. Now everyone had disappeared. Something had frightened them. That was the bad news.
My passenger, veteran missionary Frank Drown, had asked me several weeks earlier to consider making this special flight. "But," he warned, "pray about it. It might be dangerous." Now I knew why.
We were especially wary because only a few weeks earlier five of our missionary friends had been speared to death just a few miles to the north, by people then known as Auca. The Jivaros to whom we were hoping to pay a visit were just as fierce, with a centuries-old reputation as headshrinking killers...
