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Avionics Week!
No more crackling radio transmissions! No more asking the air traffic controller to “Say, again?” And no more asking, “Have you got me now?” Last Fall, in our quarterly newsletter, we made the request for new avionics equipment for our training aircraft. Our good God...
Embracing the Winter
We all face that day after the celebration. Whether it’s the holidays, a birthday, an anniversary, or a special visit with friends or family, the much-anticipated time is soon over, and we are left with our photos and our memories. We fall into bed, exhausted, and our...
A New Year with God
Christmas has come and gone along with the family visits and delicious food most of us take for granted. This year, for Dwayne and me, our family reunion was extra special because it included a daughter who hasn’t been with us in years. Our visit was very sweet,...
Merry Christmas!
It’s Christmas Eve, perhaps my second favorite day of the year with tomorrow being number one. Today is pregnant with hope, trembling with anticipation for the fulfillment of his Word, the arrival of Messiah. Today is a day of wonder; to contemplate why God planned...
Magi from the East
Travel! We all know the challenges. Even the simplest trips, like driving a day or two to visit family over the holidays involves planning, packing, and extra expenses like gifts, gasoline, and most importantly—dozens of Christmas cookies. Think of the huge endeavor...
The Child in the Cradle
The temperature had dropped into the 30’s on Sunday night and Dwayne and I tucked hats under our head coverings. No one would notice in the dark. We were participating in our church’s biannual three-day production of Cradle to the Cross, which is a drive-through drama...
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A Piece of Yukon History touches down in Whitehorse
Yukon News, May 1, 2015
By Joel Krahn
Seventy years old and still roaring like the day it was built, a Second World War era DC-3 rattled into Whitehorse, the drone from the twin props announcing its arrival.
In a different era this would have been an everyday sight, but those who watched a commemorative landing on Wednesday afternoon saw a unique glimpse of the territory’s transportation history.
Dwayne King, a veteran bush pilot from Alaska with 49 years in the air under his belt, is leading a crew that is flying a vintage DC-3 from Florida to Siberia. “It’s part of your heritage, actually, in Whitehorse,” he said during a presentation at the Yukon Transportation Museum. “It’s part of what developed and opened up this part of the country.”
North to Alaska Flying with Bush Pilots Above the Arctic Circle
AOPA Flight Training, May 2013
By Kathy Dondzila
“I’m crossing the river,” radioed the Kingdom Air Corps pilot flying a Cessna 182. He had departed Fairbanks a half hour before us, where our six airplanes—a Cessna 206, the Skylane, two Skyhawks, a Cessna 150, and a 152—flying together on our way north from King Ranch (AK59), had stopped for fuel. An Aeronca Champ and a Taylorcraft were already at our destination, and a Piper Aztec would fly up in a couple of days.
We were headed north, way north—60 miles beyond the Arctic Circle—to a private grass strip in the middle of the mountains of the Brooks Range. The 150 and the 152 had a couple hours head start from our base in Chickaloon, Alaska, east of Anchorage; the two Skyhawks had departed next; and the Cessna 182 shortly after. I was flying dual with our chief pilot, Dwayne King, founder of Kingdom Air Corps…
At Home in the Kingdom
AOPA Pilot, February 2013
By Kathy Dondzila
The deep growl of the Cessna Stationair’s Continental IO-520 engine resonated in the afternoon air. Some of the village folks who had come to say goodbye covered their ears as it roared down the runway; most of the kids grinned at its deafening departure.
Dwayne King, founder of Kingdom Air Corps, had the heavy hauler in the air less than halfway down the runway, and wagged its wings at the waving crowd below. He would miss the teens he had just flown home to Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) from a week of camp in the Brooks Range. They watched until the Cessna’s rumble faded as the airplane followed the John River around Kollutuk Mountain on its way back to Brooks Range Bible Camp, Kingdom Air Corps’ aviation-themed youth camp…
RESUMING THE JOURNEY
A series of articles on a pilot’s return to flight.
Aopa.org, March-August 2012
by Kathy Dondzila
After a nine-year hiatus, Kathy Dondzila is climbing back into the left seat of a general aviation airplane—all in preparation for some flights in Alaska this summer.
In 1975 I was living in the tiny town of Tok, Alaska (population 350). Friends of mine, Dwayne and Carolyn King, missionaries with Central Alaskan Mission (now Send International Missions), were based there at the time. Dwayne, a pilot, invited me to fly with him to Tetlin, an Athabascan Indian village about 20 miles southeast and a gorgeous flight over the rugged mountains.
I had no idea, then, how skilled Dwayne’s piloting was as he gently put the airplane down on the short, soft, snow-covered runway. I just knew I liked it!