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Moody Aviation has information on the flight-training school, the curriculum, and a list of questions to ask yourself before choosing to be a missionary.

Jungle Pilot is available at Christianbook.com.

In August, a State Department and Government of Peru joint investigation team released its report (video photos) on what led to the April 20 shooting of the missionary plane over Peru. The Washington Post article on the report included a transcript of what was heard over the plane's radio.

Christianity Today articles on the tragedy include:

• Hot ZoneMissionary aviators say their risky work at times puts them in mortal danger. (May 8, 2001)
  
  
• Peru's Churches Want Inquiry into Why Missionary Plane Was Shot DownChristian leaders lament "absurd, excessive use of force" that killed Roni Bowers and her infant daughter. (May 2, 2001)
  
  
• Missionaries Shot Down in Peru, Mother and Infant KilledThe Peruvian air force, acting on information from a CIA-operated surveillance plane, believed the missionaries were actually drug runners. (April 23, 2001)
  
  

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February 4 2002, Vol. 46, No. 2