Beyond the Monkey Paw

Experience the joy, exhilaration and terror of flying over the jungles in the darkest part of the African continent.

Fly over the endless stretches of jungles with a broken compass and no navigation aids. Cruise the skies without weather information or navigational equipment while evading thunderstorms and haze from the burning grass below. Feel the anxiety of passengers as they watch oil spewing down the face of the flight instruments or the screams of a lady pointing at the fuel leaking out of the wing with nowhere to land. Listen to a call from the radio for a medical evacuation flight in the middle of a plane inspection knowing it is a race for time in a life and death situation in a person’s life. Defend yourself when soldiers accuse you of having machine guns mounted on your plane when it is really the pilot tube. Live through the tense days of hiding and thirst as soldiers yell out your name as they shoot into the hoses and hear the screams of the dying and sounds of mortar fire close by.

Veteran Missionary ‘Bush Pilot,’ Harold Amstutz, takes you on a lifetime journey of bush flying in Africa showing that God’s presence and His glory were evident in so many circumstances. From the apprehension of arriving in Africa, thru the joy and terror of flying his ‘Wings of the Morning’ bush plane, and finally his evacuation with the knowledge that he can never return to the place where he had flown ‘Beyond the Monkey Paw.’