Pioneers of missionary aviation were those who experienced the possibilities of employing aircraft in World War II and applied the magic of flight to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Joe and Elaine Hopkins served in the second wave of aviation missionaries in Brazil. He brought to the Amazon his life-long enthusiasm for flying, his training and experience as a pilot and aviation mechanic, ham radio innovator and operator. Later, in the USA, he was called by God to make missions by airplane safer. He founded and still serves with Mission Safety International, the only agency of its type for instilling and cultivating a committed culture of safety among missionary pilots and mechanics in the field.

How did this come about? It began for Joe as a boy with flying in his dreams and matured to a man with safety in his heart. Strap yourself in for stories you won’t forget.