Hero Southwest Pilot’s Text After Landing: ‘God is Good’
Apr 20, 2018 15:00:36 #
Hero Southwest Pilot’s Text After Landing: ‘God is Good’
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The Southwest Airlines pilot being hailed as a hero for landing her crippled plane on Tuesday had a simple message for a friend who had texted her after hearing of her harrowing ordeal.
Fellow Navy veteran aviator Linda Maloney told the Dallas Morning News that she reached out to Southwest’s Tammie Jo Shults after learning of the incident by texting, “News travels fast. Praying for you.”
Shults replied simply, “Thanks. God is good.”
The two became friends in the Navy, where they were among the service’s first female fighter pilots.
Shults, 56, is featured in Maloney’s book, “Military Fly Moms.”
In the book, Shults recounted that her love for aviation was sparked by watching Air Force jets fly over her family’s New Mexico ranch.
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The young woman was also inspired reading the book “Jungle Pilot” about Christian missionary Nate Saint, who along with Jim Elliott and other teammates ministered to a remote Ecuadoran tribe in the 1950s. They ultimately gave their lives sharing the Gospel, with many in the tribe coming to faith after the missionaries’ tragic deaths.
Additionally, Shults recalled seeking out an aviation lecture by a retired colonel during her high school’s vocation day.
“He started the class by asking me, the only girl in attendance, if I was lost,” Shults said. “I mustered up the courage to assure him I was not and that I was interested in flying. He allowed me to stay but assured me there were no professional women pilots.
“I did not say another word. In my heart, I hoped that God had given me an interest in flying for a reason,” Shults added. “I had never touched an airplane, but I knew flying was my future. My junior year in college, I met a girl who had just received her Air Force wings. My heart jumped. Girls did fly! I set to work trying to break into the club.”
Following graduation from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas in the mid-1980s, Shults was commissioned in the Navy and completed her flight training.
The Navy confirmed to Fox News that she was among the first female Navy fighter pilots, flying the F-18 Hornet among other aircraft.
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Fox News’ Lea Gabrielle — a Naval Academy graduate and former fighter pilot — said, “We’re very proud of her and what she did.
Shults, along with her husband, Navy veteran pilot Dean Shults, began flying for Southwest in the 1990s, and live near San Antonio, Texas.
Longtime friend and fellow Boerne First Baptist Church member Staci Thompson said the couple share a deep Christian faith.
Thompson told the Dallas Morning News that Shults has taught nearly every grade level of Sunday school and volunteered to help at-risk children at a local school.
“She would tell you everything she has she’s been given from God, so she wants to share it,” Thompson said.
Shults sees her aviation career as an “opportunity to witness for Christ,” and she certainly displayed a Christlike heart for people on Tuesday.
After a successful emergency landing of her Boeing 737 in Philadelphia with only a single engine working, she reportedly went into the cabin and walked down the aisle hugging and reassuring passengers.
“I specifically said to her, ‘Do I get a hug too?’” New York resident Benjamin Goldstein related on Wednesday. “She said, ‘Of course. I wouldn’t let you by without a hug.’”
“It was very touching,” Goldstein said. “Here at the most crucial moment, she had the presence of mind and the courage to act with excellence as it was required. It’s a beautiful quality, and we have our lives to thank for it.”
What do you think?
https://www.westernjournal.com/author/randydesoto/?ff_source=push
The Southwest Airlines pilot being hailed as a hero for landing her crippled plane on Tuesday had a simple message for a friend who had texted her after hearing of her harrowing ordeal.
Fellow Navy veteran aviator Linda Maloney told the Dallas Morning News that she reached out to Southwest’s Tammie Jo Shults after learning of the incident by texting, “News travels fast. Praying for you.”
Shults replied simply, “Thanks. God is good.”
The two became friends in the Navy, where they were among the service’s first female fighter pilots.
Shults, 56, is featured in Maloney’s book, “Military Fly Moms.”
In the book, Shults recounted that her love for aviation was sparked by watching Air Force jets fly over her family’s New Mexico ranch.
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The young woman was also inspired reading the book “Jungle Pilot” about Christian missionary Nate Saint, who along with Jim Elliott and other teammates ministered to a remote Ecuadoran tribe in the 1950s. They ultimately gave their lives sharing the Gospel, with many in the tribe coming to faith after the missionaries’ tragic deaths.
Additionally, Shults recalled seeking out an aviation lecture by a retired colonel during her high school’s vocation day.
“He started the class by asking me, the only girl in attendance, if I was lost,” Shults said. “I mustered up the courage to assure him I was not and that I was interested in flying. He allowed me to stay but assured me there were no professional women pilots.
“I did not say another word. In my heart, I hoped that God had given me an interest in flying for a reason,” Shults added. “I had never touched an airplane, but I knew flying was my future. My junior year in college, I met a girl who had just received her Air Force wings. My heart jumped. Girls did fly! I set to work trying to break into the club.”
Following graduation from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas in the mid-1980s, Shults was commissioned in the Navy and completed her flight training.
The Navy confirmed to Fox News that she was among the first female Navy fighter pilots, flying the F-18 Hornet among other aircraft.
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/986827983494131712/photo/1
Fox News’ Lea Gabrielle — a Naval Academy graduate and former fighter pilot — said, “We’re very proud of her and what she did.
Shults, along with her husband, Navy veteran pilot Dean Shults, began flying for Southwest in the 1990s, and live near San Antonio, Texas.
Longtime friend and fellow Boerne First Baptist Church member Staci Thompson said the couple share a deep Christian faith.
Thompson told the Dallas Morning News that Shults has taught nearly every grade level of Sunday school and volunteered to help at-risk children at a local school.
“She would tell you everything she has she’s been given from God, so she wants to share it,” Thompson said.
Shults sees her aviation career as an “opportunity to witness for Christ,” and she certainly displayed a Christlike heart for people on Tuesday.
After a successful emergency landing of her Boeing 737 in Philadelphia with only a single engine working, she reportedly went into the cabin and walked down the aisle hugging and reassuring passengers.
“I specifically said to her, ‘Do I get a hug too?’” New York resident Benjamin Goldstein related on Wednesday. “She said, ‘Of course. I wouldn’t let you by without a hug.’”
“It was very touching,” Goldstein said. “Here at the most crucial moment, she had the presence of mind and the courage to act with excellence as it was required. It’s a beautiful quality, and we have our lives to thank for it.”
What do you think?
Apr 20, 2018 15:07:49 #
Apr 20, 2018 15:46:01 #
Apr 20, 2018 15:50:06 #
woodguru wrote:
"She" said. And she is right, God is good.No, what he said was "god is good, now I need to go clean my pants". Lol
Cowards always show contempt for courageous people, especially those in the military.
As a former navy aircrewman, I can attest to the character and courage of military pilots. We experienced some life threatening emergencies in the air on occasion. No one shit his pants. Although, I have no doubt that, in one emergency, had a jelly spined lib been aboard, we not only would have had to extinguish the engine fire and land safely, we would have had to clean all the shit out of the aircraft.
Apr 20, 2018 17:36:22 #
Blade_Runner wrote:
"She" said. And she is right, God is goo... (show quote)
It was a joke dude, it is a sign of intelligence to recognize humor. Lol
Apr 20, 2018 17:58:54 #
woodguru wrote:
It was a joke dude, it is a sign of intelligence to recognize humor. Lol
Are you a paid troll or just freelancing?
Apr 20, 2018 18:13:01 #
woodguru wrote:
Liberals laugh at their own jokes, but they have never acquired a sense of humor?It was a joke dude, it is a sign of intelligence to recognize humor. Lol
Apr 20, 2018 20:07:33 #
First, the person is a she not a he. Maybe a joke to you that God is Good. A very sick joke. Bet you would be thinking different if you had been on that plane. Think about that the next time you fly. You may want to wear some Depends, just in case you shit your pants before God's Grace saves you.
woodguru wrote:
It was a joke dude, it is a sign of intelligence to recognize humor. Lol
Apr 21, 2018 02:52:11 #
Apr 21, 2018 02:54:10 #
woodguru wrote:
No, what he said was "god is good, now I need to go clean my pants". Lol
She. She's probably experienced enough to be through the drawer-pooping stage when things get pear-shaped.
Apr 21, 2018 05:59:29 #
People, people! Leave the ol' woodman alone. He's a liberal and "gender confused" so show some compassion.
Apr 21, 2018 09:13:10 #
rjoeholl wrote:
People, people! Leave the ol' woodman alone. He's a liberal and "gender confused" so show some compassion.
For pre-flight instructions; Liberals like woody should be warned to have their Depends in place and receive instructions for proper installation.
Apr 21, 2018 11:31:46 #
eagleye13 wrote:
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God is good, and her flight skills were great. Thanks for posting
Apr 21, 2018 11:39:24 #
eagleye13 wrote:
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Very touching and inspirational!! God WAS her copilot💗💗
Apr 22, 2018 10:17:46 #
eagleye13 wrote:
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That was beautiful Eagle. Thank you. The pilot trusted her faith in God. She is a hero, brave, and trusted in God. She had God's angles protected her. I was reminded of Psalms 91:11- "For he will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways,"
Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble".
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