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Quest can fly above that storm. David Voetmann, along with aircraft designer Tom Hamilton, hatched the idea for the company in 1998. A former pilot who flew relief and medical-evacuation missions for a host of organizations in Africa, Voetmann realized in the '80s that someone had to develop a new bush utility plane, since refurbishing engines of old models like the Beaver was no longer cost-efficient. So he partnered with Hamilton and began tapping on the doors of nontraditional investors: missionary-aviation organizations. His hope was that they would provide seed money in exchange for Kodiaks at cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Turboprop Built for Trouble | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

About 15 organizations, including Mission Aviation Fellowship, New Tribes Mission and JAARS, put up the financing to develop the prototype and created a trust to start product development. "It was a completely novel idea born out of the fact that I didn't want to raise venture capital and lose equity control of the company, nor did I want to have to pay back high-interest loans and executive salaries," Voetmann says. "Honestly, our aim was not to make money but to find a way to help others," says Hamilton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Turboprop Built for Trouble | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Lueth recently won an $800,000 grant from the Department of Education to develop a teaching model for immersion middle schools, and she advises educators around the country who are starting their own programs. If Yinghua can make Mandarin a success in Minnesota, she tells them, so can they. "This is a glorious culture - and an increasingly important language - that we are meaningfully teaching to our children," she says. "And we're in the middle of nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mandarin Grade School in Minneapolis | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...think if you're motivated and you're not afraid to put some effort into it and maybe take a couple spills along the way, sure. It's easier to learn when you're younger because you develop a sense of balance through your youth and teenage years. But I would never discourage someone from learning how to skate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Tony Hawk | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Next up for Harvard is a road game against New Hampshire on Nov. 24. The Wildcats are 2-2 on the season and will likely give the Crimson a good opportunity to both develop its identity as a team and improve on its early-season weaknesses...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pioneers Cool Off Harvard’s Hot Start to Season | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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