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1/13 WINGS OF FAITH
#History #Nigeria #Aviation #Prayers
It's an excellent occasion to discuss the flight Ops of Living Faith Church, because...
(Photo: Example of the Hawker Siddeley 125, the first aircraft acquired by Winners) https://images.app.goo.gl/gbdRYBzLmGefXwuk6
#History #Nigeria #Aviation #Prayers
It's an excellent occasion to discuss the flight Ops of Living Faith Church, because...
(Photo: Example of the Hawker Siddeley 125, the first aircraft acquired by Winners) https://images.app.goo.gl/gbdRYBzLmGefXwuk6
2/13. its annual Convocation, Shiloh, is ongoing ATM.
Aka Winners Chapel, LFC bought its first airplane in 1996. It was a HS 125 Series 400. It was managed for the church by the Nigerian aviation company, Rumugu Air & Space and was flown out of Rumugu's...
Aka Winners Chapel, LFC bought its first airplane in 1996. It was a HS 125 Series 400. It was managed for the church by the Nigerian aviation company, Rumugu Air & Space and was flown out of Rumugu's...
3/13. base at "Old Local", Ikeja, by indigenous pilots.
The 8-seat short range twinjet of British manufacture did domestic Ops & on the West Coast, Accra. It was reg'd 5N-WMA, with WMA a play on World Mission Agency, a unit of the church.
Early in the...
The 8-seat short range twinjet of British manufacture did domestic Ops & on the West Coast, Accra. It was reg'd 5N-WMA, with WMA a play on World Mission Agency, a unit of the church.
Early in the...
4/13. new millennium, Winners upgraded from the 125 Series 400 to a Hawker 800. Built by the same company as the 125, the 800 offered higher speeds, more range, better climb rates, & cruised at higher altitudes. It was on the US reg., but flown by local...
5/13. jockeys. The 800 was managed by the Ikeja air charter house, Wings Aviation (
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Soon, a US-built Beech 1900D twin turboprop, which has 18-seats in its commuter role, was inducted. Its reg. no. was 5N-PTL, which turned out to be...
help, anybody?)Soon, a US-built Beech 1900D twin turboprop, which has 18-seats in its commuter role, was inducted. Its reg. no. was 5N-PTL, which turned out to be...
6/13. Praise The Lord!
It was in this era that the Dept. was referred to as Dominion Aviation.
With time, the Hawker 800 was replaced by a Challenger 604, which is a twin engined medium range machine from Canada. Most Challengers have 12 seats & in all...
It was in this era that the Dept. was referred to as Dominion Aviation.
With time, the Hawker 800 was replaced by a Challenger 604, which is a twin engined medium range machine from Canada. Most Challengers have 12 seats & in all...
7/13. respects are a jump on the capabilities of a Hawker 800.
Time progressed & the Dept. moved into its own Hangar, a smart edifice located within the grounds of the domestic section of MMIA
In what may be a first in the spread of the Gospel in Nigeria...
Time progressed & the Dept. moved into its own Hangar, a smart edifice located within the grounds of the domestic section of MMIA
In what may be a first in the spread of the Gospel in Nigeria...
8/13. Winners was soon operating a helicopter. The Agusta 109 Power is a 6-seat machine of Italian origins, flown by Nigerian pilots, under the local register.
These days, the church flies a Challenger 605, which replaced the 604 in 2018, for certain...
These days, the church flies a Challenger 605, which replaced the 604 in 2018, for certain...
9/13. improvements even though the 605 is the same size & appraisal in some ways, as the 604.
So, over the years, there have been four jets, a turboprop & a helicopter.
But LFC aren't the first...
(Aerial view of Winners Chapel HQ at Ota, Ogun St.)
So, over the years, there have been four jets, a turboprop & a helicopter.
But LFC aren't the first...
(Aerial view of Winners Chapel HQ at Ota, Ogun St.)
10/13. indigenous faithful to evangelize through our skies. That title goes to Bethel Ministries, who flew the Rockwell Jet Commander, a 6-seat short range airplane of US design.
Apart from Winners just now, the other Nigerian preachers airborne are RCCG...
Apart from Winners just now, the other Nigerian preachers airborne are RCCG...
11/13. with the 14-seat long range Gulfstream G550, which is twin engined & comes from the US. RCCG also have a helicopter, & a Hangar as well.
All said & done, the story of LFC aloft is a story of inspiration, which goes all the way back to when Winners...
All said & done, the story of LFC aloft is a story of inspiration, which goes all the way back to when Winners...
12/13. were just Bishop Oyedepo, a few members, & worship in rooms in residential buildings someplace. But such is the raw faith of the man that at that time he saw the commission on wings & refused to let go, nurturing it over decades of prayers & a...
13/13. single minded devotion to the Gospel. That is the foundation AND THE PRICE of the Aviation Department we admire today. ENDS.
