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### Origins
Townsend had conceived of missionary aviation in 1926, when US Army planes on a "goodwill" flight through Latin America landed in [[Guatemala City]]. The flight, the Pan-American Goodwill Flight, ran from 21 December 1926 to 2 May 1927, covering 22,065 miles through Mexico, Central America, and South America in five [[Loening OA-1A]] amphibian aircraft. The mission's commander was [[Major Herbert A. Dargue]], who led ten pilots across 23 countries as a diplomatic exercise intended to promote US aviation and improve relations with Latin American governments.[^3] Townsend, then a Bible salesman in Guatemala, introduced himself to Dargue and asked about the costs of a jungle aviation program for missionaries. Dargue's reply outlined an operation requiring multiple amphibian aircraft, trained pilots, mechanics, and radio operators, a cost far beyond what mission boards would fund in 1927.[^4]
Townsend had conceived of missionary aviation in 1926, when US Army planes on a "goodwill" flight through [[Latin America]] landed in [[Guatemala City]]. The flight, the Pan-American Goodwill Flight, ran from 21 December 1926 to 2 May 1927, covering 22,065 miles through Mexico, Central America, and South America in five [[Loening OA-1A]] amphibian aircraft. The mission's commander was [[Major Herbert A. Dargue]], who led ten pilots across 23 countries as a diplomatic exercise intended to promote US aviation and improve relations with Latin American governments.[^3] Townsend, then a Bible salesman in Guatemala, introduced himself to Dargue and asked about the costs of a jungle aviation program for missionaries. Dargue's reply outlined an operation requiring multiple amphibian aircraft, trained pilots, mechanics, and radio operators, a cost far beyond what mission boards would fund in 1927.[^4]
The idea waited nearly two decades. During [[World War II]], the combination of [[CIAA]]-funded aviation infrastructure across Latin America, the proven military utility of light aircraft in jungle environments, and the large pool of experienced military pilots created the conditions for missionary aviation to become practical. On 28 June 1945, Peru's Minister of Education Dr. Enrique Larosa and Townsend signed an agreement (authorized by Supreme Resolution No. 2420) establishing SIL's operations in Peru.[^5] In April 1946, the first contingent of seventeen SIL personnel arrived in Lima. JAARS was formally constituted by Wycliffe Board approval on 23 July 1948, staffed initially with pilots who had extensive military experience from the war.[^6]