In 1963, at age 32, Jerrie Cobb stunned family and friends by becoming a missionary in South America. For more than 50 years,the record-setting pilot and former corporate executive transported supplies and medicine to the people of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Brazil. Cobb pioneered air routes and shared her faith.

Cobb slept in this cotton hammock that she tied to the wing of her plane. Indigenous people tied theirs to tree branches.

Many indigenous, isolated tribes in the world’s largest rainforest had died out

from lack of food and medicine. Cobb used the power of general aviation to reach and serve remote populations.