Rotor in the Green

Rotor in the Green is the autobiography and Christian testimony of Ray Dousset. First self-published in Australia in 1996, it was completely re-written and printed in the USA for the American market by Xulon Press in 2007, and then again for the Australian market by Love of Books in August 2010.

From the Xulon Press Release:

God Transforms One Man’s Passion for Flight into Passion for Him. 

Author realizes his dream and soars with the eagles

LONGWOOD, FL—From his early teens, author Ray Dousset had an all-consuming passion to fly. But there were setbacks along the way. He failed his first eye exam, endured several bouts of depression, and was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder (manic-depression). Despite these obstacles, Dousset went on to fly the Blackhawk helicopter and became a 6,000-hour search-and-rescue pilot. 

     Rotor in the Green (paperback, 978-1-60266-316-9) relates the story of his life—the joys and triumphs along with the pain and struggles. According to the author, this honest, straightforward account “...is the story of achieving my dream, only to find it just a step; a necessary step to attaining the real secret of peace and fulfillment in my life.”

     Rotor in the Green relates how Dousset faced the hard reality of his bipolar disorder and discovered the radical power of God to make all things new. “God calls us to be disciples here on earth, to witness to the love and saving power that He has for us,” says Dousset. “While He gave my hands the skill to fly a helicopter, the real gift is the change He has brought about in my heart since I invited Him to be my Lord and Savior.”

      Written while Dousset was grounded from flying due to his medical condition, this story reveals the author’s triumph over despair through God’s power in his life.

     Ray Dousset currently lives in China with wife Suzanne and fifteen-year-old Chinese foster daughter, Wang Xiang (Deborah), where he teaches English to doctors and university medical students.

     Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world’s largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,200 titles published to date. Retailers may order Rotor in the Green through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors.

Secular Vs Christian

Some may ask, and rightly so, what a book primarily about flying helicopters is doing on a Christian website? The truth of the matter is, while Rotor in the Green contains seventeen chapters essentially devoted to my experiences flying helicopters, only one chapter is dedicated to my Christian testimony.

The best way to answer this question is by way of a story I heard quite some time back which has always stuck with me.

The story goes that during television coverage of a basketball game the cameras kept rolling during a time-out. As the cameraman lazily panned the audience, as they are often wont to do, a young man way off in one corner began waving frantically at the camera while watching himself on the big screen.

The camera began to zoom in on the young man to reveal he was wearing a clown suit, and was adorned with a big red nose and a resplendent mop of hair of many colours.

As he could see the camera slowly zooming in on him, the young man began gesticulating wildly and pointing to his chest. Once the camera had zoomed in close enough, it was there on his shirt for all the world to see – Jn 3:16.

The point of the story being; it doesn’t matter if you make a fool of yourself in the process, as long as the message gets heard.

In other words, it doesn't matter what brought you to our Wings As Eagles website, the fact is you are here now and we thank God for that.

Maybe, just maybe, it was Him who brought you here to receive the message of the clown!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16

Ray Dousset

Wings As Eagles

From Reader Comments

Ray you’re an extremely brave and courageous person with the work you have done and I commend you on sharing your personal battle with depression.  I’m looking forward to reading With Wings As Eagles and to hear about the rest of your journey.  I have to say it has been the best read I’ve come across as a proofreader, very easy to read and enjoyable.