End of an era: the last month of IndoPilot
For those of you who know me, the following news won’t come as too much of a surprise. For the rest of you reading this, it just might. There is no easy way to say this so I’ll just cut...
Category: Occasions
2015 bush flying summary
As the year closes to an end, I thought it would be interesting to see how much flying I got up to in a typical year as a bush pilot. Along with a flying summary and some statistics, I’ll also...
6 years flying in Indonesia
Wow! Doesn’t time fly – pun intended.. It seems appropriate that I get back into updating my blog on this date being as it is, exactly six years since I left the UK to start a new life as a...
Welcome to the new blog!
It’s taken me a few weeks but I’m excited to announce the all new Bush Flying Diaries website and blog. You’ll notice these pages now have a new URL too which is http://mattdearden.co.uk, so please don’t forget to update your...
Welcome to Shangri-La!
So here I am in a little town called Wamena which is located at just over 5000ft elevation in what’s known as the Baliem Valley in the central Papuan highlands. It’s also vaguely known as Shangri-La which is what the...
Moving about and visiting friends
I’d love to say that my reason for not posting much lately is because I’ve been super busy but truth is it’s been rather quiet of late on the flying front here in Nabire. I was pretty worried that my...
