Ferry flying – Papua to Borneo
Occasionally, there’s a need to move an aircraft from one part of Indonesia to another. There are many reasons to do this, and due to… Read More »Ferry flying – Papua to Borneo
Pilatus Porter Flying
Lots of work in progress
As time marches on, the airstrips and villages of Papua are ever more being slowly modernised. It is an inevitable certainty that with more and… Read More »Lots of work in progress
Medicine delivery flight in Papua
Medicine delivery flight in Papua from Matt Dearden on Vimeo. Here’s another typically short flight we do out here in Papua, delivering medicine from the… Read More »Medicine delivery flight in Papua
Agadugume
Sitting on Papua’s high plateau at 8700ft, Agadugume is one of the highest airstrips on the New Guinea island. At that sort of altitude, even… Read More »Agadugume
Double GPS system failure
So, there you are flying along enjoying the view of the mountains of Papua, less than 10 minutes from your remote village destination of Beoga,… Read More »Double GPS system failure
When natives go wild
I knew something was a little odder than usual, as I shut the engine off, when one of the local villagers in Mapnduma was dancing… Read More »When natives go wild