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...
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...
A day in the life: Nabire Bush Pilot from IndoPilot on Vimeo. It’s taken me a while but here is my latest video showcasing some of the flying we do from the town of Nabire in Papua, Indonesia. It features...
“You guys really should be in a TV show or something. Maybe like ‘Ice Pilots’ or ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ or something?” – comments I’ve been told many times over by various people who know what I do for a living....
I get a lot of satisfaction out of my job every day I go flying but just occasionally, something extra pops up to make a flight just the little bit more satisfying. Usually that’ll be going to some new airstrip...
Everyone wants to fly a Spitfire right? And I bet, like me, you thought you’d have to know someone who knew someone that had one, with two seats, and was willing to let you go for a ride? Well, as...
Every so often whilst flying out here in Papua, something amazing happens. Usually it’s when I get to visit new airstrips and go exploring the village or fly into somewhere that’s not seen an aircraft for months or even years....