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
Matt Dearden
Matt Dearden is a commercial pilot and author who went from computer geek to bush pilot during a seven year adventure flying out in the jungles and mountains of Indonesia.
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
Back to work, sort of
Things have been rather quite on the flying front these last few weeks, mainly due to me being back in the UK on holiday. However… Read More »Back to work, sort of
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
Winter in Papua
Now that I’m back flying out of our Timika base in the depths of the Papuan winter, I’ve finally gotten to experience how the weather… Read More »Winter in Papua
Kegata to Apowo – World’s shortest commercial flight?
At 73 seconds long, this flight from deep inside Papua, Indonesia has to be amongst the shortest in the world. Kegata and Apowo villages are… Read More »Kegata to Apowo – World’s shortest commercial flight?