Article for “From Private to Professional Pilot” Blog
A couple of weeks ago, Swayne Martin invited me to write an article for his blog about how I got to where I am flying… Read More »Article for “From Private to Professional Pilot” Blog
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.
A couple of weeks ago, Swayne Martin invited me to write an article for his blog about how I got to where I am flying… Read More »Article for “From Private to Professional Pilot” Blog
After three months I’ve finally gotten around to putting together another little movie showing some of the bush flying we do out here in the… Read More »GoPro HD Movie: Timika Bush Flying Part 2
It’s taken nearly four months since the 2012 contracts expired but finally last week we restarted the subsidised flights which are known locally as Perintis… Read More »Subsidised flights are back!
Every 100 hours of airborne flight time, our Pilatus Porters need to undergo what’s known as (funnily enough) the 100 hour check. That means I… Read More »Maintenance flight
One of the more dramatic mountain airstrips we fly to from Timika, Tsinga is certainly very photogenic and probably what a lot of people will… Read More »Tsinga/Mulu
I love a good dive watch and there are literally thousands out there. However, not many can lay claim to being the original commercial divers… Read More »Doxa SUB 1000T Sharkhunter