Maintenance flight
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
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.
Tsinga/Mulu
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
Doxa SUB 1000T Sharkhunter
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
Beoga
Beoga is a well constructed mountain airstrip, located about 20nm to the north east of Puncak Jaya mountain in the central highlands of Papua. As… Read More »Beoga
Wangbe
Wangbe airstrip is quite typical of a number of airstips in Papua as it was constructed by the local villagers in the hope of attracting… Read More »Wangbe
Recycling Papua style
PAC-750 wreck in Bilai, Papua A little while back, in the village of Bilai, a Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL suffered an incident on landing which… Read More »Recycling Papua style