Good to be back!
It’s never an easy journey to get back to Papua and always involves what is affectionately known as the Papua Red-Eye flight. It doesn’t matter… Read More »Good to be back!
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.
Election week = lots of charters
It’s been a pretty hectic week this one with last minute charters all over the place to fly locals and supplies to various campaign meetings.… Read More »Election week = lots of charters
Density Altitude
This is something I’m sure many pilots have heard about and probably dismissed when bimbling along at 3000ft on a VFR day. And why not?… Read More »Density Altitude
GoPro HD Movie: Timika Bush Flying
It took me nearly a week to upload this video from here in Timika, Papua thanks to numerous power-cuts and internet blackouts but finally here’s… Read More »GoPro HD Movie: Timika Bush Flying
Slippery, sloping strips
Chat will any bush pilot out here and they all have stories of how they nearly slid off such and such an airstrip but somehow… Read More »Slippery, sloping strips
Last week of Nabire (for now)
It was a short and sweet couple of weeks flying from our Nabire base to cover for the current pilot shortage there. It’s been the… Read More »Last week of Nabire (for now)