Flying all over Papua
Alrighty, it’s time for an update seeing as it’s been a while since my last one. As per that last update, things continue to be rather unsettled for me with no permanent base or flying scheduled and thus I find...
Author: Matt Dearden
(a little bit of) Flying in Nabire
I won’t lie, it’s been a rather frustrating month moving about Papua and not really doing what I came out here to do, but things slowly seem to be settling down flying wise and I’ve finally managed to do something...
Long road back to Wamena
Well, it’s been a long time since I have done any proper bush flying (about a month to be precise!) but things are slowly working out for me as I find myself back in the bush pilot’s paradise of Wamena....
Welcome to the new blog!
It’s taken me a few weeks but I’m excited to announce the all new Bush Flying Diaries website and blog. You’ll notice these pages now have a new URL too which is http://mattdearden.co.uk, so please don’t forget to update your...
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...
Moving about and visiting friends
I’d love to say that my reason for not posting much lately is because I’ve been super busy but truth is it’s been rather quiet of late on the flying front here in Nabire. I was pretty worried that my...
