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
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
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
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
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)
Thanks to tropical cyclone Narelle brushing the edges of the Indonesia archipelago, the weather has been pretty wild this week here in Papua. The winds… Read More »Battling the weather
Well, lots of bumps actually as the winds have really picked up here in Papua for my return to the mountains. I’ve seen 45kts+ on… Read More »Back flying with a bump