Back to normality
After the last few weeks of travelling about on holiday, it’s nice to get back to the day job of flying the Porter in the… Read More »Back to normality
A couple of days in Wamena
As we had very little flying going on in Nabire and our Wamena aircraft went tech due to a faulty artificial horizon, I flew our… Read More »A couple of days in Wamena
Why sealed runways are not always the safest
Other pilots here in Papua often ask me what’s the worst/scariest runway I land on and I always tell them it’s the Caravan and Twin… Read More »Why sealed runways are not always the safest
Worst Place to be a Pilot TV series
“You guys really should be in a TV show or something. Maybe like ‘Ice Pilots’ or ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ or something?” – comments I’ve been… Read More »Worst Place to be a Pilot TV series
Tomosiga, the unfinished airstrip
I get a lot of satisfaction out of my job every day I go flying but just occasionally, something extra pops up to make a… Read More »Tomosiga, the unfinished airstrip
More Kotekas than usual
Maybe it’s all the sunshine we’ve been having here in Papua these past couple of weeks or probably just coincidence but whatever the reason, there… Read More »More Kotekas than usual