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
Papua
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
Ilaga
Ilaga can be considered the capital town of the Puncak Jaya region of Papua, Indonesia. Located almost centrally in the Papuan mountain ranges, it’s one… Read More »Ilaga
Getting stuck in the mud
Touchdown. Dab of rudder to keep things straight and a touch of brakes to slow it all down. All nice and normal, so far. Tailwheel… Read More »Getting stuck in the mud
Wet and muddy operations
As all subsidised flights throughout Indonesia have still not restarted thanks to ongoing issues in the government offices, we are instead flying charters to keep… Read More »Wet and muddy operations