Welcome our newest pilot-blogger Daniel Geaslen as he writes about an “interesting” day to fly.
On the way home from Nabire to Sentani we faced a huge line of active storms. Usually we can fly around isolated storms without much difficulty. This line was not so accommodating. The line of storms ran almost unbroken for nearly […]
I met our other airplane coincidentally at an interior location a few weeks ago. It’s always fun to see our other plane interior during the course of a day, each of us flying our own and very different route. Note all of the wood in the river. Heavy rains do a good job of washing […]
Before continuing with their flight training, Sean and Isaac shared lunch with some of the pastors they serve at Naan. This is the second post in a series. You can read the first one here.
When we arrived at our host’s floating house, we opened up buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pepsi that I had […]
It’s no secret that many of the places MAF operates airplanes around the world tend to have extreme climates. Some of them have very harsh and cold winters, while others have tropical heat and sunshine. I work in the one with lots of heat, humidity, and heat. Think American mid-West in August … but all […]
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a letter by MAF pilot John Miller to his supporters in 1991. It discusses how John came to make a tough decision to ground an aircraft while serving in Indonesia.
After a day of paperwork shuffling on Monday, I traded my pilot hat for a mechanic hat and […]
I can see the look of wonder in Nteboheleng’s eyes. She is gazing over her country, a view she has never before seen in her 16 years. From our vantage point of 11,500 feet, I point out different places she might know. Each one brings a smile and sometimes a giggle in excitement. She has […]