Tag Archives: landing strips

MAF’s (Delicious) Landing Procedures

“If a pig walks out on the runway … PORKCHOPS!”

“If a cow walks out on the runway … HAMBURGER!”

Chief Pilot Brian Shepson explained MAF’s landing procedures to a class of new MAF pilots in a way that simultaneously left my palms sweaty and mouth watering. These new pilots would be practicing these procedures on the […]

Cleared for Landing: Determining if an Airstrip is Safe

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from a post on the blog of MAF pilot Jon Cadd, who is serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this post, he shares about MAF’s process for vetting a potential airstrip.

The airstrip was still in the process of being rebuilt by the UN and as I […]