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Flour and water on your head?
20 February, 2012
When Steve Persenaire landed his Cessna 185 float plane on a river near Jujang Parit (Indonesia), he had a most unusual greeting. Carrying a team from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Persenaire found himself in a sudden and surprising greeting. Villagers sprinkled water on the heads of Persenaire and the WWF party, followed by pouring flour on them as well. The Cessna 185 is a float plane MAF...
MAF delivers exams to year 10 students!
18 February, 2012
Pilot Richie Axon was in Vanimo one Friday when he was approached by some education board officials who were in a bit of a predicament. The Year 10 exam papers had been late in coming to Vanimo from Port Moresby, and they had no way of getting them to 2 bush High Schools (at Lumi and Nuku) in time. Unlike the western world, not everyone here has the opportunity to continue with their...
P2-MKKs First Day on the Job
15 February, 2012
December 28 th was the first day of operations for P2-MKK in Papua New Guinea. Pilot Nick Swalm tells us about the Airvans first day on the job: The first sector was Mt Hagen to Yambaitok. The aircraft was full of 350kgs of food supplies for the local health care worker. As I unloaded the aircraft I explained to them that this was the first operational flight in PNG for this aircraft....