What is often such an incredibly beautiful flight across America ended up being a lot of high cloud and freezing rain. (Yes – icing in New Mexico!). The first 2 hours was spent changing altitudes to remain clear of any freezing conditions. Icing is a danger pilots learn about early on. Ice adds weight and … More Flying across America
Alas – we are off again on another ferry flight! This time we are flying a brand new Grand Caravan EX (17.9 total hours on the hobs) – N97PN – November 9 7 Papa November (a call sign we will soon become very accustomed to). Thank you for joining along on this journey- as always … More Off again
We will leave N201KM here – where it will depart in the next while for Australia then to Papua New Guinea. Thank you for joining along
After a long flight- Dylan and I spent a day in the capital city of Greenland – Nuuk – to flight plan and stretch our legs for a day.
Flying over the Canadian north I wondered how much of the world is uninhabited- 57%- and 80% of Canada. We were approximately 3 hours from our destination when weather was getting worse than forecasted in Nuuk. As well, it appeared that we would have to hold over Greenland for an hour and half before landing … More Beautiful flight north!
This August there are two aircraft deliveries from Moundridge, Kansas – (where they are fitted with ferry tanks ) to their first destination – Teuge, Netherlands- before heading off to where they will be put to work for MAF International. Last week Dylan picked up the brand new Caravan from Witchita, Kansas and brought it … More Two flights from Kansas to the Netherlands
What a wonderful trip. One that started a few months ago when O’Danis and Dylan flew it to England. The plane was visited by the King – amongst other people- and we then picked it up and came here. This is a journey that began in Wichita to Winnipeg, Manitoba to Quebec City to St … More Another trip completed
Arriving into Darwin- 31 degrees. I think every time we arrive here I think – under no circumstance do you swim in this water- lethal fingernail size jelly fish and crocodiles!! One more leg to go.
As we waited for our morning departure I had time to read a little more about this region of Indonesia. Right by the tarmac there was a large gathering of people commemorating a religious holiday The province of Aceh is considered to be “the Veranda of Mecca” due to its strong Islamic heritage and its … More Indonesia to Singapore
10:30 pm we got our flight permits and so we were up at 5am and off just before 8 Banda Aceh is the capital of the Aceh province in Sumatra. The people here are mostly a part of the indigenous ethnic group of Achinese people. They are known for their political struggle against Dutch colonial … More Sri Lanka to Indonesia
We decided to make a change in our flight plan so while in Colombo we spent much of our time re routing the flight. We were planning to fly to Malaysia next – however – now we will fly to the most western part of Indonesia- Banda Aceh. This requires applying for new flight permits … More Leaving Maldives en route to Sri Lanka.
This very safe country of Oman (formerly known as Muscat) surrounded with incredible mountains, desert and sea has some very interesting facts. It is the oldest independent state in the Arab world- it has some of the earliest evidence of human life- it is one of the best places in the world to see turtles … More Flying Across the Arabian deserts of Oman and onward to the Maldives
Up early in the morning after an evening of form filling- declarations and visas – overflight permits- preparing for our legs to follow. The evenings after a flight are full of flight planning. However a stressful evening led to flying across the desert in Saudi Arabia . Wow! Who gets to do this?!?! Flying along … More Flying across the Arabian desert
Ferry Flying - Delivering Aircraft around the world for MAF 