Another ferry flight is now in the works – piloted by Dylan and our son – Isaiah. They are delivering a Grand Caravan from Winnipeg to Madagascar. These are the words from Isaiah of the first part of their trip. They are right now in Zanzibar- and so more of the story will follow. From … More Flying from Winnipeg to Madagascar
The final leg of our voyage. Porto, Portugal to Gloucester, England with an ETE of four hours and forty minutes. A rainy day in Porto but what was supposed to be a clear and smooth flight pretty much all the way to England. However, things do not always go as planned with weather. The first … More Final leg
Second last leg! New city but the same country. Neither my dad or I had been to Porto so it was exciting to arrive to a new place for the both of us. However, it was a little hard to say goodbye to the Azores. A sunny morning and next to no wind, it truly … More Azores to Porto
I am a day late with this post so we will get two days in one post. Yesterday (March 4th) we got up bright and early for our eight and a half hour flight to the Azores (San Miguel Island) Our first glance of the weather we did not expect to actually get anywhere that … More St John’s to Azores
Hello everyone! My name is O’Danis. I am incredibly grateful to be doing this ferry trip along side my dad. I am a King air captain at Fast air and this is an incredible opportunity to learn a new type of flying and see a little more of this beautiful world. I’m sure you are … More Winnipeg to St Johns
We woke the next morning to clouds and rain and reports of icing conditions. One thing is that a Caravan on floats does not do well with icing so we waited it out for a few hours until the clouds cleared
As many already know – Panama is well known for their hats – and the Panama Canal. As a family we flew to Panama on our way to Columbia in 2009, and we visited the Canal The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 kilometre waterway that cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of … More Leaving Latin America
The beauty continues…. Last week I was talking with my 84 year old mom and she told me a story she never had before. When she was a little girl, she had understood from her church that God was grey and punitive. She remembers when a group came in to teach the children and she … More The beauty continues…
In the Atacama Desert there is evidence of mining as far back as the 6th century and modern mining began in 1910. There are 992 mining mines in Atacama desert – copper, gold, silver,lead and zinc. 801 are copper mines. Chile is a world’s top copper producer. Chuquicamata Mine is one of the deepest open … More Atacama Desert
We have not yet received our clearance to leave Chile and so to begin the ferry trip we will start flying north up the coast of Chile today. I was curious about so much graffiti covering most walls in these two cities. I read that Santiago is a place with some of the most diverse … More Let’s Fly…
I would like to welcome you – and thank you for joining along. Dylan and I are excited and grateful to have the opportunity to ferry this Caravan – N906AG – from where it was purchased by MAF in Santiago, Chile to Minnesota. This flight will bring us along the western coast of South America. … More A New Delivery begins…
And this delivery is done. Thank you so much for joining along. It is such a privilege to be a part of the work of MAF and in particular the journey of N9710M. We are excited for the work and the support this aircraft will provide to so many. Often when we are doing these … More Last leg – Solomons to Mareeba
Ferry Flying - Delivering Aircraft around the world for MAF 