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
Dylan and I met up in London to complete this ferry flight that began earlier this year when Dylan and our daughter O’Danis flew N856RA from Winnipeg to Gloucester, England in March. This Caravan has had some adventures in the meantime! King Charles came to visit during MAF’s 80th celebration along with a pilot from … More From England to Australia
Upon finishing their delivery to Madagascar- Isaiah flew back home and Dylan flew to London where the two of us are picking up Caravan- N856RA – which we will deliver to Australia. In this post I will share about their trip. Dylan and Isaiah’s ferry went fromWinnipeg, Canada to Goose Bay to Reykjavik, Iceland to … More Finishing one journey and beginning another in a whole new direction
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…
Ferry Flying - Delivering Aircraft around the world for MAF 