Isaiah: The beautiful old colonial Azores islands. The islands of myths and legends even in the saga of Eric the Red mentions the islands deep in the Atlantic ocean which are believed to be the Azores. Mentioned in Greek, Irish, Norris, Arabic and Iberian seafaring tales- the islands would grow into mythical Islands. The Azores … More The unexpected last flight of the trip
Isaiah: The east coast of Canada I would say is one of the most underrated places that I have been to yet. From the history witnessed walking up to the old fort or to the point from where the first radio signal was sent across the ocean to the beautiful cliffs and treeless weathered rolling … More Cross Atlantic flight
Isaiah: Yesterday, landing in the small town of Stephenville I had noticed the enormous airfield – a runway which was 1000 feet long and a ramp space similar to the large international St Johns airport. In my research I discovered that Stephenville was one of the main fuelling points for the American Air Force in … More Up and away and back again…
Last night we spent the night in beautiful Quebec City ( the only fortified or walled city north of Mexico). We stayed in the historic district and were able to get the famous steak and fries before walking to check out the Chateau Frontenac Today we are having to change our flight plan due to … More Best made plans…
For those of you who are new to the blog, these blogs are about the adventure of ferrying aircraft around the world for MAF and creating awareness of all the good work that MAF does- all around the world. For those who have kept up with a blog in the past it will be a … More Here goes another ferry flight…
The day began not sure exactly where we would be at the end up. We came into Chitose last evening exhausted and the forecast outlook poor . The day started in fog but cleared up beautifully. If the weather would not have been good we would have needed to quarantine in our hotel until we … More Japan to Guam
There are some fascinating, remote and difficult to get to places in the world that we have been so fortunate to go to. It feels like such a privilege that I can share a little about them. When I am at home living my life in Winnipeg I forget how big and fascinating and unimaginable … More Cradle of Storms and Birthplace of Winds – from the Aleutians to Russia to the Kuril Islands and on to Japan
Folks are so friendly in Homer Shortly after getting in the air there was a call on the radio regarding the colour of a raft that 2 Hercules were searching for in the Homer area – oh boy – such cold waters About an hour and a half out – we received the report that … More Covid free and down the Aleutians
Thinking about the vast rugged terrain of Alaska – float planes and boats make a lot of sense. What a charming town with a big history. On our way to the airport we walked by some sites which explained a bit of the past of this town. James Michener lived here while writing his book … More Boats, boats and more boats of Alaska!
Happy Mother’s Day all! So we feel so fortunate – one week later – to be in the skies again. N767MF is on its way for MAF I to Australia. (If anyone happened to catch the invasion of cockatoos last week in Australia- that’s where this Caravan is going – actually it’s a little ways … More Clear skies and tailwinds – what a gift to be up and away!
Caravan N767MF is in Winnipeg. Two days ago Dylan and I flew to Wichita,Kansas from Guam – and then yesterday – drove to Mound Ridge, Kansas where the Caravan was waiting to go. We landed in Winnipeg last night. This Caravan is destined for Australia and eventually PNG for MAF International. The plan is that … More Not in Kansas anymore…
The final leg of N190KQ to Sentani is being done by pilots from MAF from Sentani- Dave Ringenberg and John Boogaard. We tried to get visas to Indonesia for us to complete this trip to Indonesia but it was proving to be very difficult so they flew to Guam to meet up and fly from … More Passing on the Kodiak
Up at 430 this morning to make our 7am departure The airport – like so many airports in the world right now – a ghost town – so big and empty – no people except some employees – there have been few flights since covid. Landscape along the way Dylan fuelling up the ferry tanks … More Long flight across the Pacific
Ferry Flying - Delivering Aircraft around the world for MAF 