A few weeks ago we received a call from the neighboring province asking if we could pick up a patient there. After looking up the coordinates of the village, I realized it was far away; at the C185's maximum range. But, thankfully the weather was good and I set off to a new place. After landing in Long Bangun I took a boat ride up river about 5 minutes to see if the dock in front of the patients house would be suitable for the airplane. It was.
So, we returned to the bigger dock where I had left the airplane and ferried it further upstream to make it easier to transport the patient from his house to the airplane. After taking off from Long Bangun, we landed in PalangkaRaya two hours later where we took him straight to the hospital.
3 comments:
Great pics and post, as usual Sean.
every province in Kalimantan have unique names in each province. as long as i remember, the name 'long' belongs to kalimantan timur, 'tumbang' kalimantan tengah, and "Nanga" Kalimantan Barat. so, is this Long Bangun located in Kalimantan Timur?
ohya, 2 months ago i called Pak Agus, asking whether can you fly to nanga pinoh or not. he said it was too far away. actually, how far palangkaraya to nanga pinoh?
thanks
Hi Irvan...we can technically fly to Nanga Pinoh although it is far and we wouldn't be able to take very much compared to our closer flights. However, we "could" do the flight if need be.
oh, glad to hear that. maybe someday, in an emergency condition, we'll call you.
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