During my time in Papua, I was able to see a variety of environments and operational situations that I can't even consider with our current piston aircraft. I'm really excited for a turbine aircraft to arrive in PalangkaRaya in the future.
Tom, the pilot, always flies with a "swamper," or helper. The man in the solid blue shirt is named Bobi and he was an amazing assistant to a very competent pilot.
This is a scene I just don't see at the places I serve in Borneo. It was interesting not only to see different people, but also how they live along the river banks compared to their Indonesian brothers in Borneo. They take two very different approaches to house construction, fishing styles, and even canoe construction.
One thing that seems always present in an MAF pilot's day, are the kids that turn up to see the airplane. Lots of cute kids came out to see all of the action in the south coast of Papua, just like they do in Central Borneo, and Southern Mexico, and the Amazon of Ecuador where we have also served with MAF.
2 comments:
i love these posts! great to see PK-MAO in action.
does Tom have a blog, Sean? i would love to read his post about his activities with MAF.
thanks
ps : oh, i think that guy in Ronaldo's shirt are wearing the shirt backward (terbalik).
Hi Irvan...to my knowledge, Tom does NOT have a blog. You might be right about the guy in the Ronoldo shirt...how funny!
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