Last week I finished the flight training part of the MAF orientation course for Papua New Guinea. The training comprised a week of aircraft theory (for the GA8 Airvan), as well as MAF standards and procedures. After that we had three weeks of (mostly) flying. We learned how to take out and put in seats, how to load and secure cargo, and how the plane behaves in the air. We also went through maneuveres like landing on short grass strips, low level flying in mountainous terrain, and emergency procedures.
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| Live West Training in the Pool |
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| GA8 Airvan |
These were intense weeks, as we learned (and relearned) checklists and had to reckon with mock emergency situations (like engine failure on take-off or engine fire in flight) on almost every flight. An additional stress factor was the daily one-hour journey to the airport in Mareeba, where the MAFI Asia Pacific maintenance department is.
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