These last months have been filled with lots of different things in regards to my flying duties. For one there was the training of Corné Noordhoek, a new pilot to PNG and an ex-student of mine at Prairie School of Mission Aviation. After a little hick-up with receiving a PNG license, he and I had a few days of training together in Mt Hagen. After that Corné came down to Rumginae and we did some flying in the flat lands of the Western Province.
For another I did some "regular" flying, which included bringing several persons to Dahamo for the dedication of a New Testament in Dahamo's local language, translated by SIL. Also I had the mandatory holiday medevac on Good Friday, with no less than three patients. One lady with a tubal pregnancy had to had emergency surgery only the day after she came to the hospital in Rumginae. The other two men had both wounds from a spear and a knife.
For another I did some "regular" flying, which included bringing several persons to Dahamo for the dedication of a New Testament in Dahamo's local language, translated by SIL. Also I had the mandatory holiday medevac on Good Friday, with no less than three patients. One lady with a tubal pregnancy had to had emergency surgery only the day after she came to the hospital in Rumginae. The other two men had both wounds from a spear and a knife.
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| Corné and Markus during a fun flight |
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| Corné on short final to Wawoi Falls, trying hard not to look |
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| SIL translators and church delegate attending the New Testament dedication in Dahamo |
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| A full plane load of patients |