December 31, 2015

Urban Cowboys

"Flying the Rocky Mountains is a thrill for anyone. For me, working as a pilot, flying the mountains and valleys of the massive National Parks of Alberta and British Columbia, was a dream come true. ... but our life in Calgary as “urban bush pilots” did not prepare us for the rigours of flying in Papua New Guinea."

Here the full story by Canadian MAF-pilot Michael Dupuis (who was the TC flight examiner for some of my students during our time at Prairie) as released by MAF PNG:

Click here to read the story as PDF

Wopasali sandwiched between ridges