Airborne Croc
Christine Harms
July 5, 2012
A common question I get asked as an MAF pilot serving in Kalimantan, Indonesia is “What do you transport in your airplane?” A really short
A common question I get asked as an MAF pilot serving in Kalimantan, Indonesia is “What do you transport in your airplane?” A really short
Editor’s Note: Pilots love their planes, sometimes so much so that they become like another member of the family. Twenty years ago, former MAF pilot
MAF pilot Justin Honaker retells the events of one particular afternoon and a flight where timing was everything. 2:45 p.m. I’m the only MAF pilot
Editor’s note: While MAF aircraft land on hundreds of airstrips around the world, each airstrip has a unique story. This is the story of the
At cruise power, a Cessna 206 engine piston races the length of its cylinder 75 times a second. An hour’s flight slams it through 276
Flying in remote places like the rain forests of Ecuador present pilots with plenty of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is the weather, and
As the wife of an MAF pilot, I often get asked the question “What do you do all day?” Here’s a typical day… 4:30 a.m.
When I joined MAF in 1977, the training department was teaching pilots how to execute a “flap pop-off.” This technique allowed the airplane to “unstick”
“The weather is still quite good here and I’d like to pick up the patient,” I relay my intensions to home base, nearly 60 miles
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